PETLIBRO Automatic Cat Feeder, Cat Food Dispenser Battery-Operated with 180-Day Battery Life, AIR Timed Pet Feeder for Cat & Dog, 2L Auto Cat Feeder, Black

Outstanding Value, Outstanding Product (So Far)
I formerly had a gravity kibble feeder, which allowed my cats unlimited access to dry Purina Cat Chow. One of my two cats is obese, so I bought this feeder to control the amount of food consumed.General impressions of the product:(a) Works great with Purina Cat Chow, and probably would with nearly all kibble foods.(b) Incredible value. This product has lots of material (molded plastic), electronics, and electromechanical elements. It is amazing to be able to purchase this at retail for around $40.(c) Seems to be well thought out in every respect. Not hard to program. Essentially, the product has a minimum portion (1/24 of a cup), and you just set times and the number of 1/24-cup portions to be dispensed at each time.I have nothing negative to say about the product. But there some thoughts:(a) I’m skeptical that the batteries would last 180 days as claimed. The device has a single LED that is always illuminated, and active electronics. I have not measured the electrical current consumption, but even at 10mA (assuming the engineers have done a REALLY good job), I calculate 150 days max. I would guess that either plan on changing the batteries 3-4 times a year, or use the batteries as a power fail backup (you can have batteries and wall power connected at the same time).(b) With my 2 cats (on a diet), the food reservoir lasts nearly two weeks. I think in a typical 1- or 2-cat household, refilling it once per week would be adequate.(c) As one other reviewer pointed out, when reassembling the portion of the product containing the moving partition that dispenses food, the locking tabs will engage in 3 positions, but only 1 position is correct (the 3 tabs are not 120 degrees apart). This is a minor gotcha. It has a reassembly (after cleaning) complexity similar to a kitchen blender.(d) The company claims to have a 2-year hassle-free warranty. Assuming that the company honors the warranty, this product is an incredible value.On a humorous note, there is a delay of a fraction of a second between when the product’s motor starts (nearly silent) and when the food clanks into the stainless steel feeding bowl. I’ve found, after a month of exposure to the product, that one of my cats begins moving towards the feeder before I hear anything (she clearly hears the motor start). So, it has doubled as a cat hearing test. I’m convinced that one of my cats has outstanding hearing.

Works great!
Great feeder! I found the set-up very easy to manage. My cat is a lot less anxious about feeding now that meals happen on a regular schedule and he doesn’t have to contend with my variable work hours. I live with roommates so the feeder lives in my bedroom. At first the noise of the machine activating in the morning woke me up, especially as the kibble ricocheted into the bowl! I tried removing the stainless steel “liner” and it helped somewhat but I ended up getting a soft silicone food dish to use instead. Definitely helps with the noise issue.While I am very happy with this feeder, I took away a star because I found the portion sizing to be inaccurate. The instructions describe each portion to be 1/24 of a cup (so my cat’s regular half a cup of food would be 12 portions throughout the day). I noticed that his meals looked enormous so I got out my kitchen scale and did some math. The kibble my cat eats weighs about 48g at half a cup, so one portion from this feeder ought to weigh approximately 4g. However, when I weighed a single portion dispensed by the feeder, it weighed 6g! (Did this several times to make sure it was accurate.) This means that if I programmed the feeder to give out 12 portions in a day, my cat would end up eating 72 grams of food instead of 48, a full quarter of a cup more than he needs! I don’t need this boy to get any tubbier than he already is!Ultimately the solution was to simply adjust the number of portions dispensed—he gets 8 instead of twelve and it’s exactly the right amount of food. I don’t consider this a deal breaker personally, but make sure to do your due diligence and figure out how many portions are needed with your specific food.

初めての自動給餌器としてこちらを購入入れる餌はピュリナワンのメタボ猫ちゃん用の奴を入れて使っています。設定も特に難しくはなく説明書を見ながらポチポチボタンを押すだけだったので、これが難しいのであれば他の商品どれも難しいのでは無いでしょうか…買う前に気にしていた駆動音が凄い静かで出る音は餌皿がステンレス製なので餌が出てくる時にカラカラと落ちてくる音だけでウチのビビり猫も2日目から気にしなくなりました。タンク内の餌が少なくなるとランプが赤く点灯し続けるので餌の入れ忘れも無いですし全然普通に使えて満足しています。

初めてこのような物を購入した。いろんな商品が販売されていて、どれにしようかと迷いながら、最新機ということで購入してみたが、結論から言えば満足している。設定も初めは少し迷ったが、説明書を見たら解決出来た。時間通りに、予定量が出てくる。猫ちゃんは出口に最初は手を入れて出そうとするが、出せないし、本体も安定して倒れることもなし。蓋も猫ちゃんには外せない。更に期待、希望するのは、猫ちゃんが２匹いるので、受け口の形態をオプションとして、２つに分かれて出てくるように出来ないものか？それはちょっと欲張りなのかな（笑）