Smart Automatic Cat Feeder – 6-L Reliable Automatic Cat Food Dispenser with Display LCD Screen for Easy Set Up -Portion Control Automatic Dog Feeder – Desiccant Bag Keeps Dry Food Fresh-Voice Recorder

Simple and effective, fully self sufficient
A few years ago I made the mistake of buying half a dozen ‘smart’ pet feeders for my cats. A month after investing close to a thousand dollars, that other company went belly up. Those feeders *required* internet connection not just for programming, but to work at all. With company cloud servers gone – the most valuable part of that purchase was the boxes my cats played in.So this time – I wanted something that could work entirely off grid. I converted a bed room in my home to a cat room, subdivided into suites for each of my cats (currently 11 indoor!) with private bed, scratcher, toys and feeder – with access controlled by microchip.My PitPet feeders are a crucial part of that set up. I can control each cats diet. With up to six separate portion controlled meals, I minimize prevent scarf and barf. With each feeder calling its cat by name at meal time it creates a fun symphony of sounds at meal town as cats are called, come running, food drops, and doors click open. Bigger cats get bigger portions, everybody gets the best food for their personal health conditions and I can even leave home for a few days without having to worry.Setup is simple on these devices. In almost 18 months of use I’ve had zero issue with reliability. The only heads up: if you have a particularly ambitious feline, the security strap may not be sufficient. One of my boys was able to flip the feeder and pull off the velcro for a feast. I’ve constructed a barrier wedging feeder in place to prevent that, and all of the other cats have been fine with it free standing as shipped. The internal clock is reliable. While it certainly is not able to sync with atomic clock it perfectly does its job. A ‘drift’ of maybe a minute over the course of several full months really is negligible. Between power adapter and AA battery backup, power outages aren’t a concern, and the removable steel bowl and food reservoir make for easy cleaning.All said and done – this is a very solid product at an incredible price. Thrilled I found it, as are my cats. If you want bells and whistles and dependance on someone else paying their bills – get an expensive soon to be brick. If you want reliability and consistency, this is it.Doing some improvements with my cat suites, but since my youngest kittens are demanding SnapCat and OnlyPaws fame – I’ll be uploading video and photos of this setup (and them) soon @kenskreweYou’ll get a kick out of how they come running when PitPet calls!

Almost Perfect
This is a great feeder. Setting the time is easy, it holds a lot of food so I don’t need to refill it so often, and with the removable stainless steel bowl it’s easy to clean. You do need to do a couple if tests for the amount that is right for your cat but it’s very reliable. My only complaint (and maybe it’s just with my cat) is that she is able to reach up into the dispenser and is able to knock some kibble down.

A great way to keep my dog on track!
This little device has been great. We have had it for about 2 months now due to an event that kept us away from home multiple days in a row at my dog’s normal feeding time and we won’t go back.This is definitely a luxury item that we got on sale, but it has made life easier. I will list pros and cons below.-pretty quiet and easy to clean.Pros:- you can rely on this to feed your animal (as long as you put food in it)- there are 6 times that you can program your animal’s meals. I use 4 since one max serving isn’t enough for my medium sized dog.- very easy to operate and set up.- also easy to change your settings when needed!Cons- If you close in your animalat night and plan to sleep in past the first feeding, you won’t with this as your animal will know it has food and will want to eat.- we have had it 2-3 months and the clock has shifted by 3 minutes. Another review warned us, but it’s not really a problem. Just something to be aware of.- you will have to check how much food is in the machine often as it won’t notify you. Again, not the worst thing. Just something to keep in mind.- I personally thought the max portion sizes would have been larger, but this is designed more for a cat. Again, not a true issue.- if you are not accustomed to the metric system, finding the sweet spot for your animal’s food portions can get tricky. I feed my boy 1.5 cups at each meal, so it’s 2 servings of 9 portions in our house. Just keep an eye on your baby’s belly!All in all. None of the cons are deal breakers and I would get another one if we had another animal. If you are looking for an automatic dispenser for a smaller animal, this is what you will want!