Large Dog Self Feeder For Sale (2024 Update)

Like others have said it is kind of cheaply made. I had bend some of steel to keep pin in for lid. I think I got that fixed. The magnets don’t always latch on level ground so I raised the back about 1/2” and door does catch with the magnets every time. However, magnets are not very strong. I think it would keep mice out but I don’t think a big rat would have problem budging open the door. I may add a strip of magnets on each side to be a little more difficult to open for rats. Hoping this works good for my livestock guardian dogs.Sharonco

Great idea, poorly executed. Ordered this feeder in store, with the help of an associate and the item was delivered to the store the next day. Unfortunately, it took another 6 days (I had the tracking number) for the store to email me it was ready to pick up. The box was clearly damaged, yet no one thought to open it up and view that the feeder was also damaged. I opened the box while still in the store so the employees could witness. The feeders load door was bent at one corner so the lid wouldn't function as it should. The lower door would get stuck in the open position and there were three rivets that were pulled through the light gauge sheet metal. I made this purchase for the occasional out of town travel and was leaving town that same day I received this item. So, re-ordering and waiting another 6+ days was out of the question. Was I offered a discount for the damaged merchandise? No. They put me in a spot, so I took it and made the needed repairs to the lid, door, drilled out and installed new pop rivets. I cannot recommend this feeder in good faith.walla2k5

We bought this feeder for 5 dogs, different ages, breeds and sexes. We rescue and foster on a regular basis and needed something for automatic or self feeding on few occasions. It is very hard for them to use. Most of the dogs have to lay down to eat. We have been through several types of food trying to solve the issue of the food not being able to fall down enough for the dogs to get to it. It is extremely loud when they stick their heads in and out to feed. We were really disappointed with the product. We researched and bought from our local store. We were unable to take the product back, even for store credit. We are currently in the process of trying to build a stand in order to work around the dogs laying down to eat as well as being able to knock it over. At this point the product is a little over a month old and I hate it.MrsH2010

Well, it works but not very well. I was excited to get this, thinking we wouldn't have to worry if we didn't get home early enough to feed our Miss Bunny Dog. But now I have to monitor the unit constantly so it doesn't dispense more food than she should have daily. Now I wish I had not purchased it. Likes: Doesn't take up much space. Black so no smudges show. Holds a lot of kibble. Don't have to worry about size of kibble (Bunny is a large American Bulldog). Stainless steel bowl, easy to clean. Holder for bowl so it stays put Dislikes: The stupid thing will not dispense food correctly. I have re-set it multiple times but it continues to dispense food too early or too late or decides to do the "slow" distribution of kibble when I haven't programmed it to do that. Hard to understand the menu and to make changes. Hard to read the display, too small and not bright enough. If unplugged have to reset everything and hope you did it right, plus sitting on the floor to reset it is irritating. Top is too difficult to get off, takes 2 hands. Cannot see how much kibble is left in unit. The bowl is tucked too far underneath the unit so my dog has to tilt her head sideways to eat. Because I cannot afford another one I will just grumble and fight this one until one of us dies…Nona

So far, so good. My first auto feeder was a PetMate which worked wonderfully for the longest time…until I put the cats on a diet (they are very "plush"). From that point on it became their mission in life to breach the feeder. I put in several counter measures, bungee cords, velcro, super glue, weighted objects and none could correct the feeder's top heavy design. I gave up trying to rig it to thwart the kitties and bought the PetSafe. Love it's squat, low profile resistant to being bulldozed over by the cats (which they did with the PetMate). I love that you can tailor extra small portions, slow feeding and multiple times a day. The old feeder was very limited to feeding times (only 4 I think), so this is a BIG improvement. It more closely mimics how cats like to eat in the wild – small meals spread out over time. What I hate about it: 1) eats batteries. I purchased the A/C adapter but haven't used it yet because of placement issues. There was no low battery warning, like a beep or red flashing light; it just stopped and I only realized after I got waylaid by a mob of hungry cats. 2) The design that makes it tip resistant also makes it bulky and takes up space awkwardly 3) The little itty bitty stainless steel bowl and attachment. It's barely big enough for one big fat cat head, much less three. It was something I never used because I thought it would encourage fighting over food and I worked very hard so they would harmoniously share the same dish. The PetMate had a better design feature in this respect. I looked into the 3-d printed chute attachment, but I'm reluctant because it looks like it is unwieldy and will only work with kick proof ceramic bowls. 4)ish…like others I had my struggles with the programming and the lcd display. It definitely isn't intuitive for me, but after going through it multiple times to adjust feeding schedules, I think I got the hang of it. But for your first time use – prepare to use all the curse words you know.catlovesfish

No more cat stomping on us at 5:00 or 6:00 every morning (whether it's a weekend or not.) No more having to arrange for someone to feed the cat when we go away for the weekend. Honestly, I love this thing. It has changed out life. You set up the feeding times (up to five of them a day) and the amount of food to disperse, and your cat soon learns not to bother YOU when he's hungry, but to go camp out beside his "robot overlord" and wait for the conveyor belt to start up. It's not too difficult to program either; the instructions are a bit complex, but laid out pretty well in the manual. (There are a few quirks: be aware when you're setting times that that noon is 12:00 am on the keypad. Also, you'll find that it gradually gains time, so that after a month or two the feedings are coming a few minutes earlier that they started; no problem, just reset the time on the clock.) Also, the sound of the food hitting the little metal dish (we call it the "dinner bell") is a little loud, so if it's near your bedroom you might want to put a silicon pad in the bottom of the bowl. The good-sized hopper holds weeks worth of food, and has so far confounded the best efforts of a well-motivated tomcat. It's a bit pricey, but not out of line with other autofeeders I looked at. And frankly, after having it for a couple of years, if we ever have to replace it, I will happily pay a good bit more if I have to. If I'm going to have a cat, I'm going to have this feeder.p3.orion

I purchased this unit a few weeks ago before a weekend trip away. I got it several days before my scheduled trip and it seemed to work well and I think it worked while I was away, but today I'm not sure. I have been hearing it move twice in the morning since I have been off work all weekend. I was wondering why some of the compartments still had food in them and others completely empty. I do notice when I hear the unit move my cat goes running towards it. The setting of the unit is certainly not straight forward there are 9 options and 5 spots, but only 4 if you don't count the open one. The instructions were less than informative. I did determine something by reading the "Questions" portion today.moblrn

I have had this feeder now for about 2 years, for use when away on vacation. It has worked well until recently, but later realized new batteries were needed. Now,working perfect again. Luckily they only missed 2 meals by our return. Small problem: We have 2 cats and as kittens, it was great as they could share the one device for 5 days. And having two devices, could set one for AM feeding and the other for PM. Now that they are older, bigger and will finish the others food – they each need their own – limiting the number of timed portion controlled feedings it will provide. Initially disliked but practical design: As for the timer mechanism placement living under the actual cover, its a bit tedious, but it does prevent accidental disturbance by paws. Larger problem: My main issue is the open compartment. It prevents 5 timed feeding cycles. This should be named 4 portion feeder, as the one compartment is always open. It allows direct access . For animals that are grazers, eating throughout the day – this is great. But I have 2 cats, who will finish the others food. I only find this helpful is its close to feeding time when leaving, so can use that open compartment immediately.Shari

My Siberian has odd hours throughout the day and early morning for 2 medications. I swiped and invisible coating of peanut butter in each tray to overpower the plastic scent. Non-chewable medicines I put in edible-when-raw cookie dough. She hears the feeder move to the next slot and she comes running after just the second time training her. This give us human pack members (me) freedom to go shopping, visiting, anything you want and not have to worry about missing a medicine time. Day 2 and now she sleeps near it. Huskies are "special."TKwaz

I bought this automatic feeder for our cat to allow her biscuits whilst we are either later at work or out for the day. It is battery AA run. The timer is not time related but hourly, so you set it to open anything from 1 hour to 48 hours. You can put wet food in as the product comes with a gelice pack but we have only put biscuits in.Th only downside is our cat is managing to get the feeder open slightly before the set time. We are not sure how she is doing this but it is not really a problem to us as she is still getting fed without having to wait for us to return home.Mrs M Garlick

Love the top filling design. Only have to open the lid to refill it and dont have to take anything apart. Simple to wipe down and hand wash when needed.Cj

Leaks water all the time, lid doesn't attach well and can come off easily, doesn't keep shape/flimsy, fill it up constantly due to it continually overflowing waterMelissa

Love this feeder! No need to buy a different one to match. Buy 2 and flip the bottom one for food other for water. Use small food though. i love it. the bottoms screw on instead of snapping on so you dont need to worry about accidental tip overs!LesAnn

I bought two xs for my cat water and food. Great product water doesn’t over flow or the food. I refill both once a week.Mm

So far seems to work well and the timer is accurate within a couple of minutes. Have to play around with number of feeding portions to have it dispense amount desired, which will change with size of food. Voice speaker could be louder and clearer, but the dog tends to listen for the dispensing mechanism to come and eat. Takes two hands to open lid, one to push release button and one to lift lid–good thing because it stays closed if dog knocks it over. Vender was good on communication and quick on delivery.ks1151ks

Love this feeder! I switched from a 2-day feeder to this one which will feed each cat for several weeks. The hardest part is coordinating all 3 feeders to release the food at approximately the same time. I'm still playing around with the timing mechanisms, but I'll get there. For a single cat or dog, it can't be beat. Just fill it and forget it once you have the timing correct! Has battery backup in case of a power outage. Truly money well spent.ajaxmayfield

I absolutely love this automatic meal feeder for my cat. It is easy to setup by just turning the dial timer to schedule the 2 mealtimes. It helps feed the cat automatically as well as control the portion size. There are two trays each of which holds upto 1.5 cups of food. The lid is secure and tamper resistant. The feeder is easy to clean and dishwasher safe.Ayaan

I just received it. We have had it about 2 weeks now. And it's made of a hard plastic with 2 weeks for food, it had two timers and it works better then I expected. It's easy to use. My animals are not afraid of it. It makes no sound. Done make a clicking noise of had a buzzer when it's time to eat. But this one has none. Which is great.Christie 75

Our cat loves to sing us the song of her people at 6am as encouragement to get up and FEED the cat. As you can imagine every morning at 6am sharp as if she has her very own kitty alarm clock set..we hear "Meow" followed by "Meow" and this process continues for a good 45 minutes. At the 45 minute mark when she realizes that we are refusing to be awoken by her songs..she claws at our bedroom door. In desperation we open the bedroom door and go back to bed! Why negotiate with the tiny furry terrorist? The problem is that now that the door is open she has free reign to sing LOUDER and PROUDER! So she will continue to sing loud and proud the songs of her people to make sure we were well aware that her bowl is probably not actually empty, but needs to be filled anyways. So she will continue with an enthusiatic "MEOW MEOW" for another fifteen minutes until our alarms officially go off at 7am. Now at 7am she feels that her reign of terror may officially begin and she will claw at the bed and/or jump on the bed to gain our full attention at the travesty that is her probably not empty bowl in the kitchen. This product is saving my marriage, my door frame and my sleep! We can now set the two bowls to magically pop open at 6am and 6pm and our cat thinks we have some black magic going on however she is being fed at a proper hour now..so she is happy. I am happy because I can sleep until my alarm and there is less home repair now. My only complaint is that the two bowls are connected, I wish they were separate so you could wash them, or even dump the food from one to the other to set one side, I tend to like to do things when I'm thinking about it, and since my cat likes to reign terror at 6am, if I think about the bowl at 3pm, it would be nice to just be able to dump the old food. If I think about it at 7pm, I could combine all the food and then set it, etc. But that is a small complaint considering my tiny furry terrorist is leaving me alone in the morning. I'm not sure she's happy that her food is magically appearing, but she'll live!JennH

This is the dog food replendish dish you want. Tried many and replaced older one with this one. Been using this same type procuct for several years. Replaced since it was just old was only reason.dswitmer

I like this one because it isn't overly big but the opening is large enough that bigger food pellets fall out on their own. Our last dog bowl we had to continually shake it to get the food down into the bowl.MissBigB

Thought the batteries went dead after a year. Spent another $10 on new batteries only to find out that it wasn’t the batteries but the feeder itself completely stopped working. For how much it costs and for it to completely stop functioning after 1 year I would never buy this company’s products again not recommend. Buyer beware!1JMGD

This automatic feeder is a breeze to use and a great help in the household the second you take it out of the box. The set up is incredibly easy and involves nothing more than installing your batteries, popping in the feeder tray and setting your schedule. The fact that the entire thing runs on a few D batteries instead of AC power makes me feel much more comfortable about using something like this. With a clock that's always running and drawing power, I'm much happier with having to occasionally replace them rather than worry out its effect on my power bill. Plus, without a cable to grab the attention of my somewhat mischievous cat, I know that everyone will be safe and happy. Actually putting everything together takes no more than thirty seconds. Simply pushing the feeder tray into the main body of the device is all you have to do and that's really it. Once you're up and running it holds a full 18 ounce container of dry cat food, so all all you do is pour the new box in and toss it out. It frees up some pantry space and I never have to wonder how much food is left or when I have to buy more. When it comes to setting up the schedule, the actual process is very straightforward and easily done. The buttons are clearly labeled and I didn't run into a single problem when I set it to feed once every morning. Those buttons, however, can honestly be a bit of a challenge. It takes a lot of pressure to make them register your input and I found myself having to wiggle my finger while depressing a few times to make it work for me. This is a really small inconvenience and at the end of the day it's totally outweighed by the benefits of a hands and worry free feeder, but I felt it bore mentioning. All in all this is really great product and it's already a permanent fixer in my home and will likely remain so for years. It's a very easy 4/5 stars!cheranne

The setup of this feeder was pretty easy as the instruction manual that came with it was fairly straightforward. I had no problem putting it together since the only loose parts were the bowl and the lockable lid. Having the lockable lid is great for my sneaky cats and their prying paws. The bowl locks into place against the feeder too, and that’s a plus so that it won’t shift around or away from the feeder and get food all over the floor. On that note, this feeder would probably work best for a one or two-cat household. I have 5 cats, and my sister has 9, and we agree that it’s harder to use a feeder like this for that many animals since multiple meals are needed to feed them all. Each meal triangle slot can hold a lot of food when full, but if my cats don’t eat the entire portion from one of the slots that dispenses before the next mealtime then the bowl will overflow onto the floor when food is dispensed again. One solution would be to place the whole feeder without the attached bowl onto a large boot tray and have that act as the food catching apparatus. I tried this and it worked well, but it’s not an ideal situation as it takes up more space and can be messy. Otherwise, multiple feeders will be needed to serve multiple cats to be able to feed smaller meals over the course of the day and not have the attached bowl overflow. However, you might still run into a problem if multiple cats decided to eat from one feeder instead of each cat eating from their own feeder. This doesn’t negate the fact that this is an excellent little machine, and it would work well to serve my cats if I go out of town for a day or a weekend. So this is a useful device for me in that respect. I can use it as a daily feeder and operate it manually if I just place it in sleep mode when I don’t want it to run. I wouldn’t mind seeing an additional food tank for storage attached to this feeder. Having an attached storage reservoir would make it easy to transfer food into the slots when it’s time for refilling. One more thing about meal times – I could choose to program the feeder to run before I leave for work and after I am set to be home so that I can monitor if the food bowl becomes too full. Overall, this is a quality machine that is helpful to have in my household, but there are improvements that I would like to see made.Angelcakes

Premier Pet Automatic Timer Pet Feeder is great for fur parents who have a work schedule that doesn't allow them to be home at pet feeding times for their babies! It works for both dogs and/or cats. It's easy to use, it only requires 1 AA battery (not included) and it holds up to up to 3 cups of dry to semi moist food, feeds 2 meals within a 24-hour period, dish washer safe and the timer is easy to use with the directions enclosed within the box. I use mine when I'm not going to be home for feedings or when gone on a day outing with family and the fur babies have to stay behind. They adjusted quite well to the automatic pet feeder considering my babies don't care for even the slightest change. If this is you and you are looking for an automatic pet feeder then I strongly urge you to give Premier Pet Automatic Timer Pet Feeder a try! It's also great for weight control!!Rick1962

I got this and have been using it for a few weeks now. There are some pros and cons to this for me personally. First, the pros, it's easy to use for the most part. There is a 24 hour dial on it which you just count how many hours until the next feeding and set it to that. Then set the other side for two feedings from now and set how many hours again for this. It opens up at the time it should with ease. There is no ticking for the countdown and it's quiet. The cons for me would be that it says it fits 3 cups of food, I would say each side is more suited for one cup each. Which is all we needed it for, for our pet so this worked but not sure much more could go into it than that. The other con is, if I were to leave this out for my dog and set it those times, it's so light weight that my dog would have it upside down carried across the house so this would not work for us if we were not home and it was left unattended. There is no seals so he would smell the food in it….Lynds85

I thought the automatic pet feeder would be a great idea for my cats who act like they never get to eat any food. This was my bright idea to give it a try. Their version of the concept of an automatic cat feeder is on a different level. I had this feeder for four weeks now. I have tried everything to get my youngest two to eat from this feeder. They will not go anywhere near it. The middle cat is 4, and my youngest cat is 2. They prefer the old style fashion of their food bowl. They will scream at me until I fill up their bowl – even with this open and full of food … They consider it some kind of trap they won't go near. My oldest cat is a different story. He (his name is Pepper) has figured out how to use his paw and move the dial to get the door to open sooner. When I say sooner, I mean he has learned to paw at it till he gets it to open when he is hungry. I think that defeated the purpose of the timer. I can't say it's a great product to have since my oldest cat learned how to open it, but I can't say it's a bad product since my other two cats want nothing to do with the feeder. I'm neutral when it comes to the automatic cat feeder.Mtsmom

Very effective controlling portion size to help my dog lose some extra weight. Easy to set up and convenient way to feed your pet.Anonymous

It took very little time for my little 6 lb. Mitzi ti figure out what the chime meant but once she did, it is a great away to feed her away from home but she wants her food from it when we are home. It is great that we can set the time and portion for her meals. She has tummy issues and we were overfeeding her when we went out thinking she would wouldn't mind being alone. It did the opposite and her stomach couldn't handle too much at once. Only issue we had was the AC cord was inches too short to the wall outlet so we are using an extension cord.Wish we had found this before now!Jane

I have 6 cats, which means the food bowl is always in need of filling. This large, gravity style feeder is perfect for that. No more hungry kitties, meowing about an empty bowl. This feeder isn't made out of the sturdiest plastic, the clear container part has some flex to it. It's not flimsy, but I wouldn't qualify it as sturdy either. It should hold up just fine with cats, but if you have a large dog, it might take a beating. I liked that the stickers on the container peeled off easily and didn't leave any sticky residue behind. This feeder will hold about 10 pounds of small kibble. I think with larger dog kibble it would probably only between 5-7 pounds.JtownCatLady

I purchased the 1.2 gallon one for my cat who drinks a lot of water. I clean it and change the water once per week and the bottle is still about 1/3 full when I change it. It’s working great and my cat adjusted to it instantly. However I find it a little difficult to pull the bowl off the bottle when I want to refill it, but I manage. You have to be careful after you attach the bowl and turn it over because you do lose some water, which is why I do it over the sink. Also, after 4 months of using it the cap has cracked almost all the way around the top, however it still seems to be working without any issues. My husband just glued the top with some silicone so I’m hoping that does the trick. I guess for a little over $10 you get what you pay for. I wish Walmart would sell just the replacement cap.cherdani

I received my Vibrant Life 10 pound feeder promptly from my carrier. It came packaged well and there was no marks or dents on the feeder. This is a big feeder made of tuff plastic. I rinsed the cat feeder with warm water and dried it so the cat food would not get wet when I filled it. I then filled the Vibrant Life feeder with dry cat food, if you buy you cat food by the 10 pound bag this is perfect. I have two cats a petite one and a big fury one, and soon as I filled the feeder with dry food they went for it. This feeder is perfect for my busy lifestyle as the cats can eat whenever they want and not wait around for me to fill their dish everyday. I gave the product 4 stars because the bowl has to get pretty low before the dry cat food will start to fill up the bowl. My two cats prefer a full bowl so I just sweep my hand back and forth in front of the spout and move the dry cat food back as it fills. It just takes a few second to do this and the bowl will stay full enough for days. I would surely recommend this Vibrant Life 10 pound feeder to everyone.cedar

I love this feeder! When our Basset was younger, he had a companion and she would clean up his face after he drank from his dish. She passed on at 13 and he was left on his own. After he drinks, the contents of his water dish have become almost a jello-like substance~~a petrol 30/weight concoction which lands on the kitchen floor. Plus, prior to buying this feeder his ears wound up in both the water and food dishes. Yuck! This feeder has almost completely conquered this problem. I worried that the dishes in the feeder were too close together and food would wind up in the water dish but this didn't happen. The placement of the dishes seems to prevent his ears from landing in the dishes too. Another bonus is that no food and water lands on the floor keeping the sweeping and mopping by the feeder to a minimum. I love this thing! I did get it on sale on Black Friday and got a fabulous price but it's worth the full price. It's easy to clean, attractive, and keeps things neat. What more could you ask?!Zagnut9

Neater Feeder has been great for my large 60 pound lab/pyrenees mix. He's very tall and needed something higher off the ground than a standard feeding bowl. Because of his size, my dog is also a bit clumsy so this feeding setup catches the splashes from the water bowl and the food flying out of his food bowl. It saves the water from splashing on the floor and walls which we appreciate. So glad I decided to spend the money on this.Sally in TX

I ordered the neater feeder Express in cappuccino for my German Shepherd. I needed a system that would keep the water off the floor as we recently had travertine floors with large grout lines placed in our home. This definitely does the trick and is keeping all but a few drops off of the floor! It is up off of the ground so any drops dry quickly and easily and most of the water is contained in the catch tray. I should note that the only drops that land on the floor are the ones that fall off of her face. She is no longer able to flip her bowls over and all food stays in the neater feeder! Love and highly recommend this feeding system!Kasey

I was anxious to get this duo for our 10 month old pup- he spends lots of time outdoors and this would allow him to have unlimited water and food. Upon receiving the product the top lid of the food popped off and never went back on securely – – i did email the seller and he/she had no clue about the product at all and uninterested of what was going on- we still use the product but the pup is able to knock off the lids and now plays with it! I don't know if ours was faulty or if all of the containers are like this!crazinusa

Looks exactly as advertized. Food dispenser hold 4lb bag. You have to shake the container when you need to refill the food bowl. Water fills itself whenever the bowl gets too low. To refill the food dispencer you just pop of the lid on top. To refill the water dispenser you need to flip it upside down and pull off the bowl attachment, unscrew the lid (about the size of the palm of large mayonase jar) i only have to do this once a week. Honestly, i love it and deffinitely would reccomend to a friend.MaeYenger

Bought these for my two cats, thinking they would be great for feeding while we are gone for a long weekend. The dry cat food dispenser needs to be given a slight nudging everday so the food from the canister can flow down into the bowl, otherwise it gets stuck inside. Perhaps the opening is a bit too small. The water dispenser works fine but if any of you have cats, then you know they don't like stale water. That's a cat behavior thing and not the fault of the manufacturer. Hoping to teach the cats to nudge the food themselves using their paws before trying to leave them for more than 1 day.GeorgiaGirl

We bought the Feeder-Robot to replace our existing PetSafe Smart Feed 2nd Generation. We bought the Smart Feed because it was, at the time, seemingly the best automatic feeder on the market, but when we saw the Feeder-Robot we knew we had to try it! Right off the bat, we found that we preferred the fit and finish of the Feeder-Robot. It looks a little more modern, and it feels a tad sturdier. Quality control also seems to be better; there was a button rattling around in the Smart Feeder's box which we later found out was the reset button, which may complicate selling it since it's required to connect the device to a different WiFi hotspot. Oh well. The mechanism that dispenses kibble is also FAR easier to clean than the conveyor system of the PetSafe Smart Feed. The stainless steel bowl that comes with the Smart Feed is very thin, and when kibble is dispensed it sounds like shots being fired! We ended up having to buy a 3D-printed adapter so we could use a different bowl, but it's a bit of a hassle to clean and doesn't look very nice. It worked for a while, but we wanted something better. We weren't fans of the plastic bowl that came with the Feeder-Robot, either (one of our cats is prone to chin acne), but we bought the optional glass bowl which we've been very happy with. We like that there's a gentle slope to the bottom of the bowl; when food is dispensed, it fans out and covers more area than if the bowl were flat. A nice touch that we didn't anticipate. We like that we have the option of controlling the Feeder-Robot from the device itself rather than solely through the app (which we actually like, but the option is still nice). The buttons don't appear to be prone to accidental presses from curious cats trying to get an extra meal, which is an issue that the Smart Feed has with its easily-pressed top button. The built-in backup battery of the Feeder-Robot is a GREAT feature that I'm very much a fan of. The Smart Feeder takes 4 D batteries as a backup power solution, which requires periodic replacement as they're used. It also doesn't like rechargeable Ds due to the slightly lower voltage they provide; it always thinks they're low. A built-in battery is a much more elegant solution. The Feeder-Robot dispenses food in 1/4 cup increments, whereas the Smart Feeder dispenses in 1/8 cup increments. We wish that the Feeder-Robot would dispense in smaller increments for greater control over portions, but it's not been an issue so far. Our cats have adapted well to getting larger, fewer feedings. Gravity mode is also a NEAT feature that we didn't even realize it had when we bought it. It should come in handy should we ever need to travel for a few days and have a neighbor watch the little beasts. All in all, we're pretty darn happy that we tried the Feeder-Robot, and we'll be selling the PetSafe Smart Feed (should we ever get the reset button issue figured out).Chris C.

I got this feeder robot just before a 3-week-long trip. To my surprise, my cat was not hesitant and happily started eating from the Feeder-robot. Getting the feeder saved my cat sitter and me from free feeding my cat while I was away. The Whisker app that connects to the feeder works great and enables the scheduling of small meals throughout the day, I get a notification every time the food is dispensed, which gives me peace of mind. Also, the feeder lid has a light indicator that tells whether the feeder has enough food or needs a refill. I have used this feeder for the past two months and haven't had any issues. These days, once my cat hears the food dropping into his bowl, irrespective of what he's doing, he sprints to the feeder. Overall, it's a fantastic product that does an excellent job. My cat and I both love this Feeder-Robot and we highly recommend it!Prasanth K.

I have ZERO REGRETS about purchasing this automatic feeder! I have spent a lot of money buying other automatic feeders off of Amazon, only to find that the kibble has jammed up in them and it doesn’t drop down the chute properly. I love that this feeder allows you to control portions, let’s you give snacks, tracks how full the container is and notifies you when meals are dispensed. I know it’s a big decision to make such a big purchase, but honestly I would highly recommend buying one! I wish this had been on the market when the litter robot first came out. It didn’t become available until some time later, but I purchased it when it first became available and was so glad I did. I opted to buy a glass dish because one of my cats struggles with chin acne, so it helps keep things nice and hygienic. It makes going out of town a whole lot easier. I don’t have to stress if the kitties get fed on time or not. It has yet to fail on me and I’ve had it for over a year now. I am really happy with my litter robot products and the automatic feeder is no different! I use Purina One food in it, and have had zero issues with it holding the kibble or jamming. I would 100% purchase one again if I needed to. It’s worth every penny!Thao

This is such an excellent product. It has removed any inconsistencies in our feeding patterns. Programming feeding times and amounts through the app is quite simple. Best of all, since we can program a feeding in the early morning hours, it has stopped one of our cats from coming to wake us up at 4 am looking for food.David B.

After a long weekend trip in which we almost didn't make it back on the intended day due to a flight cancellation, and we couldn't rely on a cat sitter because my partner hadn't fulfilled his responsibility to find one, I decided enough was enough and looked for an automatic feeder for our cat. After reading multiple articles and watching several YouTube review videos, I decided on the Feeder Robot. The first one I received ended up having a defect, and when I emailed and called Whisker customer service, they were very responsive and helpful and provided me a replacement right away. With the second Feeder Robot, I followed Whisker's instructions for getting my cat accustomed to it, and he was adjusted to it in less than a week. It's been over a month now, and everything is working great. We've also needed to put our cat on a diet, and the Feeder Robot makes this very easy with the 1/8 cup portion dispenser. I know the Feeder Robot is expensive, but this device is worth every penny. Not only does it automate a tedious daily task, but it also gives me peace of mind that my cat will have food if I'm ever delayed in getting back home. I highly recommend it!AC

just set up my fourth robot feeder, after returning the first three. feeder continues to read empty on the app, even though it is full!Olivia's feeder R.

Personally, I like it very much, it is definitely a little eye-catcher. In some places there are small inaccuracies which do not bother me, because if you don't look very closely, they won't be noticed at all. It was easy to assemble and it is stable. I personally can recommend the article.Linda

We will see what the dog thinks. It was easy to assemble and looks nice in my dog room. The storage is enough space for extra bowls and some treats but not big enough to store a big bag of food.Courtney

We love the feeder. My only complaint is that I asked the online chat if it needed assembly and was told no assembly required. Imagine how I felt when it arrived and needed complete assembly.Sandi