PETLIBRO Automatic Cat Food Dispenser for 2 Pets 5L Auto Dog Feeder Dry Food Dispenser with Splitter & 2 Stainless Bowls, 10s Meal Call and Timer Setting 50 Portions 6 Meals Per Day, Dual Tray Feeder

TL;DR: Works and looks great with the exception of the recorded message feature. I bought this autofeeder for my cat out of desperation. She meows incessantly for 45 minutes or more before meal times which annoys my dog into shriek howling with every meow and causes me to contemplate double murder. I've only had this feeder for a couple days but so far it is working great! My cat is still learning that she must appeal to her new machine overlord for food, but she is already much better than she was. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and I will update my review if anything changes. PROS: - Easy set-up. It takes a few minutes but unless you're changing the schedule all the time for some reason, it's really not terrible. Some reviews claim you have to cycle through every time and portion to change something but that's not true. You can use the "+" and "-" buttons to navigate to the meal slot you want to change without starting from the beginning. Unused slots will have a time but if you set the portion to zero they will not dispense anything. This is probably obvious but it did confuse me for a second. I set mine to have 4 meals spaced 6 hours apart and it's been working like a charm. - No jamming problems even with larger kibble so far. The cat food I buy has larger chunks interspersed in with smaller kibble and I was worried that it might jam up the dispenser. So far it has been working just fine. It has a helpful sticker on the lid that shows you the largest kibble size it will accommodate and it seems to be accurate. I bought the 5L version which holds 4-5 lbs of food. - My devious cat has yet to figure out how to get extra kibble from it. The panel auto-locks so she can't press any buttons. I've seen her stick her paw up the chute to dig around but she hasn't succeeded in any extra snacks yet as far as I can tell. It's only been a few days so time will tell if she will use her demon powers to beat the machine. I would suggest either putting this feeder on the floor or securing it in place because I suspect that my cat would be able to push it off a table and/or knock it over of it was empty enough. The weight D batteries alone might make it relatively stable to tipping though. I have not actually seen her move it yet but I remain wary because she is a larger cat at 14 lbs and generally a menace to society*. - It seems well-made and is very sleek and modern looking. Appearance is less important than function to me but it does look quite nice. - I like that there is a battery meter display even when plugged in. I intend to have it plugged in all the time but it will be nice to know when the back-up batteries need to be replaced. - After completing set-up, I decided to move the feeder and had not installed batteries in it yet. I was expecting to reset at least the time but was pleasantly surprised to see it did not reset at all. It was unplugged for all of 10 seconds so I can't attest to how long it can go without power or batteries before resetting the time. - A customer service rep from PETLIBRO messaged me before my product arrived with some helpful tips and reminder that they have customer service available 24 hours on week days if I need it and a 12 month warranty. I have not had a need to contact customer service but I thought the pro-active message was nice. CONS: - It is not clear from anywhere in the instructions what constitutes a portion. From my measurements, it seems that one portion is equivalent to approximately 1/8 cup. I am happy with this portion size but I wish it had been clear without requiring experimentation on my part. - In my opinion, the only truly poor feature about this product is the recorded message option (whether you intend to use it or not). Other reviews mention that the recording quality is very poor and I have to agree. It is very staticy and mine also makes a rhythmic rasping noise even when recording silence. I had no intention of using this feature anyway as the sound of a pin drop would probably send her scrambling from across the house if it meant food. The problem is that there doesn't seem to be a way to delete or turn off the recording without resetting the whole machine. I hit the record button by mistake during set-up, which is very easy to do, and I didn't want to start over. I "bypassed" it by hitting the record button quick succession to create as short of a recording as I possibly could. The quick blip of static when it dispenses food doesn't bother me but it is annoying you can't just turn this feature off all together. This is by no means a deal breaker to me but if having a nice recorded message is important to you, I would not recommend this feeder. - Not exactly a con but I prefer a shallow dish for feeding my cat. The bowl that comes with the feeder is deep but it is a nice bowl and I like that it has a tray that attaches to the feeder to keep it from being kicked around. Luckily her old shallow bowl fits nicely within the provided bowl and I haven't noticed any issues with spilling while doing this. Not a big deal but something to consider if it matters to you. *I promise that I actually love my cat very much! 😂 Picture attached. She's the best cat in the world... when she's not hungry.

My Answer to so many problems. Feeds the barn cats in the barn on a better schedule than my memory. Only feeds in the day so the coons don’t get any. Has saved me lots of $ not feeding coons. Keeps cats in the barn instead of wandering around the house buildings. Let’s me leave for 5 days and the cats are still fed and happy. Win win. Has not plugged yet and I feed large kibble. I can see it in my barn camera too. I haven’t used the voice recorder as they quickly learned the dispensing sound.

Works well with few a issues PROS App works well; supports scheduled feeds; holds a lot of food; has low-food-level warning; battery and corded operation CONS App-dependent, so if app development stops, feeder has limited lifespan; unit has no “feed now” button and you must use app to advance; app shows ads frequently and it often suggests subscribing to their premium services; food frequently gets stuck in the advancing mechanism, causing it to grind, but hasn’t jammed yet and usually clears up on its own

Absolute garbage. Stay away from this company. If there is any justice in the world, they will go bankrupt and suffer irreparable losses. The unit worked fine after it got it to connect the first time which took forever. But for reasons that are totally unexplained and totally inexcusable, it spontaneously loses the Wi-Fi connection every several months. You could follow the step-by-step process to reconnect it to Wi-Fi, but you may spend up to two hours before it finally works. In some cases it’s taken a week even upwards 10 days an hour a day of going through the same repetitive steps over and over again, only for it to not connect. I’ve tried unbinding, resetting, I’ve tried disconnecting and removing batteries, I’ve tried erasing the entire unit for my system, and unloading my app and reloading my app. Nothing works. If I were halfway across town at work, or halfway across the country, or halfway across the world, and this disconnected from my Wi-Fi, I would have no idea what was happening, or whether it was working, and there would be no assurance my cat would be fed. When it disconnected from wifi, as a matter of fact, it was not feeding my cats. It is inexcusable in this age of technology, and given the cost and quality of the unit and the type of electronics that are in it, it should be a simple firmware fixed to correct this problem. There is no excuse that when this thing disconnecting spontaneously from Wi-Fi, which should be an extremely rare occurrence, and it should not only be intuitive, but also able to reconnect itself. Even if it can’t, I should be able to reconnect it via the app from halfway around the world if I want to. I should not have to go through the steps. On top of it wherever you have it located in your house, in order to reconnect to Wi-Fi, you have to move it within 20 inches of your Wi-Fi unit, and you also have to have your phone within 20 inches of it. This is completely ridiculous. I really appreciated the features of the Wi-Fi but I cannot take a chance of my cats lives if I’m out of town for a week or two weeks not being fed. Do you love your pet? You will not buy from this company at all.

It’s a good product came with good condition

Bought this for feeding two cats. We tested quite extensively and every time the amount dispensed was wildly wrong. We were using Royal Canin kitten food which was within the specs of food it can handle. We wanted 30g per side but even telling it to dispense 90g we only got 30g in total combined. We could never trust it to dispense required amount. The unit looks smart and the idea is great. But not functional in real world application.

Very happy with the feeder! A great option for a single-cat household. The setting-up process is a bit of a hassle but the machine is always responsive so you get used to it. I only wish that the portions were a little smaller so that I can have more control over the quantity of food. I find that for my cat, 1 portion is too little but 2 portions is too much. Nonetheless, once you figure out an overall system for your cat's food, it works out.

I absolutely love this product! I no longer have to wake up at 6 AM to feed my cats, and the built-in camera lets me check on them anytime. It’s a game changer!

Depuis que j’ai acheter ce produit, plus besoin de penser a donner a manger à notre chat, le distributeur s’en charge, le réglage est assez simple et notre chat connais par coeur le bruit des croquettes qui tombent dans la petite gamelle. La fonction pile (non incluse) est aussi judicieux en cas de panne de courant. Je recommande.