I've had this cat auto feeder for nearly 5 years now (4 years, 7 months to be exact) and absolutely love it!! It keeps my cat feeding on schedule and has never failed me. When I first began to use it I was worried that my cat would miss a meal if I wasn't at home to ensure it worked.I didn't trust it. It has yet to malfunction...even after my cat pushed it off of the counter TWICE! I was surprised that not a part on it broke! You get a lot of value for your money. I highly recommend this feeder and will definitely purchase another if this feeder ever ceases to operate!

I have had this feeder for almost 4 years (Dec 2019) and have loved it! It always works, is right on time, and has kept my cat off my back. A few pros and cons though to consider:Pro's:-can set the food times, and up to 4 meals. Very easy to customize.-sturdy and difficult to break into. Believe me, my cat has tried. He likes to drag and throw this across the room in the middle of the night sometimes. Quite the scene.-easy to clean and take a part bottom.-easy to fill, and dispenses my cat food fine (Purina is the brand).Cons:- extremely loud when dispensing food- not accurate on the grams it claims to give (more in that below)- cat can start to CHEW on the cord. Additionally the cord disconnects from the back very easily. We have had to tape it down so the cat can't disconnect it.-like everyone mentioned though programming itself is easy, the buttons are super difficult to move/change and if you go over you have to loop back around to get it set correctly.More on the not accurate amount. I have been to the vet several times over the last four years and in the last two years my cat has gained quite a lot of weight. He is a hefty boy. I have always listened to my vets reccomend amount of food he should get, and based off of his type of food, and the feeder I thought I was always giving him the right amount. We have come to discover that he is somehow getting more food than he should have been from this feeder and I need to now scale it back (we all know how cat diets go...). Not thrilled with that and am considering up grading or getting a feeder that uses some sort of weight system when it dispenses the food. I don't have anything special, just Purina weight management but the amount he gets is important.All that is to say that I've had this for almost 4 years and that is pretty dang good for a feeder for the job that it has set out to do.

Bought two of these units for our two former feral cats who are still skittish when encountering unusual noises and unfamilar objects. May not have been necessary but I took my time to gradually introduce them to the feeders, bowls and associated noise.Set up both feeders with small scoop option (nice feature) and placed them on the floor, side by side. Cats, being cats, carefully checked them out. The first few times I lightly placed (lightly dropping) kibble in the bowls; when the cats were comfortable woth the noise and eating from the bowls, I then moved on to manually trigger the feeders so the cats would become accustomed to the noise of the pellets being released (gentle motor whine and kibble hitting the plastic dish) while I was in the room. They were concerned initially with the noise (quieter feline version of coins dropping from a slot machine but their payout was in edible bits.) Once they were comfortable with one mechanical feeding a day, they were settled down enough to eat from the attached bowls without constantly looking around. Now they are somewhat attuned to feeding times and often wait in the room for the units to disperse their kibble.Both cats are enthusiastic eaters but the larger one uses his size to take over what he feels is unclaimed food. It was necessary to synchronize the distribution time and portions so both cats would be fed. Next time I’ll save time by using the power strip method mentioned by another owner; however, I was able to sync them close enough that feeding times are not battles with one winner and one loser. The mechanical mechanisms have worked fine so far. Portions are fairly consistent since both units are set the same setting. Nice to have up to 4 feedings a day and control over the portion sizes per feeding. After checking portion quantity often, I now feel confident that both cats receive the desired quantity per day.Initially, I thought the voice recording would not be necessary since the descending pellets are noisy. I’ve set up the voice recording on one of the units only. It’s a short message which repeats 3 times. This feature has been a useful alert and use it daily.The units are powered by USB cords. We’ve experienced one power outage since the units were set up. Back up batteries were installed; the units were not affected in the least. Again - nice feature.Being able to see the quantity of kibble in the container is a plus. The clear top is secure from opening by pet paws but convenient and handy with fingers.Neither cat has knocked over a unit but have turned them slightly in search of one or two pieces of kibble that bounced out of the bowl. Easy to realign when needed however.Our cats are comfortable with these units. We are very happy with them. Two months in use, they fit our needs now and envision they will continue to do so, hopefully for some time.A few surprises:The directions to replace the large size food rotator with the small size was confusing. Once I figured out one does not need to take the whole unit apart to replace this piece, it all made sense. Replacement in our second unit was quick.Seemed odd to use a 24 hour clock to set feeding times. It works but odd.Would be nice to be able to control the number of times the voice recording is activated. Ours repeats 3 times, more than necessary.

Our previous automatic pet feeder relied upon a cloud-based device that stopped working when the vendor went out of business and turned off their servers. After reading reports of security breaches on web connected devices, we decided to choose this stand-alone automatic feeder.No phone app needed. No internet connection needed. Setting up the feed times and dose using the inbuilt timer was as easy as programming a video recorder. For those who weren’t around last century to remember how to do this, the supplied instructions are pretty clear.The machine seems to have a good strong motor that dispenses consistent sized doses without jamming. Due to the design of the tray however, sometimes a few pieces can spill out on the floor. The buttons are a little finnicky but given that once you’ve set it you can forget it, this doesn’t cause too much grief.