PetSafe, 5 Meal Pet Feeder, Automatic, Five Day Programing,White, 5 x 165 g Trays

Beautifully made. Cat got the hang of the new regime (twice a day morning and night) immediately. I bought it for a night or two away over Xmas but will continue it all the time, now. We use dried food so no need for cold blocks. I am using rechargeable AA batteries with D cell adaptors, much cheaper than buying D cells! Setting the times isn't intuitive so you want the instructions to hand. I'll stick a copy onto the inside of the lid, you can download from manufacturer's website (I did before buying). It's not actually *difficult* to set up it just isn't intuitive (to me, at least). I've only had it a week -- normally I'd leave longer before giving a review but in case you are making up your mind before a Christmas break, I have posted this much and will update later if anything worth commenting on arises. I have complete confidence in leaving my cat with this product, and she actually prefers the shape and feel of the clean white bowls for the food than the old individual bowls. **Updated 28th May 2015** Have now been using daily for about six months and still delighted. One little wrinkle that could be just on mine, the white feeding plate needs tapping down to seat it after re-filling. If you don't seat properly the turning mechanism doesn't work properly. Just tap gently with your fingers. Took me a while to find out why I sometimes had a problem. Might just be a manufacturing thing with mine and is no problem anyway.

Works well! Only drawback is because the dishes are square the cats struggle to eat out of them but only slightly. I try to pile the food in the middle of the dish to make it easier for the cats to eat. Easy to clean just remove the dish and wash it!

Super handy, works well for my dog!

Sometimes a gadget comes along and you think...what the heck.... why? This is not one of them. The puppy needs feeding 6 times a day. He gets his first feed early on, but the rest are from this little gadget. No, he's not on his own all day. Far from it. But the great thing about this is that it will deliver each food ration at exactly the time you programme it to. No forgetting..has he had 3 feeds or has he had 4? And if you do pop out for a couple of hours, he still gets his grub. The other day he was sleeping next to it, with his paw resting on it....waiting for it to whirrrr open. Personally, I wouldn't use this for wet food. It'll go off, especially if it's warm. But for dried food, it's a winner. It would be fabulous for cat owners who plan to go away for the weekend/night too. It's battery operated so no problem having to plug it in, or risk of high voltage. As for features, well programming couldn't be simpler. In fact, I lost the instructions, but it was pretty easy to work out. It's a bit of faffing about to keep changing the times, so just decide on a regular set of times and stick to it. Even if you want to reduce the meals later on, as your animal gets older, it doesn't matter if an empty drawer pops open. But you can "suspend feeding" at a particular time if you want. The white rotating food tray is really simple to take out and clean, but when you put it back make sure it seats properly or it won't rotate. It's not difficult, you'll feel it drop nicely into place. It does make a whirring sound but that won't stop a hungry pet once they realise that some grub is on offer! Sturdy? Well, my pup has managed to demolish just about every toy we give him. But he can't break into this, even though his sensitive nose knows there is food inside it. Plus it is heavy enough not to be pushed about all over the place. I wouldn't use this for a really large pet, because the trays are probably not big enough, but for puppies which need small amounts at regular times, cats etc, this is first class, well built, easy to use and I recommend wholeheartedly.

Didnt work. Unfortunately didnt use it until after return date when I found it didnt open . Do not buy.

It is ok but bigger than other auto feeders I tried, but I prefer other mainly because of the size and the fact it does not have a stainless steel option.

For single use this would be excellent but I needed four, all to open at the same time and they don't. This isn't a fault, just difficult to do with analogue timers. They're well made but the battery is a nightmare, even warms of this in the instructions, very very tight to insert. Can't imagine what getting the battery will like to remove but after nearly a year they're still going strong. All in all would recommend though

My cats always wake me up around 4 or 5 am to feed them, no matter how late I give them their last meal of the day. Hoping to avoid having to get up at this hour, I bought two of these units (they each eat different food and in a different location.) Setup was easy enough. I was able to coordinate the two so they activate within roughly 10 seconds of each other. Day one was pure comedy. The cats were nearby their dishes when the motors kicked on (it's kinda loud). They freaked: Fluffed up like they'd stuck their little paws in an electrical outlet, ran, stopped, crouched, and hissed. Once I'd regained my composure, I coaxed each one into coming to look and eventually eat from the bowl. Day two through four, the cats still shy away when the motor turns on, but are no longer freaked out. They still don't 'get it' ... that the sound means food is now available to eat. In order to get them to associate the sound with something good (food), I made an effort to be nearby at mealtimes so when the dishes kicked on, I could say, "Hungry, hungry, hungry?" and then wiggle my fingers in the bowl to show the food was in there. "Hungry" is what I would say when feeding them before, so they already knew what those words meant. I just needed them to make the connection to the sound. Day five. The lightbulb goes on at the last meal of the day. (I feed them a little less than 1/4 cup food every 6 hours.) They got me up at 5:25 am for their first meal of the day, still not realizing food was already sitting in the dishes for them. So, for the next two meals, when the motor kicked on, in addition to repeating the word "hungry", I picked them up and took them immediately to their feeders. Tonight was perfect. The feeders clicked on and both cats ran to their dishes right way and began eating. Hurray! I hope this will also be the case in the wee hours of the morning starting tomorrow. I'm very much looking forward to no longer having to endure their early AM pestering for food. Update after three months: I'm in Heaven! I get to sleep through the night. The cats love their feeders and so do I. My main motivation for getting these was the interrupted sleep, however, it's been really wonderful all the way around. I have only to remember to fill the feeders each evening, and I'm set for 24 hrs ... free to come and go without the worry of hungry cats awaiting my arrival for their next meal. July 2013: Wow! Four years later and I'm still loving these feeders. I think in all this time I've changed the batteries only a couple times. One of the units is still working absolutely perfectly and the other recently started to have difficulty rotating the bowl. It's beginning to stick and in the last couple days, it's happening a lot. Sometimes after a bit of strain it moves but other times it totally sticks and continues to run until I push the bowl. The mechanism that makes it spin seems to be a bit stripped. I've tried rotating the bowl to different positions on the spinner and cleaning it well, but have been unable to resolve the dysfunction. So, rather than waiting until it completely conks out, I decided to purchase another unit. I got four years of near-flawless functioning from this unit, so no complaints, especially since the other one is going strong. I'm looking forward to at least another four years of excellent performance from the new unit. Periodically (every couple of months) I have to resynchronize the bowls. They are running about 1 minute apart by then and I like both cats to start eating at roughly the same time so they are not both trying to eat from the feeder that activates first. This is a very minor inconvenience and if not for having two units that I need to activate together, it would be a non-issue.

Amazon Delivery person delivered to wrong place according to the delivery photos. So ended up buying the sand product from a local pet store and got the refund. The same product I got from pet store works perfect. My kitty (4 years old ) developed a new habit of waking me up singing a song for good at 4am despite having her night feed at 10-10;30pm. So I reduced the night food and now adds 10g of kibbles to this feeder to open at 4 am. Now she doesn’t wake me up anymore and she is happy kitty have a nibbles at kibbles then goes back to sleep. Works perfectly. Super easy to clean. And no more waking up at 4 am!!!

i bought two pcs of this feeder, the rotation was weird, it skipped the next bowl and went back to the empty bowl, and i trust it, it will do the job while i am away for 3 days, the wet food spoiled and my cat straved.

Le distributeur marche à pile, il n'est pas hermétique donc il ne garde pas les aliments humide qui soit disant peuvent être distribué jusqu'à 5 jours. Au 2ème jour la paté est déjà toute sèche et notre chat n'en veux pas. De plus, le retour du produit n'est pas possible car la market place est en angletrre. 65€ pour un distributeur inutilisable.

The clear container holds water to stop ants , the blue container raises it away from water. The auto feeder stops wild birds eating all the dog biscuits. Meant to be indoor use but it works well under shelter raised