Pawple Automatic Pet Feeder Food Dispenser for Cats, Dogs, Small Animals - Features Distribution Alarms, Portion Control & Voice Recording -Programmable Timer Up to 4 Meals a Day

This automatic feeder is working out great! I did a lot of research into feeders before I bought this one and it doesn’t seem to have some of the design flaws other models have. First of all, there is no way for the cat to knock it over or learn how to open the lid of the food compartment. The lid locks and you have to press a button on the side while pulling on the lid to open it. The button could not be used by an animal because it’s concave and so you need fingers to open it. The locking mechanism is strong enough that if the whole unit fell over (which is unlikely since it’s center of gravity is low and it’s pretty heavy) the lid would not open. The second design plus is that there is absolutely no way a cat could stick their paw up the food slot and turn the rotor to get more food. The slot is just too narrow. Other design features I really like are the battery back up, the four mealtime settings, and the wide variety of portion sizes. There are some things to note, however. Setting the mealtimes on the digital display is not intuitive. You will need to keep the guide so that you can make changes in the future because most settings changes require pushing multiple buttons simultaneously. The food portions system is not based on any specific measurement system (such as grams, ounces, cups, etc.) so you will have to refer to the guide provided for how much each arbitrary portion size actually is. As for the voice recorder, I haven’t used it yet. The sound of the food being dispensed has been enough to get my cat’s attention from the get-go. And as for the price point, I think it’s very reasonable for what you’re getting. The product seems well-made and sturdy and has features similar to more expensive models without some of their design flaws. Overall, I would definitely recommend this feeder to people who are looking for an automatic feeder for their pet. My cat loves it, and I love that she can get fed while I’m at work or in the middle of the night to keep her from waking me up because she’s hungry.

This is a behavior solution for our cat Blaze. I am an early riser but Blaze is ready for his first meal before I can wake up. So hearing my voice calling him to his first meal with our Pawple is great. He has quickly adjusted from his bowl to this feeding device. He now receives three proportioned meals right on time. The unit was very easy to program. His dry food works very well with this feeder. Finally I get my beauty rest Thanks Amazon!

This feeder works well, but we had a misstep in the beginning -- I thought that typical cat kibble would be classified as small because its smaller than typical dog kibble (from my experience). So, when I received the machine, we swapped out the portioning wheel for the one for small kibble. The food dispensed, but unevenly and in much smaller portions than intended. I put the bigger wheel back in, and it now works fine. More precise specifications for what sizes of kibble work with each wheel would have been helpful. My one complaint about this machine now that I have it working properly is that you cant set different feedings to be different sizes. I measured how much food gets dispensed for different numbers of portions, and five portions per day are just about right for my cat, but theres no way to do that with 2 feedings per day. I would like to give her 3 portions in the morning and 2 at night, but thats not possible. So, I have it set up for 2 portions at each of two meals, and I have to use the manual button to give her an extra portion at some point during the day. This is fine when were home, but when we go away for a few days, we have to either under- or over-feed her, depending on whether we set the two feedings at 2 or 3 portions each.

so far, so good! hungry cats work hard to get out extra and the feeder holds strong.

I bought this to sustain our cat while we are out of town. It was very easy to program and meets all of our needs. Love the ability to record a message!

I don’t think I bought this here; can’t remember. But I want to get the word out. After having spent about $500 trying different feeding systems to try to keep the weight down on my fat cat, this one was the best. I have a lean cat as well and trying to keep their food separate and them at eating time was stressful for all of us. This product took all that away. I feed the fat cat small amounts 4 times a day. She hasn’t lost weight but she hasn’t gained any weight. The vet says that’s the best we can hope for as she may just have big cat genes. I truly love this product! That said I knocked off two stars. One star was knocked off due to the lid. I have a dog food storage bin that has a foam membrane that seals tight so bugs don’t get in. It was $11. You’d for $75 they could add that to the feeder. I knocked off another star out of frustration. Upon turning in for the night, I found ants bellying up to the cat food bar. It was 11:30 and it took me until after midnight to sort through the food to rid it of ants. Now I’ve got to go buy weather stripping to seal the lid. I hope the manufacturer reads this and makes improvements.

Funciona a la perfección!!!

We had to use metal plumbing tape to strap it down but it keeps the raccoons from getting into it.

So much better than our previous feeder mainly due to the fact that you just have to open the lid to fill it.

Now that the cat gets an early morning meal, she leaves us alone! It was easy to assemble and pretty easy to program.