PETLIBRO Automatic Cat Feeder with Camera for 2 Cats Black,5L-Camera Black

Settings were easy once I had worked them out but took time to press and set programs initiallyYou can change time and portion size to suit your cat. I bought the updated version that takes larger kibbles. My cat eats purina dried food which go through fine but can take larger ones. I haven’t programmed voice as you can hear when food is dropped in dish and no it’s not that loud but your cat will hear and run to it.Highly recommend so much easier than you feeding your cat and they get used to times of day when the food is coming. I programme a feed for late afternoon and I am often working so I know my pet is getting fed. If you have an overweight cat purrfect for adjusting their food intake to loose a bit of weight as long as you are not feeding too many tit bits in between Love the product

CBA to feed the mongrels, so this does it for me Just remember to refill it every now and then. Have had it 2yrs and still going strong.

Stopped working, making a high pitched sound.

I've been using the cat feeder for about a month and it has worked perfectly. Worth knowing that a fixed portion size is dispensed. If this isn't enough then you can program it to dispense two or three portions at each feeding time. So with a small amount of trial and error you can get the amounts right for your cat. On the minus side, there is no 24 hour clock display option, so you have to use the 12 hour one with PM and AM shown instead. The controls to set the feeder times are a little tedious (to make a minor change to one of the feeder times there's a lot of pressing ok as you advance each setting in turn) but once it's done you don't really have to change it very often. On the plus side, one of the better looking cat feeders on the market.

Once set up will run like clock work, if food is starting to pile up I just remove a couple of servings, and if it’s not enough I just add a serving when it’s being asked for :)

The voice recorder is quite loud, which is good, and it hasn't jammed or not dispensed in the time we've had it. Recommended.

The media could not be loaded. Average machine that doesn't work with all kibble types. Kibble size wasn't stated in description so I looked it up online and discovered that there's a wifi and camera version of this feeder if interested. My view is that this company is piling new features onto a device with very mediocre mechanical design. We were lucky that we filled the machine with rounded kibble when we were out - otherwise our dog would have missed his meals.Programming:Programming is easy, press the config button for 3 seconds then +/-/next.Problems arise with times being in 12-hour format, obviously 24-hour format is the only way that makes sense. And programming units is complicated because 10s and 1s are separated into different parts... e.g. press 'next' button to program hours, press 'next programs 10s of minutes, then 'next' programs single minutes - if you get the tens wrong you have to restart. Likewise with meal units, 10s and 1s programmed separately (it supports programming of portions too large for any bowl, go figure!). 6 meals can be programmed and you can (if you want) program a different pet-call voice for each meal - the voice feature works fine, you have to shout your message, it's basic quality but good enough.Kibble:Kibble size is stated as 2-15mm. Each different pet food will require reprogramming meal sizes. Rounded kibble worked, but square edged kibble (pictured) blocked the machine. You can see in the photos that the exit chute needs rounded corners at the dispensing end, and it's too small for the kibble pictured. With certain kibbles we found that each meal was a different size - because you cannot predict how many rotations of the wheel dispense absolutely nothing. For the pictured kibble I programmed 18 meal units, tested, then reduced/tested until I reached 11 units and the meal sizes were not substantailly different... ~115g of kibble was dispensed - then in real life operation, 12 meals amounted to ~60g of kibble, much less than the amount dispensed during testing.Cleaning:No. There's no way to clean this properly despite what the instructions say. If you rinse the lid the kibble sticker starts to peel, it isn't a waterproof sticker. The hood is washable, no problemn because it's a single moulded unit. But the dispensing area isn't at all convenient - micro dirt fills up all the cracks and crevices, there are screws visible, it's basically a bacteria trap. You can see for yourself in the photos. The black base can only be wiped with a damp cloth. All parts take hours to dry in the air because of all the tiny places water can get trapped.Aparatus:It would have been convenient to come with 2 stainless steel bowls so that it could be replaced while being cleaned. The rotating dispenser is made of rubber. Twice the machine completely failed with kibble getting stuck underneath the rotating dispenser until it was all distorted and wouldn't move. In the attached video you can year how much it's grinding.Other:You need to buy 3 D-cell batteries, otherwise your programming gets lost when you turn it off. It can fully run on batteries but apparently they drain quickly if used by the motor. There's no OFF button. If you want to turn it off you need to take out the batteries and unplug - when you plug it in again all programming is lost - this is a design flaw.I give this 3 stars because it's probably just about good enough value for the price if you use a kibble that dispenses properly.

Very good priduct my cat is getting used to the timer and goes running to it whenever it hears the recorded message. Fantastic product.