Arf Pets Computerized Pet Feeder Meals Dispenser for Canines, Cats & Small Animals – Options Distribution Alarms, Portion Management & Voice Recording – Timer Programmable As much as 4 Meals a Day

This is the best thing I have ever bought
4 YER UPDATE: I was looking back through my reviews and figured I would update my review on this specific product. I’ve owned the exact unit I originally purchased for about 4 years now and I still LOVE it. I now have 2 cats, and love that I could easily update the portion sizes. I’ve moved 3 times since I originally purchased, and this baby has held up through being tossed and shuffled hundreds of miles.Pros:-the machine remembers your programmed dispense times and portions even if unplugged, meaning power outages and relocations aren’t the end of the world-super secure, the lock still works great 4 years later so my chubby kitties cannot break in-easy to fill and holds a LOT of food. even with 2 cats eating, I only have to refill it every 2-3 weeksCons:-like an alarm clock, it does lose the time when the power goes out or it gets unplugged… while rare, this is annoying if I don’t notice right away and fix the time BUT its very easy to set again-my orange kitty has learned that if he rams his body into it, it will release about 3 pieces of food. it’s otherwise secure and he usually gives up after 3 hits anyways, and it doesnt seem to have damaged the machine at all over the years.All that being said, HIGHLY recommend this product. If mine ever decides to kick the bucket, I’ll only buy this brand ever again!Original:I shopped around for an automatic food dispenser for a while before settling on this one and I am so glad that I did. It is middle range for price and definitely worth it. I bought it for my cat because my work schedule has me getting home at strange hours sometimes and he was not being fed on a consistent schedule. With this you can schedule 4 different feeding times and each one you can schedule a different portion size. It does have a voice recording feature but I never used it because my cat gets so excited at the sound of food coming out he doesn’t even care about my voice. It hold an entire 3.5 pound bag of cat food which is very convenient because I don’t have to have a partially open bag of food lying around. I would by this 100x over again. I swear this is the best thing I have ever purchased! He has been more pleasant being on a better eating schedule and no longer gobbles at his food when it comes out. He has also lost some weight and is at a healthier size which the vet is pleased about, because I can now control his portion sized throughout the day. I would recommend this to any pet owner!

It’s a good feeder
I have had this product for 5 years and it’s been a great first automatic feeder. I got it when my cat was just a kitten because as a busy young adult, I didn’t want him to have to wait around and be hungry when I wasn’t home. My cat is a grazer and doesn’t eat a lot at one time so it works out really well that He can just free feed as he wants to and I don’t have to constantly scoop food for him. Even when there’s left over food in the dish he will sometimes wake up out of a dead sleep when the feeder starts spitting out food and he will rush over to it for some fresh kibble.So let’s get to the pros and cons.First the pros: I like that it’s dual power. It comes with a power cord but also has the capability to use battery power in case of a power outage. Something I really like about this particular feeder is that the programming controls are on the top of the reservoir under the clear cat proof lid, which makes them super convenient to access. Programming is fairly simple and straightforward. It comes with 4 programmed meals a day which you can set to certain times. And you can set how big the portions are. I have mine set to 3 meals a day and 3 tablespoons each serving. It seems to work with having a grazer as there’s always food left over.The size of the food reservoir is great and I like the sleek style. I buy a 7lb bag of food and will get two full reservoir refills out of it and each fill lasts about a month.I like the width and depth of the food dish as I’ve read that cats don’t like dishes that are too narrow because it can irritate their whiskers. It’s just deep enough to keep food in and wide enough to where he doesn’t have a problem getting to his food.Now the cons: I’ll start with the dish, and this is my main reason for four stars) While I like the size of the dish, I don’t so much like the inside of the dish. Only because the way the dish is designed, it’s flat and it’s placed kind of behind the chute where the food comes out. This is a problem because as my cat eats, the food gets shoved under the chute and he has to stuff his face under there to get the food. This dish doesn’t have a forward tilt to it which would keep the food from being pushed away as my cat eats. I end up having to scoop food out from under the chute which kinda defeats the purpose of an automatic feeder. Really my only other gripe is about the rotating wings inside the reservoir. The way this feeder operates is inside the reservoir, there’s a rotating head with wings attached. These wings are meant to push food down through the chute at meal time. The only problem is, these wings are soft and flexible which means they kinda bend (and eventually break as one of mine did) when they push against the food and don’t always push the food down the chute and it ends up getting stuck up there. I sometimes have to put my finger up the chute and dislodge the food so it operates properly. Again kinda defeating the purpose of an auto feeder.Other than those two things, it’s been a great feeder for the past 5 years and I don’t think I’ll go back to hand feeding.

This auto cat feeder does exactly as advertised. I am impressed.Setup is simple. If you can program your alarm clock, you can program this. Like most men, I never bothered to look at the instructions and I figured it all out fine. The food container holds a sizeable amount of food – probably enough to last you a week or more with two cats!I enjoyed recording and using the audio feature to call my cats – pretty cool functionality.I’d only change one thing about this product and that would be the ability to spit the food into two separate bowls (a different bowl attachment??) and I would make the bowls metal instead of plastic. The plastic will wear over time…

The feeder is fine when it works. But half the time it doesn’t drop the correct amount of food and your pet will not get their full serving of food. And when it does work, it only works with the tiniest-sized kibble. Avoid this model.