PetSafe Computerized Cat Feeder – Wholesome Pet Merely Feed – Computerized Pet Feeder for Cats & Canines – Timed Pet Feeder with Programmable Portion Management – Holds 24 Cups of Dry or Semi-Moist Canine or Cat Meals
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Say goodbye to the early morning get up meow or nostril boop. The Wholesome Pet Merely Feed will serve your pet breakfast so you may get extra shuteye. The feeder parts your pets meals that will help you handle their weight and hold them wholesome and joyful. You probably have a pet who eats too rapidly, the feeder can dispense meals bigger than 1/8 cup somewhat at a time over quarter-hour with its distinctive sluggish feed characteristic. You possibly can schedule as much as 12 meals per day from 1/8 – 4 cup parts. This feeder holds 24 cups of dry or semi-moist meals and dispenses it utilizing our uniquely designed conveyor system. The pet-proof dispenser is designed to maintain pets from sneaking meals out of the feeder, and all meals contact elements are washable. To scrub, place the stainless-steel bowl, bowl holder, lid and hopper in your dishwasher and hand wash the conveyor system. Your pet deserves the perfect. Belief PetSafe to maintain your pet wholesome, protected and joyful.
Is Discontinued By Producer : No
Product Dimensions : 18.54 x 8.7 x 12.36 inches; 4.61 Kilos
Merchandise mannequin quantity : PFD00-14574
Batteries : 4 D batteries required.
Date First Out there : November 11, 2014
Producer : Radio Techniques Company
ASIN : B00VIXRB6O
Nation of Origin : Vietnam
SCHEDULE YOUR PET’S MEALS: Conveniently schedule as much as 12 meals per day on your cat or canine; greatest for cats and small to medium sized canine
FLEXIBLE PORTIONS: Assist handle your pet’s weight by scheduling 1/8 cup to 4 cups per meal relying in your pet’s distinctive wants
GREAT FOR FAST EATERS: In case your pet eats meals too rapidly, use the sluggish launch choice to dispense meals bigger than 1/8 cup steadily over quarter-hour
PET-PROOF DISPENSER: Feeder is designed to maintain sneaky pets from entering into meals forward of scheduled mealtimes
BATTERY OPERATED: Feeder makes use of 4 D-cell alkaline batteries (not included); feeder will also be powered with a wall adaptor (offered individually)
ADDED FEATURES: ‘Feed Now’ characteristic allows you to feed the following meal early; ‘Pause Feed’ characteristic allows you to cease the feeder from dishing out meals whereas maintaining the programmed meal schedule
U.S.-BASED CUSTOMER CARE: Our pet product consultants are right here that will help you and your pet and can be found by telephone, e-mail or chat when you have any questions
QUALITY PRODUCT: PetSafe model has been a trusted international chief in pet conduct, containment and way of life improvements for practically 30 years; belief PetSafe to maintain your pet wholesome, protected and joyful
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Prospects like the standard and dispense quantity of the pet feeder. They point out it really works effectively, by no means misses a feeding, and has a big meals capability. Nonetheless, some clients have reported points with the dispense quantity and sturdiness. Opinions are combined on the convenience of programming, worth for cash, and battery life.
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Rejane Cascarano –
The PetSafe Feeder, a RELIABLE feeder, good quality, easy to program, clean & operate
Nobody paid me and nobody gave me a discount for this review.
I have done extensive reading about this feeder (publicity and customer reviews) before getting it on Amazon.
Prior to getting it, I had had a hard time choosing between the PetSafe Feeder and the Pet Feedster. Because the latter offered more options, I went for that one first. But I had to return it because it was defective and I was disappointed with the general feeling of fragility of the feeder. So I would not replace the defective one by another one of the same brand. (see my review of the product).
I was pleasantly surprised with the Petsafe feeder that I ordered after returning the Pet Feedster. I expected it to be a second best. But, I am very happy with it. It is more robust, easier to clean, the buttons respond well and all the options – including the quantity of food delivered (exact amount) – work like a charm.
Some reviews mention that the instructions are complex and that it is necessary to keep the book at hand at all time.
I disagree.
This is NOT a PLUG and PLAY feeder (same was true of the Pet Feedster and probably for most other automatic feeders on the market). It is necessary to take the time to read and follow the instructions in order to set it up right, but it is well worth your time and effort.
But the instructions are CLEAR, WELL ILLUSTRATED and EASY TO FOLLOW and everything happens/works as the book says it will.
There are 3 kinds of scheduling, âdogâ âcatâ and âuserâ.
The two first ones are preprogrammed and can be set very quickly. So if your dog of cat has no special need or if you are in a hurry, you can be done more quickly using one of those two settings. But the âuserâ scheduling is the real gem. It offers the most versatility (love it!).
The “user” setting is EASY and QUICK. There is really no big deal here even if it is your first time at this kind of thing. And YOU WON’T GET STUCK because any mistake can be corrected. Take a moment to read how it can be done. It’s just a few steps. And you can do it quickly, It works really well. The feeding quantities can be from 1/8 of a cup to 4 cups – and they will be served EXACTLY (I measured)
Very straight forward. The buttons have a good and sure feeling to them.
CAREFUL, there’s ONE STEP that is EASY to FORGET because you may think you are done AFTER adding the FOOD in the hopper. It only takes seconds for the machine to do, but YOU must push the buttons to make it happen. It is “PREPARE the CONVEYOR with FOOD.” That step is the only one I find easy to miss because it is a little counter intuitive. That step is in the sequence of instructions but COULD BE MISSED.
I have set up my PetSafe without problems and quickly. I did not need to contact consumer support for help because everything is clear and up to date in the guide.
I would strongly suggest reading STEP ONE completely (cleaning & assembling) and STEP TWO (Initial Setup) all the way to âOperating modeâ BEFORE starting to set up the machine – the second part of Step Two (starting with âOperating Modeâ) can be read after the set up..
ALSO, The conveyor must be washed and air dry before first use (HAND washed) it does NOT go in the dishwasher plus NO HOT WATER. Also it must air dry completely before assembling. I used a few paper towels (do NOT use tissues, they will leave paper dust) and let it air dry in the suggested position in the guide.
The other âwashable partsâ can go in the upper part of a dishwasher. Also need to air dry before assembling.
N.B. The control panel and the base unit cannot be immersed/submerged in water
Some people have said it was difficult to modify the programming. I have to disagree. I have modified the time & quantity being fed to my cat several times already and it is incredibly EASY to do! Just you read about it once, you will see.
As for keeping the book handy, all you really need, once the initial setting is done, is to have that QUICK GUIDE sheet at hand.
That sheet comes as a stand alone sheet in addition to the manual. One side features the ICON QUICK GUIDE (you donât really need that side): the back reads â5-BUTTON NAVIGATION QUICK GUIDEâ. Thatâs the side you need.
Itâs a quick reference to the 7 basic functions: Read/change time, Temporary suspend meals, Enter or exit slow feed mode, Get an immediate feed, Make changes to the schedule (programming), Unlock the navigation buttons, Prepares the conveyor with food.
I have laminated my quick guide and posted it at eye level above the feeder.
LOVE this feeder!
As for the guide, I WON’T DISCARD it
I will refer to it when CLEAN the machine – there are a few steps for maintenance that are different from the initial cleaning – (pausing the machine, cleaning the “crumb basket” of the conveyor and cleaning the conveyor belt, and I want to be sure to do the sequence right)
Ian Trotter –
When the cat’s feeder goes missing.
We left Zippy Cat home alone for a holiday weekend with a large bowl of food that he ate entirely in one sitting thus leaving him hungry for the next couple days. After pigging out on that bowl of Zippy Chow he stood by the back door meowing as loud as he could until the neighbor came over with a bowl of food to shut him up. A few days after we returned our neighbor told us of the annoying orange screamer and how she fed him. This is when we knew we had to get an auto-feeder. We went on Amazon and found one that looked nice, at the around $30 it would feed him twice a day for up to 4 days which would be enough. We decided to read the reviews and see how others liked it. Well, when we read the review that said “My rabbit figured out in five minutes how to get the food out of it” we knew this would not be the one for us and our constantly starved cat. My search continued until we saw the PetSafe feeder. The reviews were positive and people said their pets could not get the food out. It was a lot more than we had planned to spend and it was larger than we had wanted but we knew we could not have our neighbor making us feel guilty and our cat getting fatter. We ordered it.
We unpacked it and after a little work had it set up and programmed to feed Zippy Cat twice a day. It worked great and off we went on for the next holiday weekend. No issues. We were going to put it into the cupboard and only use it for when we were out of town but realized that while we were making dinner Zippy Cat was not meowing incessantly at us for food. Instead he would sit in front of the feeder and stare at it like he had just met God. Finally, peace and quit while making dinner, it was nice and the feeder stayed on the job 24/7. We did find that you have to fill the hopper with food now and then, there is no electronic warning. The cat will however start screaming at you over and over and over until you realize that he has not had a meal in the last three feedings. I guess no matter how much you spend on the cat and it’s feeder you can still be a bad cat owner. Just remember to “Prime” the chute after it runs dry or the cat won’t eat for a while again. The warnings will continue after a short break. All that aside the cat worships the thing, he sleeps near it and rubs his head all over it. It’s now his best friend and if anything ever happened to it…
While out of town on day three the phone rings, it’s the friend who is staying at the house for the week while we are gone but could not be there until day three. She asks, “Where is the auto-feeder”.
“Right where it always is, why?”
“Because it is missing. Can Zippy Cat move it?”
“No”
“Well, it’s not there or anywhere in the house”
Zippy Cat has a CatMate Elite cat door that reads the RFID in him and/or a tag he wears so that he is the only animal that can come through his door (no one likes uninvited guests, more on that later). The feeder will not fit through that so where it went was a mystery.
After talking to her for a while we realized that she had come home and opened the door to the deck and passed out on the couch. We told her to go looking for it as we have a family of six raccoons that live around our house and thought maybe they had something to do with it. Sure enough she found the feeder in the driveway, over 100′ from where it started. Through the kitchen, entrance way, living room, past the couch with sleeping stoner guest, out the door, over the rail, through the garden, and out the driveway. When she told us we figured it would be a lost cause and we would have to order a new feeder, but surprisingly that was not the case. It was scuffed up, the ring for the dish was broken, the batteries still in it and the clock still functioning. We figured the 12 pounds of precious Zippy Chow would have been raccoon fodder but that was not the case. Even a family of masked burglars with thumbs could not get the tub open and the Zippy Chow out of the PetSafe Hopper. We’re sure Zippy Cat was standing near by shouting instructions to them hoping for a share of the take that he never received. We were amazed.
Soon after this incident Zippy Cat found a way to stick his paw up the chute and get a little of the next meal out. We knew there had to be a problem as we had never taken the unit apart after the critters absconded with it so we figured there might actually be some damage after all. We took it apart and found that the flapper that keeps the furry things out was not attached and only needed to be put back on. A little cleaning and refilling and a DST adjustment and all is well. Now if we could just explain DST to our cat…
Pros –
Raccoon Proof
Feeds our cat
Cat no longer annoying while we are making dinner
Runs on batteries
Quiet. Enough so as to not wake stoner friend on couch (even when being dragged through house)
Tough
Cons-
Not heavy enough to keep raccoons from walking off with it
Runs out of food on occasion and has no warning feature (although cat seems to come equipped with no food warning device)
Large (not small but somehow not large enough, see above)
Not loud enough while being dragged through house to wake up stoner friend passed out on couch (maybe a raccoon alarm is needed on unit)
Bowl keeper ring kind of flimsy and hard to remove for repair
Programing not simple or intuitive
We highly recommend this PetSafe feeder and would buy again when the raccoons figure out how to carry it further.
peter –
I wanted a feeder that would dispense food more than 4 times a day . this will do 12. the reservoir for food is at least 8 lbs of food . it takes about 75 % of a 12 lb bag of food. The smallest portion is 1/8 of a cup. I measured the output when I got it over a 24 hour period. very close to what i set on the feeder. This is done via a conveyor belt. each section of the conveyor is 1/8 of a cup. so if you program for 1/2 a cup the conveyor advances 4 positions to dispense the amount. very accurate. has a slow feeder option which works great . if you set it on the hour it wil dispense the food on the hour , five , ten and 15 minute after the hour. this is great as my dog gulps his food down and is prone to bloat. I bought the plug in charger , complete waste of money . 4 D cell batteries are good for a year. it has a tiny electric motor to operate and it uses very little power. best of all you can put it any where you want and not have to worry about power cords My wife was skeptical and said I like gadget. I was too but so far it has exceeded all expectations . very happy. oh one person commented that not all the food would slide down the hopper . I have not experienced this.completely empties the hopper every time.
Karyn Miranda –
petsafe is a great brand. this feeder in particular has made my life a breeze. i just make sure the food is topped off and let it do its job. my cats donât beg me to feed them. they now eat regularly and thanks to the slow setting they donât inhale their food. also helps that i keep the feeder far away from the kitchen; the cats donât go on the kitchen counter as much anymore.
tips: DO NOT throw away the instruction manual! you will need it when making modifications to the schedule 6-10 months down the line. trust me. iâm so happy i kept it as the set up is slightly tricky if you donât have the manual.
Antonio Grossi –
Macchina pratica e comoda e con il sistema a nastro trasportatore delle crocchette non si è mai bloccata.
Piccolo appunto anche a me ogni mese il timer sballa di 1 minuto. Ed aggiungerei che se avessero messo compreso nel prezzo l’alimentatore sarebbe stato un bel gesto, comprarlo a parte originale è costoso per essere un banale trasformatore.
Comunque ottimo prodotto che mi garantisce piena autonomia. Ottimo marchio di cui ho anche la gattaiola automatica.
Sergi –
De momento es la mejor tolva automática que he tenido. Los plásticos son de buena calidad y el plato és de acero inoxidable. Muy fácil de programar. Se pueden dispensar hasta 12 comidas al dÃa. Muy útil cuando tienes muchos gatos como yo. Se pueden desmontar todos los componentes para lavarlos. Y lo más importante: EL PIENSO NO SE ATASCA NUNCA! El único pero que le pondrÃa es que el aro que sujeta el plato es un poco endeble
Elektrocat –
+ einwandfreie und zuverlässige Funktion
+ Netz oder Batteriebetrieb möglich
+ groÃes Fassungsvermögen (1 Katze 2-4 Wochen)
– kein Netzadapter im Lieferumfang
Es gibt tatsächlilch keine vergleichbare Maschine die sowohl das Futter so sicher aufbewahrt und (vor allem) ausgibt und dann auch noch wahlweise mit Netzstecker betrieben werden kann. Leider ist der Adapter trotz des hohen Preises nicht dabei.
Ich habe dafür einen 9V (statt 10V) Universal-Adapter genommen und das klappt prima. Passen tut auch der:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0083PAXC4/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_23?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A10M4JKGH5TIAB
Nicht von dem in einer anderen Rezension hier geposteten Video erschrecken lassen:
Der Kater kommt lediglich an ein paar Stücke die noch nicht runtergefallen sind und keinesfalls an den Vorrat der bei dieser Maschine wirklich gut gesichert ist. Die Menge die er mit der Pfote evtl. erwischt ist sehr begrenzt und kommt bei der nächsten Mahlzeit dafür weniger raus. 🙂
Es wird ein Gummi-Förderbad verwendet wobei eine Mulde des Förderbandes einer Portion entspricht.
Natürlich kann die Portionsanzahl eingestellt werden. (Stufung der Menge daher etwas grob aber i.O.) Dieses Förderband macht ein Erreichen des Vorrates mit der Pfote wirklich unmöglich.
Die vier megafetten D-Batterien (bei den meisten Geräten müssen solche verwendet werden) habe ich mir zur Sicherheit auch geleistet denn wenn der Netzstecker abgezogen wird geht die Maschine sofort in den Batteriebetrieb (und umgekehrt). Super bei Stromausfall.
Auch eine Funktion die man ansonsten vergeblich sucht.
Das Geräusch beim Runterfallen des Futters, das hier schon bemängelt worden ist, ist doch echt sowas von egal – da hört die Katze wenigstens von weitem wann es Mampfe gibt. (bei uns von Vorteil da das Gerät im Carport steht)
Ich kann es wirklich voll empfehlen und hätte schweren Herzens einen Stern abziehen müssen weil das Ding so teuer ist – den Stern gibt es aber wieder drauf weil es echt das einzige Gerät ist, das es schafft so einwandfrei zu funktionieren und die Netzfunktion bietet.
Denn ich hab keine Lust alle paar Wochen vier D-Batterien wegzuschmeiÃen und Neue zu kaufen.
Der Preis ist wirklich enorm aber es gibt im Moment keine Alternative die diesem Gerät das Wasser reichen kann.
Da bei mir der Ring für die Schale bei mir schon kapputt war, (gebrauchtes Gerät als neu verkauft – Wolffstore_GmbH – Teilbetrag erstattet) habe ich mir ein Brett mit Stoppern als Unterlage gemacht das die Schale am Gerät hält – das ging sehr einfach und ist bombensicher.
Nach langer Suche habe ich dieses Gerät gekauft und bin sehr zufrieden damit.
Ich habe mir viele Maschinen sehr genau angesehen. Alles andere was ich so gelesen habe scheint dagegen echter Schrott zu sein.
Hierfür aber volle Empfehlung!
Danke für’s Lesen!