PETLIBRO Automatic Cat Feeder, Auto Pet Food Dispenser with Freshness Preservation, Timed Cats Feeders with Low Food Sensor for Dry Food, Up to 6 Meals Per Day, Granary Pet Feeder for Cats/Dogs

Extremely satisfied! The PETLIBRO Automatic Feeder for 2 Cats is truly one of the best purchases I’ve made. It works flawlessly, delivers consistent portions, and my two cats absolutely loved it. The dual-bowl design is very practical, the 5G Wi-Fi control is fast and reliable, and the scheduling system makes our daily routine much easier. Another great advantage is the extra safety: besides running on power, it also supports 3 D batteries as backup, ensuring my cats will be fed even if the electricity goes out — this gives me complete peace of mind. The only part that required a bit more attention was finding the ideal position for the distributor. I had to slightly adjust it to the side and even used a precision scale to guarantee a perfectly even split between both bowls. But honestly, none of this changes my opinion. The feeder is excellent, reliable, and has made daily feeding so much simpler. Highly recommended without hesitation

Very easy to set up, very easy to program, very easy to walk away and not have to worry about feeding cats on a routine every day. After reading other reviews, here are my observations. The portion size is not adjustable, but there's a very easy and obvious fix. It's not going to come out at the size that *you* personally may prefer, however, you can set it such that each time it dispenses it sends out 1, 2 or 5 or 50 (or higher) portions, so you get exactly the amount you feel is right, right on schedule. The trick is to take a minute before you set it out and hit the portion button with food in the hopper. Note how much there is then keep count while hitting the button until you see as much food as you wish in both bowls. Mine is set to dispense 5 portions which perfectly satisfies my speedy fuzz cats at both scheduled feeding times. There is a small gate that you place in between the bowls. You do not set it perfectly straight to get even amounts, rather, you skew to the right. The reason is that this dispenses from a wheel type mechanism that has a bias to fill more on the right than left, simple physics. Setting the pointer so that when you're looking at it there is about a 1/5th bias towards the right hand side, will open up the dispensing so that more comes in on the left and less comes in on the right. It took exactly ten seconds to figure this out. Just a bit of trial and error and you should be set. The programming isn't intuitive at first, but follow the manual instructions and it works out fine. I do not have to think about what to press to get desired results any longer. The term we used to use back in the day is RTFM (read the "fine" manual), which turns out is great advice. The battery backup is sweet because it seems like the cats might "accidentally" pull the cord out if they're feeling inclined, or frisky, or just want to cause trouble. It uses 3 x C batteries, so come prepared for that as it doesn't ship with batteries in the box. All in all I love the feeder so far, and recommend it (again, so far). Between this, the roomba, my Worx robotic lawn mower and an incoming pet water dispenser, I'm living the life of a proper 21st century gentleman.

Works well with few a issues PROS App works well; supports scheduled feeds; holds a lot of food; has low-food-level warning; battery and corded operation CONS App-dependent, so if app development stops, feeder has limited lifespan; unit has no “feed now” button and you must use app to advance; app shows ads frequently and it often suggests subscribing to their premium services; food frequently gets stuck in the advancing mechanism, causing it to grind, but hasn’t jammed yet and usually clears up on its own

Unfortunately we are returning this product. We already have 2 PetLibro water fountains and the smaller 'Air' feeder. They have done their job the 5 months we've had them and our cats like them. The one drawback for the Air feeder is its size - with 2 cats I have to refill it ever 3-5 days. Otherwise it works well. Some reviews were concerned it didn't dispense accurately but I measured several times and it always provided an amount within about 10% of expected - close enough. So I ignored the reviews that said to be careful of this same problem with the Granary. I thought the larger capacity of the Granary meant I'd be able to go 1-2 weeks between refills given it was 2.5x the capacity. My wife also liked the idea of the camera feature so she could see if the cats were eating equally or if just one was using it more. When I set up the Granary it looked like the same mechanism as the Air, but it doesn't work the same way or nearly as well. For some reason it takes a looong time to dispense. Doing the testing during setup took 5 minutes to get it running but over an hour to test how well it put out food because dispensing even just 4x portions took forever (what was supposed to be 1/3rd of a cup). For some reason it pauses between each portion (portion, pause, portion, pause...) and each portion takes almost as long as several portions from the Air. It also makes a lot more noise than the Air, on top of the food hitting the bowl - it sounds like it is straining to dispense the food. I could live with slow dispensing, it was the wildly inaccurate dispense amount that was the deal breaker. The other reviews are right. I tried dispensing in cups, grams, and oz (all 3 possible units). It *never* dispensed more than half as much as it was told. If it always dispensed half I could adjust and just double the scheduled servings. However it wasn't just wrong, it was also wildly inconsistent - dispensing between 20% and 50% of the directed amount with no pattern to the ratio. These aren't guessed values - I recorded the requested amount and then used a measuring cup or scale to measure the result, testing multiple times with different portion counts. There is no way to compensate for that much variability. I followed the troubleshooting and definitely put out way more then the 'it will be inaccurate for the first 6 servings'. The kibble I use (purina pro plan kitten) is within their size recommendation (they have a handy 'no bigger than this' sticker on the machine). Nothing improved the inaccurate and inconsistent serving sizes. Maybe my particular kibble is just too close to being the wrong size or shape despite fitting in their recommended circle. Back to using the smaller Air feeder.

TL;DR: Works and looks great with the exception of the recorded message feature. I bought this autofeeder for my cat out of desperation. She meows incessantly for 45 minutes or more before meal times which annoys my dog into shriek howling with every meow and causes me to contemplate double murder. I've only had this feeder for a couple days but so far it is working great! My cat is still learning that she must appeal to her new machine overlord for food, but she is already much better than she was. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and I will update my review if anything changes. PROS: - Easy set-up. It takes a few minutes but unless you're changing the schedule all the time for some reason, it's really not terrible. Some reviews claim you have to cycle through every time and portion to change something but that's not true. You can use the "+" and "-" buttons to navigate to the meal slot you want to change without starting from the beginning. Unused slots will have a time but if you set the portion to zero they will not dispense anything. This is probably obvious but it did confuse me for a second. I set mine to have 4 meals spaced 6 hours apart and it's been working like a charm. - No jamming problems even with larger kibble so far. The cat food I buy has larger chunks interspersed in with smaller kibble and I was worried that it might jam up the dispenser. So far it has been working just fine. It has a helpful sticker on the lid that shows you the largest kibble size it will accommodate and it seems to be accurate. I bought the 5L version which holds 4-5 lbs of food. - My devious cat has yet to figure out how to get extra kibble from it. The panel auto-locks so she can't press any buttons. I've seen her stick her paw up the chute to dig around but she hasn't succeeded in any extra snacks yet as far as I can tell. It's only been a few days so time will tell if she will use her demon powers to beat the machine. I would suggest either putting this feeder on the floor or securing it in place because I suspect that my cat would be able to push it off a table and/or knock it over of it was empty enough. The weight D batteries alone might make it relatively stable to tipping though. I have not actually seen her move it yet but I remain wary because she is a larger cat at 14 lbs and generally a menace to society*. - It seems well-made and is very sleek and modern looking. Appearance is less important than function to me but it does look quite nice. - I like that there is a battery meter display even when plugged in. I intend to have it plugged in all the time but it will be nice to know when the back-up batteries need to be replaced. - After completing set-up, I decided to move the feeder and had not installed batteries in it yet. I was expecting to reset at least the time but was pleasantly surprised to see it did not reset at all. It was unplugged for all of 10 seconds so I can't attest to how long it can go without power or batteries before resetting the time. - A customer service rep from PETLIBRO messaged me before my product arrived with some helpful tips and reminder that they have customer service available 24 hours on week days if I need it and a 12 month warranty. I have not had a need to contact customer service but I thought the pro-active message was nice. CONS: - It is not clear from anywhere in the instructions what constitutes a portion. From my measurements, it seems that one portion is equivalent to approximately 1/8 cup. I am happy with this portion size but I wish it had been clear without requiring experimentation on my part. - In my opinion, the only truly poor feature about this product is the recorded message option (whether you intend to use it or not). Other reviews mention that the recording quality is very poor and I have to agree. It is very staticy and mine also makes a rhythmic rasping noise even when recording silence. I had no intention of using this feature anyway as the sound of a pin drop would probably send her scrambling from across the house if it meant food. The problem is that there doesn't seem to be a way to delete or turn off the recording without resetting the whole machine. I hit the record button by mistake during set-up, which is very easy to do, and I didn't want to start over. I "bypassed" it by hitting the record button quick succession to create as short of a recording as I possibly could. The quick blip of static when it dispenses food doesn't bother me but it is annoying you can't just turn this feature off all together. This is by no means a deal breaker to me but if having a nice recorded message is important to you, I would not recommend this feeder. - Not exactly a con but I prefer a shallow dish for feeding my cat. The bowl that comes with the feeder is deep but it is a nice bowl and I like that it has a tray that attaches to the feeder to keep it from being kicked around. Luckily her old shallow bowl fits nicely within the provided bowl and I haven't noticed any issues with spilling while doing this. Not a big deal but something to consider if it matters to you. *I promise that I actually love my cat very much! 😂 Picture attached. She's the best cat in the world... when she's not hungry.

After a month of everything working fine. The feeder just randomly disconnects and unable to connect. Product support is helpful but having to jump through multiple hoops and managing router settings for an item I wanted to set up for ease of use for my pets is so taxing. If I could I would return this product but the connectivity issues started after a month. I'm still trying to figure out the issue with support but I wanted an item that was easy to set up and just refill when needed. Having to take so many photos and videos and waiting on support to reply with a solution and even changing how my internet works at home just so this feeder can connect is annoying. Buy something simpler. This one as others have stated can just turn into a hassle out of nowhere. Update: Customer Support was able to help me with the issue and sent a replacement unit and everything is working fine now.

Camera works well, day or night. Easy to set up and link. Notifications are great to let you know when cats are near their dishes. Unfortunately it doesn’t dispense food evenly. Even after multiple attempts as the product suggests, it doesn’t correctly dispense in each dish. For the cost of the product, it’s disappointing that it doesn’t function properly.

I have had this for a year and a half and absolutely LOVE it! This feeder works flawlessly. The app allows you to set up a regular feeding schedule and also allows you to "feed now" if you are away from home and need it to dispense food. The camera is great because it allows you to check in on your pets while they are eating. The stainless steel bowls are a bit noisy, so we replaced them with these silicone bowls... https://a.co/d/fn74BgA They work and fit perfectly.