This feeder makes life easier. It's nice to have one less thing to think about when I'm getting ready in the morning. My dog is happy. I am happy.

I searched amazon.com and ended up selecting this feeder, probably about a year ago.My cat has tried his hardest to get in and has been unable.Otherwise, it was worked exactly as promised. I still haven't had to change the batteries, which is wonderful.I have it set for 5am every day and now my cat doesn't wake me up by crying or politely nibbling on my thighs.It's also great for when I leave for the weekend.Yay!

I purchased this to replace the older model of Petsafe two meal feeder, which was never perfect, and at first this looked like an improvement. It is not. Unlike the original, the timers seem even less precise, and most importantly, the timers are easily jammed by pets playing with the lids after they've opened. If your pet is like my cat, it knows there is food in this device and is going to play with it to try to get the food out, and probably disable the device in the process (ie knock the battery loose or jam an open lid against the timer, meaning kitty gets the first meal but not the second, which is what happened the first time I used it). I recommend trying to find one of the older Petsafe feeders. As I said, they werent perfect, but they worked well enough to rely on them while away for a day or so.

Was really looking forward to this automatic pet feeder being able to help out with one of my dogs-who has to eat every few hours due to stomach issues. I ordered two (one for each dog) and unfortunately, in both, the food compartments did not fully advance when they were supposed to. Really frustrating, as they would "manually advance" but not on the automatic settings. One of the feeders would keep trying (with a most irritating noise attached to those attempts) for a while, the other just was happy to move forward 1/2 a compartment at a time.Needless to say, that didn't quite work for my needs, so I will be returning these to Amazon for a refund. I'll have to try some of the other options on Amazon and hope for better luck.

Our's lasted for 8 months and then the motor died right before we were going out of town. I ran to the a nearby pet store to pick up a new one. Out of the box the new one was defective. The feeder would only rotate half way and then get stuck. I ran back to the pet store, exchanged it and the new one was also defective! Same problem. So I picked up a PetSafe 2-Meal feeder and this has worked well, so far. (No motors or rotating with this one). There is a silver lining. The feeder has a one-year warranty. I called PetSafe and they sent me a new feeder, virtually no questions asked. I didn't even have to return the broken one. In summary, I'd still buy one (it seems to be one of the best feeders out there). Just keep an eye on it and have someone drop by your home while your gone to make sure it is working.

I got this feeder because starting last month my cat only could eat can food and that's when my good night sleep ended. I thought this machine would save my life since my cat keeps us awake all night.When I finally got this machine, I just didn't see this could keep the can food fresh because the ice pack wouldn't be able to keep the food cold enough for the whole night. I was worried the food would spoil..and especially my cat is very sensitive ...he wouldn't ate non-fresh food. Then when the timer was on, the bowl turned, it made such a loud noise, and just suddenly stop half way, so it stopped between two bowls, right on the divider..so my flat cat couldn't get his food.After two days with no luck making this machine work..I returned it to Amazon.