WOPET7L Automatic Dog Feeder, Automatic Pet Feeder for Cats and Dogs, Cat Food Dispenser with Protion Control, Programmable Timer for up to 5 Meals Per Day

I bought this because I have 3 cats and apparently I've been over feeding. Took my cats to the vet and they are over weight, so he asked me to measure and focus on portion control. I used to use one of the 1/2 gallon like jugs that just hang upside down, and my cats were eating all the time whenever they wanted. I'm gone a lot, vets not happy, and I want my cats to be healthy. So I started searching and doing my homework.This feeder is working great for me and my fur babies! It has many ways of controlling the portion. You can set the exact amount of grams to be fed, 6 times daily. So on the app you choose how much you want it to dispense, title of feeding (ex. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack), and you can add a pre-recorded personalized voice message to play when it dispenses their meals.You can choose different recordings for each individual feeding time, or use the same recording for all feedings. I'm only using the one recording I made (ex. Nola, Oreo, Casper, it's time to eat! HERE KITTY KITTY KITTY! It plays the recording 3 times in a row while dispensing the food. Which is nice because if they don't hear it the first time, they definitely do by the third making sure they don't miss a meal.Within the first few days they became trained to the feeder. They can be in REM sleep, hear the recording, then immediately jump up to run and eat! It's actually really funny!The app sends a notification to your phone for every feeding, which prompts me to go in app and check the camera, to make sure all 3 are getting to eat. I can also hear them to make sure they aren't growling at each other, which thank goodness they eat together fine. But if they didn't you can also talk to them in real time from the app.I really like how the app is set up so you can see the camera on the top half of the screen, and the bottom of half you can choose to take a photo, record, listen, or talk. Or you can click the full screen to enlarge the full picture.The only thing I really think could have used improvement is the camera angle seems a bit high, for when they have their heads up close and in the bowl. I can only see the top of their heads. However, I don't know though, because if it were lower it would be too close and if it were higher you wouldn't see them at all. Because when they aren't face down in the bowl I can see them just fine. As a matter of fact I think it has a wide lens because I can see my entire kitchen! Which is a pretty neat bonus feature. I have found the app to be very easy to understand, operate and navigate. It does freeze when in camera view sometimes when I forget to close out the app after using, and leave inactive for too long. But it's easy to close and re-open the app.Overall I have found this to not only meet the needs of fine tuned portion control, but also many other neat features that have made feeding my cats so convenient and most of all FUN! Not only am I feeding them more responsibly to prevent over feeding, but I'm actually enjoying being able to interact with them when I'm not home, checking to make sure they are okay. And it holds alot of food so it's never a chore to feed. I really like this and now that I'm utilizing all of these fun and needed features, I could never go back to my jug feeder. This records every feeding, time, amount fed in grams etc. and stores it in the app. Now I can take this to the vet in a few more weeks to make sure that everything is right for my cats diet, and then he can give me accurate feedback. I hope this helps those who are needing a solution like I did. This would also be great for anyone like me who isn't home a lot or maybe has an unexpected hospital stay, or even use if you have a vacation to go on. This is also nice for those times you can't find a pet sitter on short notice. You can feed, see, talk to, and interact with your fur baby. Holds a lot of food for days when you can't be home which can reduce anxiety in emergency situations. Make sure to place batteries in the compartment in case of power outage. Because if the power goes out while your gone, the feeder will still work as long as you've put the batteries in it. I personally feel this is a great addition to any home with pets for a variety of reasons and therefore would highly recommend!

I have had this feeder for almost 4 years (Dec 2019) and have loved it! It always works, is right on time, and has kept my cat off my back. A few pros and cons though to consider:Pro's:-can set the food times, and up to 4 meals. Very easy to customize.-sturdy and difficult to break into. Believe me, my cat has tried. He likes to drag and throw this across the room in the middle of the night sometimes. Quite the scene.-easy to clean and take a part bottom.-easy to fill, and dispenses my cat food fine (Purina is the brand).Cons:- extremely loud when dispensing food- not accurate on the grams it claims to give (more in that below)- cat can start to CHEW on the cord. Additionally the cord disconnects from the back very easily. We have had to tape it down so the cat can't disconnect it.-like everyone mentioned though programming itself is easy, the buttons are super difficult to move/change and if you go over you have to loop back around to get it set correctly.More on the not accurate amount. I have been to the vet several times over the last four years and in the last two years my cat has gained quite a lot of weight. He is a hefty boy. I have always listened to my vets reccomend amount of food he should get, and based off of his type of food, and the feeder I thought I was always giving him the right amount. We have come to discover that he is somehow getting more food than he should have been from this feeder and I need to now scale it back (we all know how cat diets go...). Not thrilled with that and am considering up grading or getting a feeder that uses some sort of weight system when it dispenses the food. I don't have anything special, just Purina weight management but the amount he gets is important.All that is to say that I've had this for almost 4 years and that is pretty dang good for a feeder for the job that it has set out to do.

My daughter recommended the WoPet automatic feeder to me so I could leave my car home and not bother my neighbors when I would be away for a few days. She raved about the unit she has. Well, the model I bought was not the model she has and it did not live up to the hype. The WiFi and App were easy enough to set up, and initially all seemed well. While I was away, however, I received a dispensing error notice after 2 days. The reason being that bowl on this unit is very shallow, and the food backs up very easily if there is any food left behind from the prior feeding. I also watched my camera at each feeding to see my cat, and not once did I capture him eating. (Poor camera angle or placement?) The WoPet App on this unit is not as user friendly as the PetZero App used on the unit my daughter has.The voice recording you create that is played at the time of each feeding, along with the food storage capacity were nice hence my 2 stars rating. I am returning this unit and I will most likely order the unit my daughter owns, the WoPet 6L Automatic Cat Feeder, which seems to work better at a lesser cost.This is an addendum to my review. I was contacted by a WoPet customer service representative. They offered me a different WoPet model at no cost. I asked for the same model my daughter has, which is the WoPet Patrol. This unit is wonderful! It works off the PetZero app, the bowl is deeper, and you are able to create a voice recording. The only thing lacking from the model I originally bought is that it does not have a camera. I found this not to be a problem since the camera never captured my cat. If WoPet could upgrade this unit with a camera that works, this would be an amazing product. So, although I originally gave WoPet a 2 star review for the product I originally bought, I have changed my review to 5 stars as a result of their exceptional customer service!

Me ha gustado el producto, pero creo que hace falta algo esencial, y es ver cuando mi mascota realmente come. Una notificación cuando mi mascota se acerca al dispositivo.La cámara es una función que me gusta mucho, pero verlo cuando está ahí es lo ideal, y para atinarle esta difícil sin una notificación de movimiento o más específicamente de que mi mascota está ahí junto al dispositivo.

I have recently purchased the feeder. Managed to connect to the wifi and set up the feeder with no issue. However realise I cannot connect to the feeder when I am not on the same wifi as the feeder. Which means I cannot connect to the feeder when I am not at home. Is this by design? If yes, then what is the point of having a wifi feeder if I can only connect to the feeder when I am at home.

Our previous automatic pet feeder relied upon a cloud-based device that stopped working when the vendor went out of business and turned off their servers. After reading reports of security breaches on web connected devices, we decided to choose this stand-alone automatic feeder.No phone app needed. No internet connection needed. Setting up the feed times and dose using the inbuilt timer was as easy as programming a video recorder. For those who weren’t around last century to remember how to do this, the supplied instructions are pretty clear.The machine seems to have a good strong motor that dispenses consistent sized doses without jamming. Due to the design of the tray however, sometimes a few pieces can spill out on the floor. The buttons are a little finnicky but given that once you’ve set it you can forget it, this doesn’t cause too much grief.

Great product but they sent a US power supply even though shipping to Australia. Nowhere could I see where you can choose/nominate the power supply. Other than that seems ok