This thing rarely works. Either it “times out” and won’t administer food or it drops tons of food out at once. Mostly, it just won’t drop any food out. I would never rely on this to feed my pet.

I’ve had this for 3.5 years for my black lab and have not had any significant functionality issues, which is ultimately more important than any of the annoyances. I bought this initially because my dog would think I was going to feed her if I so much as moved in bed in the early a.m. hours and I wanted to disassociate myself from her feeding times. Worked FANTASTIC for that!Pros:1. To my knowledge, it has never skipped a meal, except one time recently after I cleaned and reassembled it then filled it. I think something may not have been set in place quite right and the weight of the full tank of food was too heavy. Luckily I was there to see it and poured most of the food out and it has been fine since (even with full tank)2. I like that you can have 4 different feeding times. I give my dogs little “snacks” (the smallest portion setting on this feeder) around lunchtime then before bed.Cons:1. Incredibly noisy when dispensing food- the gear movement itself as well as the kibble pouring onto the hard plastic tray.2. Doesn’t keep accurate time (its clock slowly ends up behind current time over the course of a couple of weeks, nothing too significant, just have to monitor and adjust the time), but has always worried me just a little bit that one day it won’t work because of that.3. The buttons are difficult to press and you have to go all the way around again if you accidentally go past the time you’re aiming for.4. I wish there were more settings, like different schedules for different days of the week, like a slightly later feeding time for the weekends since this dispenses so loudly and there is no sleeping through it.5. The portion sizes don’t align with US dog food feeding guidelines/measurements. I had to go through the process of dispensing food on different settings the put it on a food scale to figure out what the portion sizes were dispensing.6. The hard plastic tray has fallen off multiple times when carrying the container to her food bin for refills. If you carry the dispenser without this tray and there is any remaining food in the tank, it will fall out a little bit as you’re walking (fun for your dog but messy if she doesn’t find every piece).

Doesn’t work with just batteries. Doesn’t let out the correct amount of food

Automatic feed stop woking in less than a year not so good with quality

After owning this feeder for a few years the rubber spinner inside the hopper fell off and was dispensed out with the food and my cat swallowed it. After throwing up and not eating for multiple days I brought him to the vet where they determined he needed surgery to remove the rubber piece. This design flaw cost me thousands of dollars and almost killed my cat. Do not buy this feeder and if you already own one be careful that the same thing could happen to you.