Closer Pets C200 Automatic Pet Feeder with Digital Timer & Stainless Steel Bowl Inserts – Includes Ice Packs for Up to 2 Wet or Dry Food Meals, No Apps or WiFi, Portion Control for Cats & Small Dogs

What a fantastic device this is. Our three year old Bengal boy has become a night cat, and demands his food in the very early hours, meaning an often broken sleep for my wife (chief feeder, in separate room) . We can now load the feeder up before bed, and time his meals to not only spread them out, but to avoid prolonged pestering through the night. It took a few days for him to get used to it, but now he knows the food is there, and coming soon. The noise it makes, and movement, hasn’t been an issue. He barely flinched. My wife no longer has to get up at 3am every day and is now sleeping much better. I have zero negatives for the feeder. He seems to make less mess with this than his bowls, it’s easier to clean, and simple to use. We don’t bother aligning the zeros as we always know exactly which meals are next and in which order. I recommend ordering a spare pair of ice packs so you can swap them over each day. We’ll load up his next four meals today for the usual times whilst we’re out. No more asking for help feeding or feeding outside of his usual routine. It’s honestly great and been a revelation for us.

I have a cat that gobbles all the food straight away whenever I have to leave for a day. This automatic feeder prevents her from doing that and means I don’t walk back through the front door amidst deafening cat screams of hunger or face a house trashed because the cat has plundered it looking for food. I refused to pay for an expensive one because I don’t use it everyday and if I stop manually feeding my cat, it will have no further use for me as it’s bald monkey slave. This feeder is great, I can keep wet food fresh with the ice block and set the timers to release the goodies at intervals during the day. It is tried and tested and works reliably well, great value for money and even I can programme it easily. The only criticism I will make is that it seems you have to set the timer for over an hour in order for it to register.

I have bought this through out the gears and I also used other brands. Pros: good trays for my cats, love the stainless steel option, easy to set up meal times, batteries last for long enough time. It is small compared to other autofeders I had Cons: It has always broken after 3years using it, perhaps I am luckier this time around. I had the same happening with other auto feeders

So far so good - works as expected and useful to have if we need to be out for a little longer during the day. We haven’t used the ice block yet (as just using with dry biscuits for now) but the timer works as expected and it’s good that you can have them set to open at different times. The metal trays make it feel a little less plasticky and are really easy to clean.

It's stopped working after a few months of only being used once a week

I use this for wet food for my cat and it works really well as she likes to graze on her food as opposed to eat at set meal times. The ice pack keeps the food cold (which she prefers) and stops it from spoiling. Its easy enough to take apart and clean too.

This has literally changed my car’s life. She is diabetic and we need to feed her in many small meals throughout the day and night. This takes over the night shift so I get to sleep. The only issue is the other cat stealing the food when it opens. But it’s a great auto feeder. Easy to use and set up and clean. I opted for the stainless steel bowls as they are much better for cats.

I believe it is more appropriate for cats than dogs. My Malshi dog learned how to open it in 5 minutes :) we couldn’t return it bc he scratched on the process.

Estupendo si pasas el día fuera de casa y quieres dejarle comida húmeda a tu gato. El frío se mantiene muy bien y programarlo es sencillo

Parfait pour nourrir notre chat quand nous ne sommes pas là, on l’utilise même quand on est à la maison pour que notre chat est se nourrir à heure fixe

This is a super long review because I had to do ALOT of research before purchasing and I'm not from US so I paid USD 60 bucks for this, and well, I'm not rich. And I know alot of you can relate to at least that last part. So here it goes. Pros: - The only semi-affordable one on Amazon that came together with the stainless steel inserts + ice pack. (Plastic traps bacteria and can cause chin acne for your pet.) - Easy for everyday cleaning without having to dismantle the entire thing. - It serves it's purpose, hassle-free, and even continues to work in the event of an electricity blackout. - Easy to keep the food fresh. Even if you don't think the ice pack is enough, you can always put actual ice cubes / frozen bone broth in the food itself OR a thin layer of ice in the bowl and freeze it before you put wet food in it. - I'm not sure if they fixed the ticking sound but it's almost silent to me. Which is great. - Looks good in terms of durability and design. Like it's pretty sturdy and is cute. I think only super smart pets or rough pets will figure out how to open it or just break it. Cons: - I honestly can't trust it a 100% due to 2 reasons; a) Maybe 1 day it malfunctions and doesn't open, and b) There's no battery life indicator. So imagine after 5 to 10 uses, you think it's all good and reliable, but then you come home and see it didn't open because it malfunctioned or the battery's dead. So your pet didn't eat. Not good. In a perfect world, this thing should be rechargeable and the battery can last at least 2 days. That would be a dream come true. - The timer is not 100% accurate, I set it to 4 hours and it opened after 3 hours. It's not a big deal to me as long as the accuracy differs by a maximum of an hour, I'm good. - I wish it made a sound everytime it opens. I'm worried my cat will not see that his food is ready and will continue to sleep. Eventually this will disrupt his meal schedule. I've seen some reviews suggesting to tie a bell on the lid. Obviously I will do that, but that just seems like an extra step since it could've just come with a sound in the first place. Overall: I will have to work around the battery issue like for example the instruction manual recommended the Duracell MN1500 battery as it's supposed to last for 12 months, so I could just change the battery after 10 months to be safe. And maybe figure out a way to give him a heavier breakfast and dinner in case the thing malfunctions. Other than that, there are 2 takeaways here: 1. If you're like me, you don't wanna leave dry food out all day when you're not around and your goal is to be able to feed wet food according to a specific daily schedule (but you can't leave wet food out all day), this is the best budget friendly option in the market. BUT, I wouldn't recommend this as a permanent/long term solution. I would save up and invest in another option that allows me to control the machine remotely/wirelessly via an app, which means it opens when I tell it to open. Only then I wouldn't worry (unless the WiFi is out, which hardly ever happens.) Because ultimately the main goal is to be able to trust a machine to feed your pet the specific meal schedule that you have painstakingly planned for them. This feels like one of the products that meet that goal but on a very basic level. If budget is tight, save up and get a better one and just keep upgrading until you get the best one ever. Your furbabies deserve the best. 2. If you're not too anal about meal planning or you dont even feed wet food and you're using this for dry food, but want your pet to eat only at certain timings maybe for weight loss, prevent overeating or whatever your reason is, this is the best simple and no hassle option for you. So it all depends on your financial situation and what you truly want out of a machine. If money is not even an issue, what are you doing here?

Génial. Basic. Fait bien le job. Mon chat l’a vite adopté. Je pense reprendre des packs de glace car je l’utilise h24 et ça n’a pas le temps de se refroidir dans le congélateur.

Bit fiddly to set up .Contacted customer service first day and they still have not responded after approx a month.Figured it out eventually. The individually trays are small they could be a big bigger to allow the cat to get the food when the food moves to the walk of the tray. Use the ice packs during this summer as get home late on ocassions.Works good. I will use the icepacks and also freeze the wet food so it can thaw out and keep fresh. for the day. The individual trays are very convenient.Great little purchase but felt price a bit high.