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expireddaversion posted Jul 12, 2022 10:05 PM
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I use it for a big dog (110#), and feed him multiple times a day. Works with the bigger kibble (Nature's Domain or whatever at Costco) surprisingly well.
The app is a bit rough, it's not terrible though. They are constantly updating it and trying to make it better it seems. It has the option of setting multiple feedings a day, or manually control it. Wish it was Alexa enabled as I wake up at different times throughout the weekend and would rather just say "Alexa feed dog" or whatever.
Not sure if this one has it, but the camera one has a very quiet speaker that allows you to communicate to the dog or pre-record messages during the feeding. It's so quiet it's pretty much worthless. The kibble hitting the metal bowl is much louder and that's what alerts my dog to the feeding.
I know this isn't the camera one, but the video streaming works decently, it can record events and stuff like that.
My only issue with them is that the clock on one is slower than the other. So it falls behind and the cats will rush to the faster one every time. I have to resync them about every week or so.
So you could also get away with using the 5L with a splitter, but I read the splitter doesn't evenly disperse the food. So two 3L may be a better choice.
It's important to have someone checking in daily to make sure the cats' behavior is normal. You might be able to get around daily check ins if you have wifi cameras, and watch their behavior, but even with wifi, I'd still arrange for someone (who the cats know and will interact with) to check in every few days. The wi-fi camera (showing the food dispenser) also allows you to verify food is being dispensed and all cats are eating. (I know wi-fi food dispensers supposedly report back that food was dispensed, but that feature can misbehave.)
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Same food every day for years only doesn't create excitement in eating. Sitting eye-level at my kitchen table every meal is her only food excitement.
It's important to have someone checking in daily to make sure the cats' behavior is normal. You might be able to get around daily check ins if you have wifi cameras, and watch their behavior, but even with wifi, I'd still arrange for someone (who the cats know and will interact with) to check in every few days. The wi-fi camera (showing the food dispenser) also allows you to verify food is being dispensed and all cats are eating. (I know wi-fi food dispensers supposedly report back that food was dispensed, but that feature can misbehave.)
The bigger problem is when we are gone they like to just hang out near this, which trips my camera alert nonstop. Glad I got 50 videos of my cat laying there…
I use it for a big dog (110#), and feed him multiple times a day. Works with the bigger kibble (Nature's Domain or whatever at Costco) surprisingly well.
The app is a bit rough, it's not terrible though. They are constantly updating it and trying to make it better it seems. It has the option of setting multiple feedings a day, or manually control it. Wish it was Alexa enabled as I wake up at different times throughout the weekend and would rather just say "Alexa feed dog" or whatever.
Not sure if this one has it, but the camera one has a very quiet speaker that allows you to communicate to the dog or pre-record messages during the feeding. It's so quiet it's pretty much worthless. The kibble hitting the metal bowl is much louder and that's what alerts my dog to the feeding.
I know this isn't the camera one, but the video streaming works decently, it can record events and stuff like that.
It's important to have someone checking in daily to make sure the cats' behavior is normal. You might be able to get around daily check ins if you have wifi cameras, and watch their behavior, but even with wifi, I'd still arrange for someone (who the cats know and will interact with) to check in every few days. The wi-fi camera (showing the food dispenser) also allows you to verify food is being dispensed and all cats are eating. (I know wi-fi food dispensers supposedly report back that food was dispensed, but that feature can misbehave.)
I guess it would have been nice if you could put a 18650 lithium battery in there or something instead of the D-cell batteries, but who knows what their reasoning was.
Since this unit is powered off USB-C, I wonder if you'd be able to just put a USB power bank between the charger and the feeder and have that power it in case of failure. You'd have to have a charger that allowed pass-through power while being charged and also one that didn't require pushing a button or something to start charging, but at least that would be relatively easy and inexpensive. I'm assuming this thing is powered off 5V since 3 D-Cell alkaline batteries would provide 4.5V so it might be possible to do this.
USB power banks have got stupid cheap lately and even if you had to replace it every couple years, it'd still be cheaper than buying D-Cell batteries in the long term.
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