Wish I'd bought one ages ago instead of procrastinating! My cat, like many is a browser eater. He asks for food, takes one mouthful and walks away. As he is on a special vetenary diet this waste costs me loads. Dried out food - he would not eat , flies go on it and. Even occasionally at night found the odd slug in his food bowl - yuk!! All these problems sorted.
I didn't use the 'learn mode', even though Earl can be a bit of a scaredy cat. I simply put his food in the bowl, lay next to it, showed him what it did, played with his food, letting him lick the food off my fingers over the bowl and he went straight from my fingers to eating from the bowl. Learnt in 30 seconds! Straight away he took to it, and actually seems to love it! After a wee jump when it opened first few times he is now totally used to it!
I nearly didn't buy it because of some reviews on here. Because since it has arrived I explored it a lot I learned those reviewers were not aware of what was causing them the issues.
1) some reviewers said the flap kept shutting on their cats. Mine did initially, it was because the bowl was too close to a wall, so it blocks the side sensors making it less sensitive to the slight movement of a cat eating. Then I discovered same thing happens if anything is over it ( a person standing or tucked under a table) or if in deep shadow. Moved it a few inches away from wall and in bright area of my kitchen, and it works fine!
2) stopped working after cleaning. It is so easy to keep clean! When empty each day I wipe over with damp cloth then a dry one, takes 30 seconds, job done. I never fill bowl so food does not touch lid, and am lucky my cat is a very clean eater. I haven't had a need to be more vigorous in my cleaning, like the way reviewers have said, so can't comment on if they overdid it.
3) it opens when people walk past. Yes it does - if you walk very close to it, but it closes five seconds later, and to me that is a minor disadvantage compared to saved money, no food smells or flies. I have worked on worktop above it and it does not stay open when doing so.
So I love it! I recommend that you don't hesitate anymore and buy one. It's superb. Brilliant invention.
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