SureFeed Microchip Pet Feeder

I was happy to find some stainless steel bols, but infortunately, they are not stainless. There are always water stains after cleaning. I tried to wash it in the dishwasher too, with the same results. I'm very disappointed with these bols.

The entrance is pretty big and the second cat can easily fit in there and eat at the same time, as you see in pic A! The lid will try to close but with two heads pushing it, it can't. From the back there is so much space that any cat can easily have access, as you see in pic B and this is a so obvious design flow that it is frustrating! I solved those problems with some white carton and hard plastic sheet as you see in pic C. It works but it ain't pretty no more!

I've been using the machines for 3 months now. The bowls are too deep and the divided one (which I unfortunately need) is way too small. Otherwise, everything is plastic, the required batteries are from the last century – a rechargeable version would be much better – and one of them only works when it feels like it. At least each cat only eats the food meant for them... Price/performance is completely over the top.

We bought the bowls in December, and now the rubber seals are broken—and I even cut myself while washing them. This is definitely not what we expected.

My three cats have been refusing to eat from the feeders for days now. The lids are still open so they can get used to them first... No idea why they're acting like this?! Really hope this changes soon.

After 2 or 3 years, the motor no longer has enough power to open the lid. As for the battery, the consumption is reasonable.

I don't think it's stainless steel. More like aluminium.

At first, I thought the feeders were great because I have a food thief. First issue: one of the cats had the "Suprachip" and could access all the feeders. That was solvable. Then I noticed that slobber would get into the threads and I couldn’t clean it out. After that, I didn’t use them for a while—they sat in a box for about half a year, and when I wanted to use them again, they were all dead. Even new batteries didn’t help. When they do turn on, the flap doesn’t work.

The feeder with chip recognition is a clever idea and works as it should (it doesn’t let the other cat in). Pairing it with the chip was very quick and easy. However, my cats are little rascals and simply take the bowl out of the feeder, so they can both nibble from each other’s bowl anyway. It’s a shame, because one cat really needs special diet food and I didn’t want to put the other cat on it unnecessarily. That’s why I bought these feeders, but unfortunately...

Maybe I just have a very clever cat, but he was still able to steal food. I’ve now fixed it to the floor with self-adhesive Velcro, but if he pushes my other cat away, he quickly grabs a big mouthful and goes off to eat it somewhere else at his leisure. The result is that my other cat actually doesn’t dare to eat on her own… but she eats little bits throughout the day, while the other one eats everything in one go, so I can’t just leave her food out either.