Sure Petcare - SureFeed - Motion Activated Sealed Pet Bowl - NOT Microchip Activated

Update: have been using this for my two cats for 2 years and NO ISSUES. Works perfect and battery lasts forever. Have only changed the batteries ONCE in two years! This thing is the best!!We have had this feeder for 8 months and it has worked perfectly. I got the stainless steel bowl (x2) for it because my cats have allergies. My cats immediately took to the feeder and there was no training needed, I was amazed by this because I was sure the movement and slight motor sound would scare them. My cats eat exclusively wet food so this has been a money saver for us. My cats are like most cats and don’t eat all of their food in one sitting and return to it for little bites here and there. The wet food stays fresher so much longer in this feeder, it doesn’t get dried out, and I am not throwing as much food out since purchasing this.We have had no issues with the feeder opening. It always opens when it senses movement. We do have to be diligent about keeping the sensors and area around the opening clean because my cats are messy eaters and sometimes kick up food bits.The stainless steel bowls are awesome and I love that they have this option as my cats have allergies and must avoid plastics. The bowls are nice and wide (whisker friendly!) and so easy to clean with just a sponge, soap, and hot water. We bought two so we have one in use and one to switch out with when it’s new feeding time.We have had the feeder 8 months now and are still running on the original set of batteries!Highly recommend this feeder!

This bowl is awesome ! I have a senior cat that can only eat wet/semi moist food due to teeth extractions due to autoimmune reactions to bacteria in her mouth. One of the great things about this bowl is the training levels so they get used to the dish over time. Instructions are great and you just set it to stay open and then to 4 different levels of opening during the first couple weeks or however long it takes so your cat gets used to it slowly. She's on level 4 now. I got another one before this that I returned that didn't have that feature and it was louder and opened really fast and it freaked her out and she wouldn't go near it. I was concerned that my other cats would eat her food but since I didn't train them the other 3 are afraid of it so so far they stay away ! There are bowls that do this with a microchip reader that opens only to a specific cat but she does not have a micro chip and since she has an auto immune disease with allergic reactions I don't want to risk getting her a micro chip. So far this product is a dream. She eats a lot during the course of the day and this keeps her food fresh and from drying out. Love it !!

This product never worked well. First of all it hardly detected my cat which I suspect is because of the dark coat she has. Secondly, even though she adjusted and I would watch her patiently shift her position over the bowl many times until the unit recognized her, it also would consistently close up on her as she ate. I still stuck with this unit because overall it kept her wet food fresher and she eventually figured out a way to trigger it when it closed on her (still a very bad design issue!).However 8 months since purchase, now the unit has stopped working altogether. It simply won't open not even with the button that is supposed to force it open and keep it open for a while. Resetting it (taking batteries out and waiting for a while then restarting the unit) worked sometimes but I usually had to do this several times before it inexplicably would work again for a few days... until the same issue resurfaced.Overall very unsatisfied with this product, I've only had it for 8 months and now it's a $50 bowl holder (I removed the lid so at least it's useful for something). Definitely not worth buying.

I have owned (and used!) this product for over a year now. In fact, I was checking Amazon because I thought I might buy a second one for a different room. Reading recent reviews has gotten me a little paranoid because I have NEVER had any issues with construction. Everything is still intact and working fine! I have three cats. I bought this to keep the wet food fresher for the two who eat wet food (one was 10 months when I got the SureFeed, and the other was 12 years). It does the job very well! They each took a moment to get used to it, but it didn't take that long. Sometimes I have put dry food in there, as well. It triggers very easily, even when a person walks by it, but I guess that's better than not being sensitive enough. The SureFeed has been the perfect solution for keeping wet food moist. I typically refresh the food twice/day, but I have left canned food in there for approx. 24 hours on occasion with no problem for the cats (of course, I wouldn't do this regularly or go longer than that just 'cuz...).