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28 of 34 found the following review helpful:
 A decent product but it seems like a poor value considering the build quality. Jan 29, 2010
By William Hardin
Call me old fashioned but when I spend the price of six pizzas some places on a dog/cat bowl I would expect it to be well built. I understand that it feels better when full of food but it just seems cheaply made for the cost. It does however work so I will compare the pros and cons below in a easy to follow format.
PROS:
+ Has stainless steel bowl that is removable (sort of, more details to follow) to allow you to clean it.
+ Has a semi-clear food "tank" so you can keep an eye on the reserves.
+ Can reduce the amount of times you fill your dog/cat's bowl.
CONS:
- Does not have a switch to close off the food from dropping. This means you can't limit your pets between meals. It also means when you travel you have food sitting out getting stale at home. But worst of all, it means you can only clean the SS bowl when you let the food run out unless you want a HUGE mess. Basically this means the best part about this system isn't usable when you keep food in it all the time. So you have to choose between a clean bowl and keeping it full of food.
- Due to the design issue above, the entire container of food is always open to air, pests, etc. Which means your kitchen smells more like dog/cat food and you little friend is getting stale/soggy food.
- Build quality isn't worth the cost. It is cheap plastic that doesn't fit together as nicely as it should. It should also be weighted in the base so it doesn't slide around as much when dogs try to get the last food (which means the tank is empty or near about). It feels like it should be half the price or less to be honest.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
We like it... Apr 16, 2011
By D.Hendrick
These work great for our cats - we have two feeders, one for each cat. The feeders seem solid and the stainless steel insert is great because one of our cats has a reaction to plastic. They are easy to clean and easily slide in place. My only complaint is that our food (fairly small kibble) doesn't trickle into the bowl the way we were expecting for a gravity based food dispenser. We have to give it a nudge every other day or so in order for the bowls to refill.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Review for the small food station Feb 18, 2010
By A. Hudson
"papillon_lover"
I was very excited to see a food bowl for my pets with a great design. I have always had many indoor cats and one dog and now am down to one cat and the dog. I was able to test out and love the matching PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Station Dog and Cat Water System with Stainless Steel Bowl, Medium. I have been using that on the floor for the dog and cat and clean it daily. I received a small food station and decided to use it on my 14 year old cat who eats off the kitchen counter. He had just a simple bowl before and I would feed him dry food in the night before I went to bed and more in the morning. Of course the days would vary on if the bowl was empty or not (old bowl). Like us, pets eat just a little or sometimes a lot. I would find myself filling his dish at least twice a day.
Now that I have the new pet station I don't have to change out the food but once a week! It has saved me a lot of time! On the top of the unit is a removable plastic lid that you place the food into. Once you fill it to your desire you `lock it' into place. At the bottom of the feeder is a stainless steel bowl which is very handy to clean. I was very happy to get the small size for the cat. It is perfect for him! He is a big cat and it fits his needs perfectly!
The other thing I really like about the feeder is how it blends well into the décor. It looks very pleasing to the eye. I have always trusted Pet Safe products in the past and they really have impressed me with great food and water bowls. I know it sounds like something simple but once you find one that actually works it is amazing!
I would highly recommend this product.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
needs more than gravity. Aug 20, 2010
By John J. Robinson
"jjr"
Perhaps it is the brand of dog food that we use, but gravity does not appear to be enough to keep a good steady bowl of food in this pet food station.
We have a very large Alaskan Malamute that weighs about 150 pounds. He would eat a lot of the dry dog food out of the bowl. Only a small amount would fall down due to gravity and most of it would be at the far end of the bowl. This caused our dog to push the food back further trying to get to the small amount that fell. We would constantly have to walk by and shake the container to get enough to fall through to refill the bowl, thus sort of defeating the purpose.
I should note also that this device is not meant for water, as stated in the instructions.
It's ok and of reasonable quality.... a lot of plastic but the bowl itself is a self proclaimed "antibacterial" stainless steel. It can also be removed to be cleaned.
It works well enough, but is only slightly more convenient than refilling a bowl yourself... which is what we finally reverted back to.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great feeder for family of three cats! Aug 01, 2011
By lawgrl
"lt114"
We have three indoor cats with HUGE appetites, so a feeder is a must-have at our house. We've had several other brands/kinds over the years and they were all OK (nothing terribly wrong with them but nothing to rave about either).
I've had this feeder for just a couple of weeks now but I love it and the cats love it, too. The "reservoir" for the food is much larger than other feeders we've had, which lets me put in enough food to last our three cats a decent number of days, whereas the others ran out far too quickly, but isn't so large that I feel like the food is sitting in there forever and getting stale.
Also, one of our cats has sensitive skin and gets chin acne from plastic feeders and water bowls. We have already replaced the water bowls and fountain with ceramic and stainless versions but we still had a plastic feeder, so he was still having periodic issues with chin acne. The stainless steel bowl insert on this feeder has been great so far. I've noticed that the skin on his chin is much, much improved just in the short time we've had this feeder.
In addition, it's very sturdy and easy to clean. I would highly recommend this feeder to any cat owner!
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