This feeder is easy to install, holds a lot of food and is easy to use. We have 2 large rabbits and this stores enough food for them.

I recommend this automatic feeder.The iPettie Hanging Automatic Pet Feeder HW18 is pretty straightforward and easy to configure and use, with the help of the associated Air.ai app. The included documentation is clear and well-written, making initial assembly a breeze.I recommend test fitting the two food outlet components (chutes) with your cage or enclosure before proceeding with the rest of setup. One of the two included should fit any commercially available cage or enclosure. In general, if your cage has primarily vertical slats, you'll use the smaller chute. If you're enclosure has horizontal slats, you can use either. If using the smaller chute, you will not be able to use feed mixes that include larger components, like banana chips or larger pieces of dried fruit. The hopper will hold approximately 6-7 cups by volume.The top of the food hopper includes a compartment for a desiccant packet (included) that helps keep the contents dry by absorbing water vapor. That's a great feature I had not considered when looking for an automatic feeder. It reduces the possibility of mold developing in the hopper. Our guinea pigs eat enough that we need to refill the hopper regularly, but that desiccant will make a big difference for any of you with small rodents that will need significant time to eat through the supply in the hopper.Before installing the feeder, I recommend attaching the feeding bowl to the hanging plate so you may better assess placement in your enclosure. Once you found the preferred location, you may remove the feeding dish until you've mounted the feeder.The included USB-C cable is only 3 ft long, so remember to consider your proximity to an electrical outlet before installing the feeder. If desired, you can replace the included USB A to C cable with a longer one if your nearest outlet is further away. You can install 2 D-cell batteries as a backup power source for during power outages, but the feeder will operate without them. The app even shows the level of charge remaining on those batteries.During setup, you will use the Air.ai app to add the feeder to your local wireless network. Note that your network must support connections at 2.4 GHz to connect to the feeder. Our access point simultaneously supports both 2.4 and 5 GHz connections, so we didn't have any issues. It should also be noted that the device keeps the network configuration information when unplugged, even if no backup batteries are installed. It appears those backup batteries are just to power the motor that drives the automatic feeder. I've only tested that reconnect-after-outage feature during relatively short outages. I don't know if the device will keep configuration during an extended outage. Should it lose its configuration, it is simple to set the device up once again using the app.Once attached to the enclosure and powered, you may use the app to dispense one or more servings at any time. The app also allows you to schedule feedings, requiring no further intervention. Specify a number of portions, a time, and save the plan. If you want multiple feedings in a day, you need to add each feeding separately as a different plan. The app allows you to designate weather a plan should be applied to specific days of the week, or all days of the week. We have ours set to feed twice daily, at 06:30 and 18:30 (the app uses 24-hour clock format), and our daughter typically feeds them one additional time manually. Serving size is determined by the partitions on the dispensing rotor. If you choose one serving, the rotor advances 1/4 of a turn, emptying one compartment. If two servings, two compartments are dispensed, and so on.The plastic feeding bowl is locked in place by a sliding mechanism, ensuring a secure attachment. It is designed so that the bowl can be removed for cleaning without needing to unmount the entire feeder. The bowl features a stainless steel lip, to prevent rodents from chewing on the edge of the bowl.Our piggies are in our daughter's room. If she ends up away for an extended period of time, so that she'd miss a manual feeding, all I need to do is open the app and initiate an additional feeding. It's quite nice.The iPettie Hanging Automatic Pet Feeder HW18 appears to provide a good value for its asking price. It can help ensure that your little companions always have food, either on a daily basis or when you go away for a vacation or a weekend away.

In the Netherlands these devices are almost non existent, even though there is plenty of choice for cats and dogs. This device it suitable for rabbits as they can't reach the essential parts. We defined a schedule for feeding twice per day and it just works. We won't leave the rabbits alone for days, but this gives us some extra freedom.Two feature requests though:* option to define the portion size when using the physical button (standard portion for our rabbits is 8 feedings)* better smart home integrations. I tried to connect it to my smart home but this does not work.

This was super easy to set up and has truthfully been one of my favorite purchases lately. Continuous gravity feeders are not an option for my bun as he will just never stop eating. So this has truly been so perfect for those days I’m out of town or working long days. It holds quite a bit of food, dispenses well, and is easy to control from my phone. Some had mentioned that it is big and bulky, but I find that it holds an appropriate amount of food in the reservoir and is thin enough that I don’t find it to be too “bulky”. I did have to cut a few wires on his cage to ensure it fit correctly but it was no big deal, as his cage has very thin/close wiring.

This feeder works well. It’s easy to use, battery powered or plugged into a charging block. Adjustable portions, but not a lot of options there. It looks nice, holds a fair amount of food, and comes with a desiccant so you can keep your feed dry. It really requires a cage to mount it right, and if it’s a homemade cage you’ll either have to put the whole thing inside the cage, taking up space, or cut a hole out. It’s a nice design when it works by staying outside the cage, but not easy if you have make-shift enclosures like a box or something. Still, nice product.