OurPets Wonder Bowl Selective Feeder Tag

I bought the automatic bowl from Chewy.com, and the AC adapter from Amazon. The system is easy to set up however it’s pretty obvious that it’s flimsy and prone to breakage if you’re not careful. The IR chip is not properly sealed due to the shape of the plastic housing so you have to make sure that the gasket ring is placed correctly. I wasn’t careful at first and my cat dipped his in his water bowl every time he took a drink and it stopped working. I dried it out and fixed it and I’ve had no problems since. Been using this for about a month now. The noise of the bowl opening and closing alarmed him at first, but once he realized the noise meant food, he got over it. Not sure what the battery life (3 D batteries, not incl) of the main unit is because I switched to the AC adapter right away. The battery in the collar chip (that came with it) died within a week. Buy your own coin cell batteries!

I've got three cats and each of them have their own special bowl. Each bowl comes with a collar piece (Which has 9 different settings to match the bowl settings [You can have 9 separate bowls for 9 animals if you wanted to]) I've already had to replace the battery in one of the collar pieces after 2 weeks of owning them and have had to fixate the piece onto the cat's collar as two of them have lost theirs (Luckily we found them behind the couch). I would advise to get the AC adapters to go with the bowls..its easier to deal with and a lot less of a hassle -AND- you don't have to buy batteries for it...ever. Overall: PROS -Each cat has his/her own bowl and specific food amount or food type (Also good for medicine) -Can get an AC adapter to keep bowls on all the time -Tags on the collar work really good CONS -One cat will sit a bit from the bowl and it will open, and another cat may try and intrude on his/her food -Collar tags need to be fastened through a loop AND over the collar to make sure it wont fly off -AC adapters are sold seperatly Still 5/5 stars.

Be aware, this red tag will NOT work with the SmartLink Feeder, only the Selective Feeder. This is not clear from the information given, so I didn't realize there was as difference. Consequently, I cannot say whether it works or not. I imagine it works great with the proper feeder. The tags that came with my SmartLink Feeder work just fine, I just needed one additional tag for another cat to share a bowl. I have only two complaints: their size - HUGE, and that the included batteries lasted only one day. I've purchase replacement batteries; those have been going for a few weeks now.

I love the idea of this Wonderbowl and when it works, it works well. But these stupid transmitters that appear to be 'waterproof' do no good. The cats are constantly dipping them in their water bowl, and then the transmitter gets all fogged up or shorts out and then I have to order another tag. My wife and I have tried packing the transmitter with the waxy earplugs you use for swimming and that works some times, but within the last week, both tags have gotten wet and just stopped working. It's getting very frustrating especially when the cats that use the bowl start eating the IBD kitty's food that they normally wouldn't touch. OurPets needs to address this issue and come up with a better design, or I'm going to find myself another bowl.

We ran into problems with the sensor dipping into water and rusting out batteries after just a few days. Also, it would hang too low and the lid would close repetitively on the cat while eating. Thankfully that never scared her away. We finally bought a replacement tag and the new model has a metal clip to keep it right against the collar and not dangle (They must have gotten the feedback that people were using Velcro strips to keep them up). The size of it against the cats neck took some getting used to, but now she's fine with it. And, it seems to work much better at consistently activating the sensors.

This is a great bowl for our use. I have to keep my of my chubby dog's from my skinny dog's food as she will leave nothing left for him if I let him. She needs to be on a diet and I needed a way to keep her out of his food. This bowl keeps her from him food while letting him eat as his leasure. I was a little woied that the bowl would stay open too long after my skinny on left his bowl. This bowl closes at just the right time to prevent that. I also like the push button that opens and closes the bowl when I press it. It allows for simple refilling when needed. I would give this bowl 5 stars if it didn't have one problem. The bowls sensors are not sensitive enough. This bowl has multiple sensors that pick up the signal from the tag. It has 3 inside of the lid of the bowl and 1 in front of the bowl. Even with all of these sensors the tag has to be in just the right place for the sensors to pick it up. I tried for a week to get this bowl to work for us and this was my solution, put the tag on his color high enough so that his tag falls into his bowl when he eats. You may have to try multiple times before you can get this bowl to work for you. Also I would like to add that any 4.5V power supply will work with this bowl, just make sure the plug fits first. I got a 4.5V power that had multiple plugs so I would know that I would work. The wall power adapter is way too expensive.

I have 3 cats, one on a special diet, but that didn't stop her from eating the regular food too! I habe two bowls and 3 tags. They have worked great! I currently use batteries because of a lack of outlets in my apartment, however others have said that they don't last more than 6 weeks. So plan to switch to power cords once i move. Takes the cats a little while to get used to the lid opening/closing. I fed them for a few days with the food next to the bowls so that the bowl would still open, but not right in their face. Seemed to work well tags work great and front have a wide radius so if they're more than a for and a half away, out won't trigger. In multi cat homes, keep the bowls at least 3-4 feet away from each other.

Excelente para que mi perrito con daño renal tuviera su alimento al alcance y que los otros no se la quitaran. El primero fue funcional por ocho años y al final 3 de mis perritos usaron de estos platos para sus diferentes necesidades. Es una pena que ya no se consigan los originales