PetSafe Smart Feed Automatic Dog and Cat Feeder, Smartphone, 24-Cups (5 678 ml) Wi-Fi Enabled App for iPhone and Android

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Even though this device is meant to be fully automated and the buttons not used at all, it’s gives me a certain quality assurance that Aqara used metal buttons instead of cheap plastic ones. Another awesome feature is that you can input the details of your furry friend and a recommended meal will pop up. Ernie Ward, DVM, founder, Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, phone interview, December 6, 2017

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The PetSafe Smart Feed Automatic Dog and Cat Feeder comes with a lot of features that make feeding and caring for your pet easier. Having a pet is a lot of responsibility, but you can pass one task off thanks to automatic cat feeders like the PetSafe Smart Feed. The food dispenser aims to take away the problem of rushing home to feed your pet on time so that you never wonder whether you fed the cat or not. It can also solve the problem of over- or under-feeding pets, by dishing out the same amount of feed each time. I tested the feeder with my four-year-old cat named Mila to see if it’s worth its high price. The Aqara C1 is great little pet feeder Zigbee capable device. All of it’s clusters are exposed to Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA, so this device can be fully operated without an Aqara Hub. You can set schedules and portion sizes to accommodate the needs of your pet. If you are absent for the weekend for example, the Aqara C1 will handle the feeding aspect of your cat/dog. It will not keep the dog from thrashing your apartment though, so keep that in mind when planning your trips. 🙂

The Aqara C1 Pet Feeder is fully supported by Zigbee2MQTT. It is identified as Zigbee Model aqara.feeder.acn001 and model ZNCWWSQ01LM. The device is also a router, capable of extending your Zigbee mesh network.

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Unlike Zigbee2MQTT, ZHA is unable to directly create a schedule for the Aqara C1 Pet Feeder. For now, you must rely on an automation to trigger feeding at a scheduled time. Let’s say for example, you want to trigger a feeding everyday in 08:00 AM: description: "" mode: single trigger: - platform: time at: "08:00:00" condition: [] action: - service: button.press data: {} target: entity_id: button.aqara_aqara_feeder_acn001_feed Code language: YAML ( yaml ) What's so great about smart pet feeders? Why should you buy one for your four-legged friend? Here are some of the benefits of these useful devices. The Aqara C1 does not have a dedicated weight sensor to measure your pet food serving size. You need to measure it manually and subsequently operate the device knowing this information. To get an idea of how much you are feeding your pet: When dealing with wet food, there’s a high probability that bacteria could build up in the area if you don’t clean it frequently. As a result, if you use wet food, then get a smart pet feeder that comes with cleaning tools and is easy to clean. Low-Quality Pet Feeders are a Strict No-NoGreat post! We are a multi-pet home looking for a feeder that is a SMART feeder (works with Alexa/Smartthings) and can keep the other pets out of the food bowl. Do you have any suggestions? PetSafe has made it easy for you to control your pet’s meal from your Android or Apple smartphone. The lid, bowl, hopper, and bowl holder are dishwasher-safe, which is a plus. It dispenses between 1/8 and 4 cups of food in every meal. Even though schedules work for me, I’ve resorted to using the Scheduler custom integration, far more reliable and punctual. The fresh test: I added wet and semi-moist food to the dispensers that supported them and observed how fresh they kept the food over 24 hours. There is a status LED on top of the logo, which can be turned off at any time through Home Assistant.