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Barry T
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024
UPDATE: The new model comes with an excellent, full-color Quick Start Set-Up Guide, with pictures, that clearly explains how to set up the clock and timers. I'd add an extra star, but I already gave it five.I like this so much, that I'm ordering a new Eheim Everyday Automatic Fish Feeder in January 2024 since the one I bought in 2017 stopped working.Pros: This is a high-quality product. It's very reliable. It's flexible in both the number of feedings per day and the size of the feedings. A tiny fan in the unit blows air through the feed while the feeding drum spins to help keep the food dry. You can feed up to four times a day. You set the size of all feedings by changing the size of the opening on the feed drum. Batteries last a couple of years.Cons: It's a little difficult to figure out how to set it up using the set, program, and + buttons. You set the clock time, then set the times for up to four feedings per day. Then, for each feeding time, set the number of feedings (rotations of the feeding drum to dump food in the tank). Once you learn what the buttons do and what order to set them, it's do-able. The timer's the old-fashioned version that only goes up, so if you go past your desired time, you have to run it all the way around the clock.I recommend this feeder, obviously, since I'm ordering a new one to replace my 6-year-old one that no longer turns. I use two on my 55-gallon tank in case one stops working as just happened. Eheim makes a Wi-Fi version with an app that may be easier to program, but it's not available in the US and will likely be expensive. There are cheaper copies of this device on the market, but I trust Eheim's quality, and the copies may not have features like the fan that helps keep the food dry.
Andre N.
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023
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Celio Freitas
Reviewed in Brazil on August 8, 2022
Produto de qualidade. A entrega foi super rapida.
Mahmoud
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on April 27, 2022
Good product
Den
Reviewed in Australia on March 8, 2021
Quite easy to set up and operates effectively
Cliente
Reviewed in Spain on May 9, 2020
Esta marca nunca decepciona. Buena calidad y facil de montar.
Yuji
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2017
So about six months ago I switched to automatic feeders (compared to hand feeding) and have bought about 6 of these devices (all for different tanks) as my daily drivers. I believe over this course of time I can list a few pros and cons about this product that I think you should think about.Pros:1) Simplicity - this product is super simple to manage and program. I lost the owners manuals a couple of months ago and honestly with three to four buttons, you don't really need the manual to figure out how to program this device. Also the amount regulator is really easy to adjust (tiny plastic door) depending on the quantity of food you want to distribute. I like to err on the side of less, and just increase the # of revolutions if I feel the fish need more.2) Consistency - this was a huge reason for me to switch to automatic feeders. I am a sucker to over-feeding, and working with mostly nano tanks, I have gone through every problem that too much food can bring. From algae, to smelly water, to fat fish, to being tempted into an extra pinch of food for entertainment's sake, yeah I made all those mistakes and paid for every single one of them. Now I can go weeks without ever touching the fish food which gives me a baseline to adjust the amount if I need to. It also helps me diagnose problems without worrying about the variable of over-feeding as a cause.3) Dependability - been using this device for months without a hitch. Mainly I wanted to use this as a helper during vacations, but I wanted to make sure it would do the job while I was watching it. Sure enough, after a couple of months I never ran into a technical problem with this product. Also the 'dissolving' food option for vacationers seemed like a cheaper route, but the reviews I read about those products,scared me away with putting so many extra chemicals into the water (btw when you are away for multiple weeks you probably aren't going to have someone do water changes).Cons: (yes I still would give this product 5 stars)1) Different types of food - will require a second feeder. I have corys and gouramis in the same tank so I need two of these devices to make sure both get the food they need. For the gouramis I have flake food, but for the corys I have sinking pellets. I have thought about mixing the two together and having just one device, but I realized earlier on that the consistency would seriously fail if I tried this.2) Food of different sizes - could get stuck. So this doesnt really matter for flake food, but if you have bettas and the pellets are of different sizes then you might want to switch to flakes. If you leave the door to tight, the large particles could get stuck and block the food from coming out, but if you open the door too wide, you could end up dropping too much food. Bottom line, unless the pellets are consistently the same size, go for the flake food AND err on the side of not dropping a lot of food.3) Moisture - don't place over an air stone or HOB filter. I learned this the hard way coming back from a one week vacation. I positioned the feeder over an airstone, and the water splashes ended around and inside the container. After a week all the food was rotten and was caked into the feeder (the fish were fasting for quite a few days). Rachel O'leary mentioned this, that if you have a really moist or humid fish room, you shouldn't use fish feeders at all, and I totally agree with her. But keeping the feeder away from my HOB filter and air stone was perfect in keeping all of the food dry for weeks upon weeks.4) Forgetting - to change or re-fill food. This is a great problem to have btw, but I do forget to refill or adjust the programming base on my fish stock at the moment. For example, if I move a whole mess of fish out of a tank and forget to adjust the amount of food dropped, then I can easily run into a problem of over-feeding. While this is clearly an operator's error, a practice not done everyday is easy to forget.Those are my thoughts on this feeder, even with all the cons to keep in mind, I would definitely give this product 5 stars and I will continue to buy only this brand because it works for me. Please note that I have not used any other brand, but I did comb through all the reviews before settling on this device and I think the pros greatly outweigh my concerns. Hope this review helped.
Maria
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2016
Great feeder, arrived quickly! I tried it out for 3 weeks prior to going on 2.5 week holiday. I'd recommend you do the same just to see if it's the right kind of feeder for your fish. There are many pros and just a couple of cons to it:PROS1. Set up was very simple.2. Feeder can accommodate up to 8 feedings a day.3. No need to cut a hole in your fish tank hood - I moved one of the covers just for a few centimetres to allow the food to fall.4. The supplied batteries last forever - had the feeder on for about 2 months now and the low battery light is still not showing up!5. Pellet food does not lump together unlike flake food. It was still nice and dry after a couple of weeks of using.6. You can regulate how much food falls in, however, it is not extremely reliable (explained below)7. You can feed your fish any time using EHEIM top button. This is additional to any other feedings you've set up.CONS1. As my goldfish are quite big (25 cm), I only use pellet food. This is fine, but sometimes it does get a bit stuck and different amounts are dispensed each time. I have tried to measure how much exactly would fall, but it differs every time. Not that big of a deal though - my fish still get the food!2. I stopped using if after i came back as it turned my fish a bit antisocial. So if you like your fish coming up to your hand to feed, only use it when you're not at home :)
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