Gravity Food Feeder
A hopper that tops the bowl up as they eat.
There is no motor, no timer and no battery, so nothing can fail while you are out. Kibble slides down as the pet empties the bowl, and it keeps doing that until the hopper runs out.
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- Gravity fed, so there is no motor, timer or battery
- Hopper lifts off the base for filling and washing
- Twin-bowl version runs food and water side by side
- Wide base, so a determined cat cannot tip it
- Food-grade plastic throughout
Colour: Grey
Size: Single bowl
Why you'll love it
Made for happy, healthy pets
Nothing to go wrong is the whole point
Powered feeders jam, lose their schedule in a power cut and run down their batteries. A hopper has no failure mode more complicated than running out, which is the one thing you can check before you leave.
Right for grazers, wrong for gulpers
A cat that picks at food through the day suits this perfectly. A dog that will eat until the hopper is empty does not. For those, portioned meals matter more than convenience, and this is the wrong tool.
It buys a weekend, not a week
Kibble left in a bowl goes stale and attracts insects, and nothing here portions or refrigerates. Treat it as cover for a night away or a long day at work.
Good fit if
- Animals that graze rather than clearing a bowl on sight
- Topping up during a long day out rather than portioning meals
- Anyone who has had a battery-powered feeder fail at the wrong moment
- Homes wanting food and water in one footprint
Look elsewhere if
- Your pet needs measured portions or is on a weight-control diet
- You want food released at set times; this has no timer
- You feed wet or raw food, which will not flow down a hopper
What gravity feeding is and is not
Fill the hopper, and kibble falls into the bowl until the bowl is full enough to block the opening. As the animal eats, the level drops, the blockage clears and more falls through. The cycle repeats until the hopper empties. That is the entire mechanism, and its appeal is that there is nothing in it to go wrong.
It is worth being clear about what this does not do. It is not a portion-control device and it is not a scheduled feeder. Food is continuously available, so the animal decides how much it eats and when. For a grazer that self-regulates, that is ideal. For an animal that will eat whatever is in front of it, it is the wrong tool and will steadily add weight.
Keeping the flow reliable
Two things stop a gravity feeder flowing. The first is bridging, where kibble arches across the opening and holds itself up so nothing falls through even though the hopper is full. Larger, irregular kibble bridges more readily than small round pieces. The second is moisture, which makes the pieces tacky enough to clump against the walls.
Both are worth testing with your own food before you rely on it. Fill the hopper, let the animal eat down a full bowl, and check that it refilled. A feeder that has bridged looks exactly like a feeder that is working, right up to the moment you find an empty bowl under a full hopper.
Water, stability and cleaning
The twin-bowl version runs food and water side by side, and water behaves better in a gravity hopper than food does because liquid cannot bridge. Change it daily regardless of the level, since a reservoir that is topped up but never emptied grows a film inside where you cannot see it.
A loaded hopper is top-heavy, which is why the wide base matters. Set it against a wall rather than in open floor, and take the hopper off the base to wash rather than wiping around it. Dust and fine kibble crumb collect in the channel where the two meet, and that is the part that goes stale and starts to smell.
In the box
Everything you need
- Gravity feeder hopper and base
How it works
Simple, from basket to doorstep
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The details
Specifications
- Single bowl
- 24 x 14 x 7.5 cm
- Twin bowl
- 28.5 x 24.5 x 7.5 cm
- Material
- Food-grade plastic
- Power
- None, gravity fed
- Care
- Hand wash, air dry
Good questions
Before you buy
No, and the supplier's own listing title is misleading on that. It is a gravity hopper: it refills the bowl continuously and has no timer, no motor and no portion control. If you need timed meals, buy a powered feeder instead.
Yes, in the twin-bowl version one side is intended for water. Change it daily, as standing water in a hopper goes stale faster than most people expect.
No. It does the opposite: food is always available. It suits a cat that self-regulates, not one that needs portions.
No. It has no motor, timer or battery. Food is available continuously until the hopper empties, which is the point of the design and also its main limitation.
No, the opposite. Food is always available, so it suits animals that graze and self-regulate. For a pet that eats whatever is in front of it, use measured meals instead.
It depends entirely on how much your animal eats. Fill it, note how far the level drops in a day, and work from that rather than from the stated capacity.
Last reviewed 30 August 2026