Omlet

Reviewing the smart feeder. It's not so smart. And it's expensive! I give it two stars for the only fact that it's shape design is the only feeder that my hens can't manage to spill the feed out of, so I do love that. But the control options on the app are severely lacking. You have no control whatsoever. I have one set to time mode- it never opens and closes on the times I've set. And there is not an option on the app to click "open" or "close". I also have the door, which does have that option- and works great. Why can't that option be available for the feeders? Doesn't make sense. The other one I have set to light mode. So it should open and close at dawn and dusk. One would think. But no. Most of the time I have to go out and physically push the button on the feeder to open or close. Y'all need to get it together for the price you're getting. It's honestly, well, dishonest.

System locks up and will not cancel a request to turn off light, open door always takes 7-15 minutes, always says the system is sleeping and will run the command when system wakes up. Light sensor doesn’t function as it should. Closing works, but takes way longer and had to reduce the light number dramatically to get it to close when it isn’t pitch black. Light sensor to open NEVER works. I have to manually open the coop door every day which defeats the purpose of the door and its programmed/advertised features. Constantly tells me the wrong notification. “Door Closed” when it wasn’t opened followed by “Door Open” I see comments in threads about changing to timed open and close, again, defeating the purpose of the features and it’ll have to be adjusted every few weeks for the difference of sunrise or sunset. Again, manually opening from the actual block defeats the purpose of having an automatic door. If I’m being honest, it’s nowhere near worth the price for the “features” that do not function as they should right out of the box. Quality is great, user manual is top notch, but the whole system needs better coding for things to work as intended. For 3x the cost of a typical door, you’d expect more functionality that works. I was planning on getting a second door for the other side of the shed/coop, but not if this is what I have to look forward to again. I bought the power adapter and the light option which increased the cost another $60. If they can fix these issues, it would be 5 star, easily, but given the functionality issues, it’s definitely a two due to the cost and expectations are not being met.

I never really review anything in the app store but some of the reviews and ratings here are kinda bogus or old. My coop door and light work well and can be easily administered via the app remotely. I appreciate the graphs under the technical details section for my device and the ability to install batteries as a contingency. My only recommendations would be to allow the user to adjust the amount of resistance required to trigger auto-stop in software and to enhance the technical details view with more granular data. Maybe even just to create a separate page titled “reports” where several variables over adjustable time frames can be reported on or even exported for more advanced usage cases. I love the cute GUI and have had no issues with the functionality of the app. I’m impressed with the wifi NIC’s signal reception in my product as well. Thanks, Omlet!