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Closer Pets C500 five-meal review

Five stainless bowls of 330 g (11.6 oz) on a digital timer, with two ice packs and a tamper-resistant lid. It is the wet-food feeder for an absence longer than a day.

What we take from it The wet-food feeder that covers a weekend. Stainless bowls, a lid a cat cannot lever, and a footprint to match.

What it is

Five stainless bowls of 330 g (11.6 oz) on a rotating tray, each uncovered at its own programmed time, with two ice packs under the tray and a lid built to resist a cat working at it.

The gap it fills

The two-meal Cat Mate covers a day; a hopper feeder covers a week but only with dry kibble. Between the two sits the weekend away with a cat that eats wet food, and this is the machine for exactly that.

Stainless, and why it matters more here

Wet food in a plastic bowl leaves a film and, eventually, a smell that survives washing. Stainless does not, and these bowls go in the dishwasher. On a machine whose whole job is holding food for two days, that is not a detail.

Ice packs and honesty

Two packs slow the warming of food; they do not refrigerate it. On a warm weekend, five wet meals sitting out is a food safety question rather than a machine question, and the honest answer is that dry food and a hopper feeder are the safer plan.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $41 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-17. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we rate, and what we flag up

Strengths

  • Five meals: a full weekend of wet food rather than a single day out
  • Stainless bowls, dishwasher-safe — the part that touches wet food is the part that must wash properly
  • Tamper-resistant lid, for the cat that has learned to open the two-meal feeder
  • Twin ice packs rather than one

Compromises

  • Larger footprint than a hopper feeder for the same number of days
  • Not listed on Amazon US at the time of checking
  • Ice packs only slow warming — five meals of wet food over a hot weekend is still a bad idea

Specifications

MealsFive, individually timed
BowlsFive stainless, 330 g (11.6 oz) each
TimerDigital
CoolingTwo ice packs included
SecurityTamper-resistant construction
Manufacturer reference465G
Amazon referenceB0CRDVCCWG (identical on 5 markets)
EAN0035368902574

The questions owners ask

Five meals — how long does that actually cover?

Two and a half days at two meals a day, or a full weekend at the usual pattern of an evening departure and a Sunday return. Beyond that you are into hopper feeders and dry food, whatever the marketing photographs suggest.

What does tamper-resistant mean in practice?

That the lid resists a paw working at its edge. Cats learn quickly which object contains tomorrow’s dinner, and a feeder that can be levered open turns five meals into one. It is the feature that separates this from the two-meal trays.

Can I use it for a medical feeding schedule?

It will deliver several small meals at set times, which is the mechanical part of what such a schedule needs. What the portions should be, and whether the schedule is right, is between you and your vet — this site describes machines, not diets.

Our score

7.8/ 10

The wet-food feeder that covers a weekend. Stainless bowls, a lid a cat cannot lever, and a footprint to match.

Today’s price and availability, for pet devices

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.

Details checked on August 17, 2026.

This one and its buyer, among pet devices

A weekend away with a cat on wet food, or a cat fed several small meals a day for medical reasons a vet has set.

The pet devices guides that feature it

Sources

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