Petcube Bites 2 Lite Interactive WiFi Pet Monitoring Camera with Phone App and Treat Dispenser, 1080p HD Video, Night Vision, Two-Way Audio, Sound and Motion Alerts, Cat and Dog Monitor

I recently purchased a Petcube bites 2 lite. I was really excited when I read what this product could do! Night vision cam, 1080p, 2 way audio AND a treat dispenser! I thought wow! This is exactly what I need for when I transition back to the work place after working from home for so long to keep an eye on my puppy. This was product was easy to set up and get connected. However, I can only connect to the product when I’m at home and on the same wifi network…if I’m on the go I constantly receive the “connecting…” or “getting video…” message but the product fails to connect. I decided to contact support and that’s when I was told that the system requires 2 Mbps Internet connection for upload and download speeds but 4 Mbps is recommended for both. I live in a rural area and my cellular speeds aren’t always guaranteed to provide me the minimum speed needed to connect while I’m out of the home. So basically I have a treat dispenser only when I’m at the house and I can only see my pet when in the house with him. This makes this purchase useless in my opinion and a waste of money but it works great at home!***After working with the support team at Petcube they were able to push out a device system update and it now works using my mobile data! I’m upgrading this from 3 stars to 5 stars!*** They even provided me 3 months of their Care Awake plan! Thank you Petcube!

The media could not be loaded. Our doggo Maui loves the petcube product line. She would always sit in front of it asking for a treat. If only she could ask Alexa to throw a treat (Haha)! We love the new petcube lite look, especially with the white finish. Although its plastic vs. aluminum, its light weight structure makes it easy for hanging or traveling. This unit does not have a built in alexa, like our previous one, but it does connect to any alexa product. Hence, the price difference. The video quality and connectivity has continued to improve with every product release. Initial setup is always fairly easy and straight forward. The 2.5 GHz vs. 5 GHz need from your home internet service is something to consider. Non-tech savvy customers may have a difficult time with set up, not with the Petcube directly, but with their home internet set up. We are always excited to see what Petcube is releasing next. It really relieves the anxiety of leaving our pet home while were away. If i were new to the petcube line, choose the one that works best for you and your environment. The new petcube lite worked best for us.===================================================================================Review Update:A few things about Petcube Lites that we thought is worth mentioning. We have been back to work for sometime now so the Petcubes are in use more than ever to entertain our Maui. Within the recent week, our neighborhood had a power outage and we had to manually reset the pet cube when we returned home. A redundancy system or notification that power was disrupted may be helpful for events like these. Since then, our Petcube Lite is working hard and Maui is waiting for a treat each day like clock work!

Above all else it does what I wanted it to do. Dispenses treats when I am away and allows me to look in on my cat. It has a camera (including a decent night vision), and the audio allows for listening and speaking.I am rating this for use with a cat. One issue I notice is the "low treats" monitoring function. The sensor is pretty high up in the container. My cat treats are small and even if I put a whole bag in, it sometimes barely even reaches up to the sensor. This causes the "low treats" to always be on unless I really fill that thing up.One other issue is I've found is that the smallest treat hopper is still a little too big for my cat treats. I modified mine just a little bit to make the small opening a little bit smaller, which seems to cut back on giving far more treats than I want it to. Otherwise it was dumping 6 or more treats at a time. Now it's usually giving around 4. I'd prefer to give around 2 but I can work with this.One thing that may or may not be an issue is these treats can fly! My little cat treats were flung across the room, even when using the least distance treat giving setting. I again modified and created a little paddle near the output. Now instead of the treat flying it hits the paddle and drops to the ground much closer to the dispenser. This allows me to keep the treats closer to the camera to see my cat and make sure the treats dispense.Overall this is a great product and does exactly the prime functions I wanted it to. I think they should consider making a smaller version specifically oriented towards cats and smaller treats to accommodate the slight issues noted above, but it's not the end of the world. My cat loves it.