This pet food storage container is absolutely fantastic! It has a modern and sleek look that will fit in with any kitchen decor. The battery unit for the vacuum sealer pops easily out of the top of the unit and the lid can be completely removed for ease of cleaning. Once the battery is charged, you will need to turn the battery unit on before placing it back into the lid. After that, all you have to do is close the lid and the air will start to be vacuumed out automatically. When you open the lid again, you'll hear the satisfying sound of the vacuum seal being broken (see video).
The time it takes to vacuum out all the air will depend on how full the container is, but you'll know when all the air is removed when the unit beeps once. NOTE: If it beeps multiple times, this means that it's unable to create the vacuum seal. If this is the case, you'll need to make sure that nothing is blocking the lid from making full contact with the container. This container can also be used without the vacuum seal, but I don't know why anyone would actually want to!
My becomes very finicky if her bag of food has been opened for very long. I've tried storing her food in ziploc baggies and other types of sealed containers, but none of them keep the food fresh for long. Where there's air, crunchies will start going stale. No matter how I was storing my cat's food, I would never even make it halfway thru a bag before she'd stop eating it altogether. This feeder has been a total game changer! It keeps every morsel fresh and crunchy until the last kibble hits her dish.
While the price is a bit steep, it'll end up paying for itself by keeping your food fresher for longer. This container can keep anything fresh that you want to store in it from pet food, rice, flour, oats, cereal, etc. and works amazingly well.
I love it, and my cat loves it, too! We highly recommend!