We have been looking for a sensible solution for our cat and could not find anything suitable, where the cat can continue to play around with their food without ever einzusauen the kitchen floor. With the feeding station we finally found a solution. The station takes away little space and does not restrict the cat a in spite of the raised rim at chucks. The cleaning is fast and easy. However, I had hoped that our old food bowls might fit as a replacement shells. Of course that was not because the associated food bowls sitting on a retaining ring. Basically, however, this is very useful.