I got the Neater Feeder too for my dogs... Love it!!!I got Tilly the Neater Feeder in order to stop her from shoving her entire head into her food bowl (as she would spill and then refuse to eat the food off the floor ... and then spill water on it, creating a nice, thick paste).
It's elevated so that she has to reach into the bowls, and therefore it slows her drinking and eating down considerably, and she can't just go face-first. The elevation is more effective than the spill-catching part of the bowls!
Also, a friend of mine told me before that if Tilly eats or drinks too quickly, all you need to do is put a big toy ball in the bowl. They have to eat/drink around the ball, which slows it down considerably.
Good luck!