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(More customer reviews)I have had cats for years. We (my son and I) currently have 3 cats. In the past, I've tried traditional litter boxes, and LitterMaids. I even tried a different "traditional" litter box about six months ago that used pellets, and the cat would pee, it would go down through the pellets to a pad in a drawer. I've tried everything.
No matter what I tried, people walk in, and they knew we had cats. Whether they saw them or not.
My son, who is in charge of cleaning the litter boxes, never did it well. He would scoop it well enough, but short of doing it every 6 hours or so, with 3 cats, it would get gross. Plus every week, simply because of the cats output, we'd have to dump out the litter, and completely scrub it. And then the litter mess that was around the litter boxes. Didn't matter what litter I tried, was always the same.
So, I decided perhaps it was time for a litter maid again. But I kept hesitating, as past experience has been they worked great for the first few weeks, then it usually became a very expensive normal litter box.
I stumbled across this one. $329 for regular unit, $349 for the extended "bubble" unit. Yikes. Talk about expensive. But I did some research. Took me a month to decide to try it.
I searched all over the internet trying to find a bad review. Except for the price, the only other bad part I read about was from people who said they didn't clean it regularly. Even people I knew had one (never knew they had one) and they loved it.
Here's what happens. You get a delivery of a BIG box. You unpack the box, and the unit is very simple to put together. The globe sits on the base, and there's really no way to mess that up. There are two ways to put in the scoopable, clumping litter, I opted for the easy, no hassle, through the front. Plug it in, and it starts to work.
Cat goes in, does their business, and leaves the bubble. After about 7 minutes, the unit starts to work - the bubble on top begins to turn, until these two windows open up on the bottom and dump the cat waste into a drawer in the bottom. That's it. No need to scoop.
Now, I put it close to the other litter box they mostly used. Two of my cats went in with no problem, but the third was scared of it. The next day, I took away the other litter box, leaving them only this one. The one cat that was scared of it finally went in, and now loves it.
With three cats, I think we'll need to empty the drawer (which, by the way, uses just basic garbage bags, like the 8 gallon, or 13 gallon type, the cheap ones you can buy at nearly any store) about 2 - 3 times a week.
Again, people who have been to our home have commented on how you can't smell the litter box anymore. My nephew put it the best - last time he was here, he wondered if we even changed the litter box (we did, daily in fact), this time, he came inside, and thought we got rid of the cats because there was zero smell.
I would recommend this to anyone. The price is worth it. I've not had to add cat litter in a week, which is a rarity. My son doesn't groan when I tell him to clean the litter box, as he just pulls open the drawer, takes the bag out, and puts it in the outside trash. Putting a new bag in is easy.
This is truly a wonderful invention, and seriously, if you are considering a littermaid, purchase this instead.
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