I just can’t understand how in 2021 we don’t have a virtually flawless automatic litter box... I’m talking like 4.5 stars out of 5, from thousands of reviews.
Mostly the vocal minority post (bad) reviews and the 100's of 1000's of happy people don't. That skews product ratings. Take bad results with a grain of salt.
"I’m talking like 4.5 stars out of 5, from hundreds or thousands of reviews." That is literally the Litter Robot. Hands down best. Sure there's one or two design changes I'd like to see sure but overall way worth it.
Thanks for this video. I'll be receiving a Litter Robot soon. My 80yr old mother struggles everyday with 2 litter boxes. I just hate seeing her have to mess with the struggle every day. So I made the decision to buy her a automated litter box. I've been doing a lot of research for the past several months and it seems like the Litter Robot is best choice for our house. She's got 4 cats and I have one that stays with me in my room. Only one other comes to use my litter box on occasion. So I'm hoping this will help her out and we can get them all(except mine) to use the Litter Robot. She doesn't know that I ordered her one. It's her early Mothers Day present.
How did it go with your mom? My mom is 80 too, and I’m thinking of getting her a litter robot for the same reasons. I’d get her a Cat Genie as I have, but I know it would be too high tech for her.
@@jenniferbrown7446 , we are loving it. It took our cats 🐈 time to adjust naturally, but once we got them all adjusted, it's been very beneficial to mom. No more bending over every single day for her to scoop poop. It is time tho for us to clean the box out. We(me actually 🤣) are gonna take it to the local car wash and give it a good cleaning. We have also saved a tone of $$ on litter as well. This has been well worth the money I've spent.
Ok then help her if the auto set up doesn't work qnd she won't struggle. The old lady likely wiped your butt when you were little...albeit you are still living in the same room :)
I appreciate this video so much! It truly feels like an unbiased and genuine review on each of these options. I ultimately chose the Litter Robot. It works great but definitely has a couple of small flaws: the waste bin doesn't hold much. I have 3 cats and have to empty the tray daily --still way better than scooping everyday though! And my timer is set for 7 min to clean after use but sometimes the wet clumps stick to the roof as it rotates. Lastly, it's a tight squeeze for my mid size cat and my larger cat (14lb) won't use it because it's too small for him. Sadly returning for that reason and it costs $60 for the shipping label, not including the cost of a box large enough. So take my advise and KEEP THE ORIGINAL BOX during the 90 day return period.
Thank you for your thorough review of these products. Great video, as someone who’s really lost on what an “automatic litter box” would actually do for our house, it’s really great to watch all of them compared together.
Just an FYI I owned the new CatGenie AI for 5 months before replacing it with a normal litter box. It was great at first for the first month, however after it's return period had elapsed it started having issues. The biggest ones being related to unreliable cleaning. The worst is that several times it would just stop in the middle of a cleaning leaving dirty water in the bowl and it's "start where it left off" feature is convoluted and doesn't work. You end up having to manually remove the water and granuals clean it manually put it back together and do a full reset. This happened 3 times in the last 4 months I had it setup. Next issue is that it doesn't so a very good job grinding the poop and it will cause it to clog which then again causes dirty water build up and the same as previous solution to dismantle and clean manually. Contacting their support turned out to be worthless they never offered to replace and when I asked it was not a thing they do. Then there is the crappy app. It only has basic functionality and there is a lot you still have to do via the very few buttons on the litter box. All of these convoluted features could just be in the app under a maintenance or advance area. Nope. This is a horrible device maybe the previous gen was better but this was the new one that claimed all these improvements over the previous. So either I got a defective one that they refused to replace so will never know for sure if this is normal and common. Since support was crap I would have to assume yes. Avoid this one... And in my experience with automatic cat litter boxes they are all flawed in someway that makes them more work that they should be and just to use a normal one. I've had 4 different auto cleaning ones over the last decade and they all eventually disappointed me. However the CatGenie was the fastest to disappoint in like 45 days as most took at least a year before getting there. I don't plan to ever fall for this again. Manual cleaning boxes just never fail.
Ive had the Cat Genie A.I. version for about a year, and I love, love, love it. I had the older generation model for 4 years before this one. My only con is that when you have to do a deep clean, it really is a pain, but if you’re good about running the maintenance cartridge every other month, I’ve been able to go as long as 18 months before having to do a complete disassembled cleaning. However, I will happily put up with that, for no cat smell in my house, never buying or handling litter, and knowing I’m not adding to the environmental impact of litter. The granules are biodegradable (not plastic) and occasionally I add some new granules to the unit. Never have to change them out. I will say, this really has to be set up in a laundry room. The drain there is your output. In a bathroom, you’d still be in charge of actually flushing what the Cat Genie deposits in your toilet. My only annoyance is that if my cat drags a string into the box, it will get wound around the impeller (the poo crusher) and impede performance. Then I wear a rubber glove, get my scissors, and stick my hand in there to cut the strings away from the impeller rod. Maybe this happens 4 times a year. So, whatevs. Love this machine. Won’t own a cat without it. And personally when I did need to call customer service when I lost a little part, they were incredibly nice and friendly. I like supporting a company that is basically a mom and pop shop located in Pennsylvania.
I have had the Litter Robot 3 for around 5-6 years, couldn't find the original invoice, and have absolutely loved it. I have needed to have the sensors for the waste drawer replaced twice, once under warranty and the second time I ordered the part online and swapped it out myself. I believe LR updated the design of the sensor the second time around, from what I saw when I installed it, and the general longevity of the part since. I appreciate its reliability, and repairability, and the fact that I can dismantle it entirely and clean it with a garden hose when it needs it.
Really good job with this review! I'm impressed because none of the shops offering those devices in my country, couldn't even describe how they work or show a movie. And you dod both, plus I got to know pros and cons. Thank you!
We have both an old and new litter robot at our house. We bought both units from the company at a nice discount since they were return units. Both units looked brand new when we received them, and we plan on buying yet a third used unit in the future. BTW, I just found your channel today, and have now subscribed!
I bought the litter robot 3, it's expensive yes, but some sites have payments. I haven't scooped since, no smell, change the bag every sun and thursday, we buy the small store brand scented waist basket bags, I keep it next to a cracked window, and we've never smelled a thing, it does not come with the walk up ramp, but it comes with paw sand catcher at the entrance, I threw down 2 large litter catch mats from Walmart. We are in love with this thing. It was well worth it, before it use to be a fight who was going to scoop the poop, I'd always gag over the strong ammonia smell.
My biggest complaint about the litter robot is that the little capacity is not substantial enough. When I shop around for an automatic litter Box I chose one based off of how long it lasted for 2 cats. The little robot would last maybe 3 days before running out of litter. My goal was to have a litter box that I could rely on if I had to travel.
scoopfree might work better for you. I change it way before this, but when I was first testing the capacity, I didnt touch it for a month and it wasn't entirely full yet.
I have four cats and my litter robot lasts 2 days before needing to be changed...It clarified on the page how often it needs to be changed per extra cats. If you are going to travel then get another litter box to put out for traveling. I love my litter robot, it makes life so much easier.
Thank you! We’ve been trying to figure out which one to purchase and your video literally answered every question we had. I’m so happy we came across this.
I've owned both the Petsafe Simply Clean and a Little Robot. Both were 1st generation litter boxes. I ran into the same issue with the Litter Robot not sensing my 9-10 lb cat until it stopped sensing her completely. For this I attached a wifi outlet to the power plug and (whenever I was away for a few days) would turn it off and then back on. This would activate the box to complete one cycle. Otherwise I would just manually press the cycle button when I got home. However, eventually it stopped sensing her completely and it became more of an issue to remember to manually cycle her box 4 times a day. The other issue I had was my larger 20 pound Maine Coon didn't like it because it wasn't enough room for her to move around in. So I had to have a normal litter box for her. Otherwise the other cat loved it. She would jump inside it just to set it off and watch it rotate. I actually liked the Petsafe Simply Clean but don't think it would work with my 20 lb cat. There was a weight limit on it back then and it would also be too small for her. But I liked that I could use regular Walmart Plastic bags instead of specialty bags for her waste, and it also did a great job at cleaning without creating dust. And it rotated so slow that it never started my cat. Which reminds me of another reason why I didn't like the Litter Robot... it got dust all over the inside - top and sides, which I felt was unsanitary and decided to clean it often. I mean all those rotating litter boxes are practically like throwing poop inside of a clothes dryer, letting it cover the entire inside in germs, and calling it clean just because the large chunks of poop are gone.
I don't care what anybody says. The litter robot is WORTH every penny. You literally save so much money on litter. It tracks their toilet habits so if it increases a lot then it can catch a UTI before it turns into kidney failure. (Cats are very prone to kidney failure. My older cat died of it and so did my very good friends cat.)
This is what I'm most excited about cause my cat is prone to getting crystals in his urine and it's ending me with a trip to the emergency hospital. I have 3 cats but being able to see if the frequency increases alot I will know who it is.
I have a PetSafe Scoop Free and a CatGenie. We originally had the CatGenie in a back bathroom we weren't using, but it is now our main bathroom after being redone so when we redid that, we also moved the laundry to another room and had it plumbed with an extra spot for the water from the litter tank to be removed. I absolutely LOVE it. All my cats are healthy and there is no smell, except when it occasionally misses a smaller piece. I was using the Scoop Free before we got the CatGenie and had to go back to it for one cat who refuses to go into the part of the house where the CatGenie is. So I've got them both running. The ScoopFree gets litter stuck in the rails and errors out constantly. I have to go in and jiggle the box and reset it. We even went to far as to dismantle it, blow the rails out and put a little silicone on the start of it and it worked for a solid month before starting to error out again. I have to change it once a week, because while the other cats like the Cat Genie and use it regularly, I think they like the ScoopFree better. So I have three cats using it. If I could train the one cat to to go the back of the house and use the CatGenie, I'd be done with the ScoopFree because it has gotten hugely expensive to switch out litter boxes once a week. In pricing the crystals to buy separately and use the reusable plastic tray, I can't find a savings. Plus, there would be all that urine sitting on the bottom of the plastic tray that would have to be cleaned manually. My choice is the CatGenie, if you have the plumbing available. Been running great for 6 years now. I buy extra litter maybe once a year and chemicals maybe twice a year. Thank you for the great review. It helped with my decision to stay with what I have for now.
When I was younger and the litter made first came out it was great especially for travel with five cats of course we had two of them. However I cannot spend or give another dime to that company I just cannot do it I am blown away at the prices of automatic cleaning litter boxes at this stage of the game 20 years later. I'm just absolutely floored but I'm glad to be educated on this because now that I'm disabled I have got to go back to an automatic litter box of some kind to be fair to my cats. Sadly it just will not be the litter made company I wish I could afford the $650 automatic one I just cannot. So your reviews and your Channel just with the first video I watched helped me incredibly this being the second I can't wait to watch more and see the education you bring to the table. I am forever grateful for that knowledge is everything. And honesty sadly is so rare these days and I love your brutal honesty
Great review! The visuals were awesome, posting the key points in the video was very helpful, you have a cute cat, and I appreciate your sacrifice in buying all these automatic litter boxes. My only critique would be to use better lighting (specifically "warmer" lighting). Keep up the good work! 😁
Thank you for the feedback! I did purchase some new lights with a temperature adjustment and have tried to get the color a wee bit warmer and less pallor-inducing through color grading in more recent videos, but it's still something we're working on. Thanks again!
Wow very well done & Excellent video just ur opinion not pushing one over the rest. I appreciate that!! I like "simply clean" EXCEPT 4 all the flaws u mentioned are so true. Thanks 4Sharing
Firstly let me say I am not a cat person but have agreed to care for my daughter's 2 Sphynx cats while she is pregnant and I am here because between the 2 of them I am cleaning their tray about 6 times a day and a complete clean and litter change every 2-3 days even though its big and deep enough for a large dog, the obvious smell is taking its toll on me and I desperately need to resolve this issue. I grew up with outdoor cats and had no idea these tiny little bundles of joy could produce so much waste, I am still not sure what system to get but do appreciate all of these reviews
Thanks for the in depth reviews! I’m going to invest in the litter robot once my baby is a little heavier (to make sure she will activate it). It’s really enticing because if I go out of town for a couple days and have someone babysitting my kitten they won’t have to scoop and my girl will still have a clean bed of litter! Love your videos!
I HAVE THE BEST LITTER BOX OF THEM ALL!!!- I am so grateful that my cat uses the human toilet. All i got to do is flush. nothing taking up space, nothing on floor- I LOVE IT😺
Thank you! I'm now pregnant and need to get an automatic litter box. I used your link and decided on the PetSafe scoop free because my cat already is used to crystals.
Do you just have the one litter robot for 4 cats? I’ve got 4 and just ordered one but am wondering if it’ll be enough or if I have to keep traditional boxes as well.... thanks!
@@jamietuttle7681 …… yes I’ve only got the 1 robot for 4 cats 😂🤷🏼♀️ but to be totally honest it’s working out fine. I change the bag every 6-7 days. Try it out for a week or 2 and see if you think you’ll need another one or not. I was more worried about the noise freaking my cats out and discouraging them from using it ……but they all have a tendency to get up close and watch it turn 🤦🏼♀️😂😂😂. Hope it works out for you and your fur babies! 🐈🐈🐈🐈 (……I also add more litter about once a week. I’ve been using the light weight Tidy Cats clumping litter).
@@sarahpeil6683 it's got a wide, open hole, so your cat might be okay. The mat part for the litter isn't huge, though, so it might depend on your cat's personality. My mom has a big orange tabby with the original model (which has a lot smaller hole) which she's been using for about a decade no problem.
Wait till it breaks down and you have to spend even more money to try and fix it. Im looking for a replacement box now. This thing costs too much for it to be breaking down so much.
had a cat genie for years and LOVED it BUT when it malfunctioned, clean up would always be labor-intensive and sometimes you wouldn't know something went wrong till you noticed a flooded bowl of kitty litter that the cats avoided.
Loving the Litterrobot just needs something like a vibration motor as well when rotating to help with knocking down litter and what not. Also, my cat tends to pee on the sides so sometimes when it rotates the pee has dried and gets stuck.
I have a backproblem due to a high fall (5 meters) and bending over scooping up litter is a painful activity for me, i end up always picking up the litterbox which allows me to stand up which is ok, but it is still a shore i would love te eliminate, sure, changing out the litter has to be done and i don't mind that, but having to pick up the litterbox everytime kittycat uses it is not something i love to do, but after seeing this, i think i am going to purchase one, thank you so much for these reviews! You earned a sub!
Thanks for the review! I've had the PetSafe Scoop Free for six years, and, mechanically, it's worked great. No problems, no issues, and I'm still using the same one. The only problem is my cat is bigger so it doesn't work as well. When my wife and I were dating, her roommate had one of these, and that's why I bought one. Their cat was a typical small, 5lbs cat and it worked great and they could get about 4-5 weeks out of it. Before my cat had a growth spurt, it was working great and no problems or issues and I could get a solid month out of it without having to do anything to it! But my cat had a growth spurt, and her body now measures 16 inches, her tail 11 inches and she weighs about 15lbs. The problem I have with it is that, bless her heart, my cat is not smart enough to shuffle the granules and not that purple plastic entry ramp. When she does her business, she will shuffle that and not the granules, meaning the granules don't get shuffle around; if she has a pee, it's no problem, but if she poops, boy, you smell it. Also, what happens is you'll end up with a middle area where the litter gets consistently saturated with urine and the back part has about a 4-5 inch area of pristine litter; this becomes a problem (see below). Also, my cat's poop will fill up the little storage area in the front kind of fast. If I don't do anything, I'll have to change the litter box out when the counter gets into the 40 range (approximately two weeks). What I've been doing is putting on some gloves and putting the cat poop into a bag and throwing it away and manually mixing the litter together to avoid this issue. Doing this works okay and I can get the counter to the 60-70 range before I have to change the whole box out at the 3-3.5 week mark; of note, the litter box is in a low humidity area, as the box recommends. Also, the box is only cardboard so when I first noticed this, the urine had gone through the box to the floor and this is even with one of those litter catcher mats underneath it! I always thought those things were pee proof, but at least not the one I bought! No doubt this happened because the litter in that area was not being mixed and it became oversaturated. I haven't had this issue since I started doing what I said above, but just to be safe, I keep a few flattened cardboard boxes underneath the litter catcher mat! I can only comment on my experience, but if you have one cat, who's small to average sized, I think this is definitely the way to go. If you have a larger cat, like me, you might want to consider that rotating one she was talking about. I am, but the cost seems a little high for me considering what I have now is not awful and is serviceable; also, she mentioned it might not be good for big cats. Just know that if you have a larger cat you may have to change out the trays at shorter intervals and/or do some things to prolong the tray's life like what I mentioned above. I hope this helps and thanks again for your reviews! PS: if anyone is wondering if a self-cleaning litter both is worth it...it definitely is! There are tons of reasons but the biggest one is that I don't have to worry about asking anyone to cat sit for us! We have an automatic litter box and an automatic feeder ($50) and water fountain ($50) and the only thing we ask the person to do is just hang out with our cat so she doesn't get stir crazy and check the water level, although it'll hold enough water for a cat for about 7-10 days
Thanks Charlie for your detailed info, and those helpful tips! You mentioned the main reason we need an auto litter box, which is because we no longer have a cat sitter. Do you have the older or latest technology PetSafe Scoop Free? Can you please share the brand of auto feeder and fountain you use? Thanks again for your time! Marie
@@mariewhitman8758 I'm not sure the model of PetSafe Scoop Free, but I bought it new back in 2015. As an update, once I took off purple canopy, my cat is shuffling around the litter waaay better, so I'd recommend that for people to not shell out the extra money for the canopy, especially if you have a larger cat! The electric feeder I bought back in 2015, too, from Amazon, but it looks like they don't have it anymore. It is the Pyrus Automatic Feeder Electric Pet Dry Food Container with LCD Display Large Automatic Feeder for Dogs & Cats. It only has like 3.5 stars, but it has worked great for me! I feed my cat one serving 2-3 times per day depending on the size of the dry cat food and brand. The only gripe I have about the feeder, which may not be unique to this feeder, but if I buy food pellets that are small, like the Blue Buffalo fit and healthy, my cat can stick her paw into the dispenser outlet and is able to steadily get pellets out; I fixed this by gorilla taping a piece of cardboard across the outlet that was big enough to let out the food, but she cant stick her paw in anymore. As for her fountain, I have a Petsafe Sedona fountain; this is also great to get your cat to drink more water! Also, at least for me, she don't use plain tap water; try and use filtered water from the fridge or a brita or something like that. I'm sure it has to do with the cholorine, etc in tap water. If you fill the fountain up all the way, it'll last longer than a week. In terms of maintenance, I try and keep the water level to about half an inch below the brim. Also, I dump out the water every week and put in fresh water and twice a month, I'll take apart all the pieces, including the motor and toothbrush it all down with water and dawn soap because this yucky biofilm will start to form on all the stuff, which if you've washed your cat's water dish, you'll know what I'm talking about! Also, I replace that little white, sponge filter once a month ($6 for two on amazon). A tip is that I thought the motor had broken because it wasn't spinning, which I thought, "well it lasted 5 years so that makes sense" so I bought a new one and that worked, but then I actually read the instructions that came with the new one, and I realized that you need to open up the motor and take out the magnetic impeller blade and clean that and the magnet, too. It's not hard to unstick the magnet, but the magnet is strong enough that the impeller won't just fall out if you put it upside down. Once I did that, the old one started working fine! So it went 5 years without me cleaning that part! Sorry for the long post and hope all that helps!
@@charliep5139 thank you so much! Yes, the details are VERY important, so thanks for taking the time to explain. Hilarious about your cat stealing food from the feeder!!! I can relate, because one of my gluttonous cats does the same thing! You explain so well, you should have your own channel :)
Good video! I haven’t heard about a couple of these. My sister has the “Egg” Litter Robot. But Imma stick to my high back litter box with wood pellets!
for my two cats, i got the scoop free. the odor is apparent after changing the crystals within 3 days and usually unbearable at 5-7. clumps get caught and it’s very messy. my personal experience has been better than a traditional litter box because i’m a busy person and it’s hard to find the time to clean my box a few times a day like i’d like, but i plan on saving up and investing in a litter robot.
Thank you so much for doing this! I’ve never had cats (have cared for many, though) and plan to pick up two adults from the shelter shortly. I’m also disabled and live in a tiny home. I was really excited about trying out a litter bot, but you’ve definitely changed my mind. I think I’ll modify a small, raised cabinet and add a little ramp so it can be reachable for both myself and cats, and just use a standard litter box. Can’t think of a better way to do it. We need to start pestering robotics people to make something decent! Even the guys from the mythbusters.
I have the PetSafe Scoopfree for my cats and am on my second one. I really like it and yes the litter can be expensive, as I do use the replacement box kind. I have been thinking of switching to the plastic tray bottom, but I do like the convenience of the box.
In uk bins 2 small . Difficult to get from 2nd story apartment to bins. As binbags to small to ieasly dispose of it and bin makes it difficult as it does not quite fit well without breaking the box ( yuk)
I got the reusable plastic bottom for it and it doesnt play well with the rake and was slowly damaging the unit every time it ran. I found you can just buy a large bag of regular crystal litter for the same price as one tray, and you can reuse the scoop free branded trays 2-3 times using bagged crystal litter as a refill. Not a permanent reusable solution, but definitely cuts litter costs by about half.
Thank you for your video that’s really cute to have a little robot 3 connect , I have 2 cats and love them all . Im going to purchase one for them . Thanks !!!
My SimplyClean stopped working less then a year after I bought it. When it was working, it had a loud clicking. Not a quiet alternative. Thank you for this full review of these alternatives!
When using the littermaid I’ve found it’s important to get exactly the right litter. You want a very good fine clumping litter with low dust. I forget the exact brand I used to use but once I found the right litter to use the littlermaid worked very well. That may also account for difference in customer reviews and experience with people using all different types of litter.
@@emmar9594 lol, my litter maid just broke 2 days ago. It had a CATastrophic failure and just destroyed itself. My cats mega poops 💩 were just too much for it to handle so I had to toss the whole thing in the trash because you can’t get parts for it. But to answer your question I was most recently using the clump and seal slide litter not just the clump and seal, it has to be slide as well. When I had a previous generation litter maid with another cat I had years ago there was another litter that I used and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out what it was but I remember it had what I like to call “flavor crystals 😂” in it. I’m sure it was either tidy cats or arm and hammer but I could not find the exact right one when I bought this current littermaid. The current littermaid just turned out to be shit. Besides it breaking the biggest design flaw in it’s operation from what I can tell is that the rake was changed to flexible plastic fins instead of a metal rake. The shit sticks to it, gets wedged in between the fins and stays stuck on it pretty good. If it were possible to switch the fin piece out for the metal rake piece I guarantee it would work 10 times better. I actually looked online to see if it was possible or if I could buy just the metal rake piece and modify it myself but I couldn’t find anything. Good luck with yours. Also I noticed never buy the single cat version of the littermaid, it’s just too small for a regular sized cat, always go for the multi-cat version. If they fixed the design flaws with the current version then I’d buy it again but as of right now I’d try to find the older version with the metal rake but only the multi-cat version. I’ve seen the single but I can’t find the multi.
@@AllAboutCatsYT very curious what litter would be safe with the self flushing litter box because I know you can't flush litter down the toilet without it causing problems 🤔
I 100% love my litter robot. Although I ran into the issue of it not wanting to connect to my phone but I gave up trying, ill just let it do its thing and I'll check the drawer when I see the light flash blue
I really like the Simply Clean and my cats love it too. When they first saw it they were :O wow, and I just decided to tape in the switch in the back to avoid error signal. Works great !! And price was great too.
That's a crazy price for that litter box! And I was strongly interested in it. The other one, my concern is the type of litter being used. I stopped using clay littler to help the environment. I don't know much about the silica gel kind. I'll have to research it. Thanks for making this video! It was very helpful!
Not entirely sure. The plug to the wall ignited. We have a suspicion that maybe my cat was playing with the toilet bowl water and splashed water on it. But at the same time we aren't certain. It ruined the plug. Only had one prog and half of it was melted. The outlet was ruined and luckily it only damaged a small area of the wall. Gonna have to repaint the bathroom but we caught it before it got any worse than that.
My cat genie caught on fire yesterday! I've been a loyal cat genie fan for over 10 years but this is the 2nd one I've had issues with and there were actual flames coming out of the litter box. The previous issue was similar to Summer Dawn where the plug melted in the power strip. Contemplating the litter robot now
Would really love to see the different clumping litters in the litter robot. We really love Smarty Cat natural litter and want to know how it and other litters work in it
We have a Litter Robot 3 connect and love it. We had a Litter Maid before, and it worked great with Arm and Hammer clump and seal Litter or World's Best Litter. The only reason we changed to the Litter Robot was that my second cat kept kicking litter out of the machine. Using an enclosed Litter box was better for us.
I’ve had a litter-maid for over 20 years... went through 2 of them. I think for the most part they are pretty good. I have two other litter boxes where I use a screen to sift it. No way I’m going to pay $500 for a litter box. I like my sifting boxes as I use pine litter, and it has the least odor. Now that I’m moving, the box will be in the breezeway where I can remember to keep an eye on it.
Thanks, I’m thinking of getting a kitten after a few years of losing my 2 cats that lived to 15 and 16… I am wanting one of these but not sure which yet! I’m gonna check out your other reviews for sure!
Just my 2 cents for anyone considering: I spent the money on the litter robot. It ended up in the dumpster, the walls are this rubbery material so poop would get stuck to them and dry on, hard to clean. When I would put new litter in it half of the new litter would fall through to the tray on the first use. Plus it's so big if you're in an apartment without a big enough space for it than that sucks
You missed Laavibot. It’s the most expensive but it’s easily the best auto litter box on the market IMO. I was lucky enough to get one for half the price on indigogo. It’s awesome.
How you described the litter maid is how the pets are scoop free works for me. Waste gets stuck in the rake, it stops taking in the middle of the box and my cats end up going to the bathroom behind the rake once it gets stuck so I end up needing to scoop litter anyway.
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I genuinely feel like most of the people that design these have never seen a cat because they make the actual litter area so small
Right!! Like my cat is cat sized!!! They need room to go!😂
We have a Maine Coon. Six kilos.
Exactly!
Lot of us thought the same
I just can’t understand how in 2021 we don’t have a virtually flawless automatic litter box...
I’m talking like 4.5 stars out of 5, from thousands of reviews.
Mostly the vocal minority post (bad) reviews and the 100's of 1000's of happy people don't. That skews product ratings. Take bad results with a grain of salt.
"I’m talking like 4.5 stars out of 5, from hundreds or thousands of reviews." That is literally the Litter Robot. Hands down best. Sure there's one or two design changes I'd like to see sure but overall way worth it.
@@1OutsRUs Thanks for your input. Appreciated.
The automatic litter box in my house is me and I give myself 5 stars, lol
@@MrCoalcracker79 lmao good one 👍👏 hahaha
1 minute in and I can tell this is going to be a good, substantial review. Appreciate your effort putting this together.
I'm here to decide if I want to use my stimulus check for a litter robot. 🤣
Me too
Samesies
Ahahaha same
Same
same haha
Thanks for this video. I'll be receiving a Litter Robot soon. My 80yr old mother struggles everyday with 2 litter boxes. I just hate seeing her have to mess with the struggle every day. So I made the decision to buy her a automated litter box. I've been doing a lot of research for the past several months and it seems like the Litter Robot is best choice for our house. She's got 4 cats and I have one that stays with me in my room. Only one other comes to use my litter box on occasion. So I'm hoping this will help her out and we can get them all(except mine) to use the Litter Robot. She doesn't know that I ordered her one. It's her early Mothers Day present.
Hi Roger, I think your mother will appreciate the Litter Robot. Wishing you, her, and the kitties all the best!
How did it go with your mom? My mom is 80 too, and I’m thinking of getting her a litter robot for the same reasons. I’d get her a Cat Genie as I have, but I know it would be too high tech for her.
@@jenniferbrown7446 , we are loving it. It took our cats 🐈 time to adjust naturally, but once we got them all adjusted, it's been very beneficial to mom. No more bending over every single day for her to scoop poop. It is time tho for us to clean the box out. We(me actually 🤣) are gonna take it to the local car wash and give it a good cleaning. We have also saved a tone of $$ on litter as well. This has been well worth the money I've spent.
Ok then help her if the auto set up doesn't work qnd she won't struggle. The old lady likely wiped your butt when you were little...albeit you are still living in the same room :)
Would you mind me asking which Litter Robot did u get ? And I’m happy that you’re mother is happy with the Litter Robot 💖💖
I appreciate this video so much! It truly feels like an unbiased and genuine review on each of these options. I ultimately chose the Litter Robot. It works great but definitely has a couple of small flaws: the waste bin doesn't hold much. I have 3 cats and have to empty the tray daily --still way better than scooping everyday though! And my timer is set for 7 min to clean after use but sometimes the wet clumps stick to the roof as it rotates. Lastly, it's a tight squeeze for my mid size cat and my larger cat (14lb) won't use it because it's too small for him. Sadly returning for that reason and it costs $60 for the shipping label, not including the cost of a box large enough. So take my advise and KEEP THE ORIGINAL BOX during the 90 day return period.
Thank you for your thorough review of these products. Great video, as someone who’s really lost on what an “automatic litter box” would actually do for our house, it’s really great to watch all of them compared together.
Just an FYI I owned the new CatGenie AI for 5 months before replacing it with a normal litter box. It was great at first for the first month, however after it's return period had elapsed it started having issues. The biggest ones being related to unreliable cleaning. The worst is that several times it would just stop in the middle of a cleaning leaving dirty water in the bowl and it's "start where it left off" feature is convoluted and doesn't work. You end up having to manually remove the water and granuals clean it manually put it back together and do a full reset. This happened 3 times in the last 4 months I had it setup.
Next issue is that it doesn't so a very good job grinding the poop and it will cause it to clog which then again causes dirty water build up and the same as previous solution to dismantle and clean manually.
Contacting their support turned out to be worthless they never offered to replace and when I asked it was not a thing they do.
Then there is the crappy app. It only has basic functionality and there is a lot you still have to do via the very few buttons on the litter box. All of these convoluted features could just be in the app under a maintenance or advance area. Nope.
This is a horrible device maybe the previous gen was better but this was the new one that claimed all these improvements over the previous.
So either I got a defective one that they refused to replace so will never know for sure if this is normal and common. Since support was crap I would have to assume yes.
Avoid this one... And in my experience with automatic cat litter boxes they are all flawed in someway that makes them more work that they should be and just to use a normal one.
I've had 4 different auto cleaning ones over the last decade and they all eventually disappointed me. However the CatGenie was the fastest to disappoint in like 45 days as most took at least a year before getting there.
I don't plan to ever fall for this again. Manual cleaning boxes just never fail.
Yikes! Thanks for the info, but sorry you had to pay for that piece of 💩!
Ive had the Cat Genie A.I. version for about a year, and I love, love, love it. I had the older generation model for 4 years before this one. My only con is that when you have to do a deep clean, it really is a pain, but if you’re good about running the maintenance cartridge every other month, I’ve been able to go as long as 18 months before having to do a complete disassembled cleaning. However, I will happily put up with that, for no cat smell in my house, never buying or handling litter, and knowing I’m not adding to the environmental impact of litter. The granules are biodegradable (not plastic) and occasionally I add some new granules to the unit. Never have to change them out. I will say, this really has to be set up in a laundry room. The drain there is your output. In a bathroom, you’d still be in charge of actually flushing what the Cat Genie deposits in your toilet. My only annoyance is that if my cat drags a string into the box, it will get wound around the impeller (the poo crusher) and impede performance. Then I wear a rubber glove, get my scissors, and stick my hand in there to cut the strings away from the impeller rod. Maybe this happens 4 times a year. So, whatevs. Love this machine. Won’t own a cat without it. And personally when I did need to call customer service when I lost a little part, they were incredibly nice and friendly. I like supporting a company that is basically a mom and pop shop located in Pennsylvania.
Thanks for the info! If I got one I'd have to put it with pur toilet since we don't have a laundry room but our laundry is in the garage :')!
Just placed an order for the litter robot! Guess I'm eating toast for the next month! 😭
Anything for out cats ✋🥲 how is it hanging? 😅
I'm looking to adopt my first cat and am trying to decide if it would be too extra.
But my baby deserves clean litter!! 😂
Your comment made me smile haha poor you :( but still you sacrifice for your cat 👏💯😻
@@Lovelylilly0808 Love it! ❤️
haha bless you. You gotta do it all for the love of your cats right :)
Thanks for the video. Really informative and helpful. The pro and cons summary is also great. Thank you 🙏🏼
Your english is so easy to listen to foreigner 👏🏻 Thanks for the video, picking a litter box is a very hard choice
Hey Mallory! Thank you for the concise and honest review.Always love hearing your thoughts on different products for my "fur-ever" friend".
I have had the Litter Robot 3 for around 5-6 years, couldn't find the original invoice, and have absolutely loved it. I have needed to have the sensors for the waste drawer replaced twice, once under warranty and the second time I ordered the part online and swapped it out myself. I believe LR updated the design of the sensor the second time around, from what I saw when I installed it, and the general longevity of the part since. I appreciate its reliability, and repairability, and the fact that I can dismantle it entirely and clean it with a garden hose when it needs it.
This was such a great review video. My husband and I are looking into upgrading our litter box set up and this video covered so many of our questions
I got myself one of the litter robot today thanks to your reviews! Appreciate what you do!
Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video! I’m indecisive and this has been very helpful :)
Glad it helped you get a little closer to making a decision!
This is the best video and thorough review on litter boxes I have ever seen great job thank you
very helpful thank you for going into detail and showing actually how they work
Really good job with this review! I'm impressed because none of the shops offering those devices in my country, couldn't even describe how they work or show a movie. And you dod both, plus I got to know pros and cons. Thank you!
We have both an old and new litter robot at our house. We bought both units from the company at a nice discount since they were return units. Both units looked brand new when we received them, and we plan on buying yet a third used unit in the future. BTW, I just found your channel today, and have now subscribed!
Hi, you do a such impressive work, thank you so much for that.
What a fantastic review. I like seeing them all in action
My NC friend has a Litter Robot, and my bestie had the ScoopFree back home. Cool to see that both made the list!
I bought the litter robot 3, it's expensive yes, but some sites have payments. I haven't scooped since, no smell, change the bag every sun and thursday, we buy the small store brand scented waist basket bags, I keep it next to a cracked window, and we've never smelled a thing, it does not come with the walk up ramp, but it comes with paw sand catcher at the entrance, I threw down 2 large litter catch mats from Walmart. We are in love with this thing. It was well worth it, before it use to be a fight who was going to scoop the poop, I'd always gag over the strong ammonia smell.
My biggest complaint about the litter robot is that the little capacity is not substantial enough. When I shop around for an automatic litter Box I chose one based off of how long it lasted for 2 cats. The little robot would last maybe 3 days before running out of litter. My goal was to have a litter box that I could rely on if I had to travel.
scoopfree might work better for you. I change it way before this, but when I was first testing the capacity, I didnt touch it for a month and it wasn't entirely full yet.
Which did you choose and are you happy with it?
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I have four cats and my litter robot lasts 2 days before needing to be changed...It clarified on the page how often it needs to be changed per
extra cats. If you are going to travel then get another litter box to put out for traveling. I love my litter robot, it makes life so much easier.
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Great video! Thank you.
Thanks for posting this
Thank you! We’ve been trying to figure out which one to purchase and your video literally answered every question we had. I’m so happy we came across this.
Michelle, I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you!
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@@AllAboutCatsYT Lord Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life: No one comes to the Father, except through Him.
Thank you for this video. You litterly went through all of the automatic litter boxes. 👍
Liking your play on words 🙂
Except Nature's Miracle Multi Cat Self Cleaning Litter Box
This is so helpful - thanks so much for sharing!!
Thank you for the review. I'm tempted to but a litter robot in the future. So I love the honest review.
Great video! This is a must-have for every cat lover!
The pet save one I just got and it’s amazing and you can’t smell it at all!
Muchísimas gracias por este vídeo; desconocía los areneros automáticos y así he podido saber algo más y ayudar a decidirme; gracias!
Ordered a Litter Robot 3 today. Very excited.
Btw. The orange cat pillow in the background is mesmerizing.
I've owned both the Petsafe Simply Clean and a Little Robot. Both were 1st generation litter boxes. I ran into the same issue with the Litter Robot not sensing my 9-10 lb cat until it stopped sensing her completely. For this I attached a wifi outlet to the power plug and (whenever I was away for a few days) would turn it off and then back on. This would activate the box to complete one cycle. Otherwise I would just manually press the cycle button when I got home. However, eventually it stopped sensing her completely and it became more of an issue to remember to manually cycle her box 4 times a day. The other issue I had was my larger 20 pound Maine Coon didn't like it because it wasn't enough room for her to move around in. So I had to have a normal litter box for her. Otherwise the other cat loved it. She would jump inside it just to set it off and watch it rotate.
I actually liked the Petsafe Simply Clean but don't think it would work with my 20 lb cat. There was a weight limit on it back then and it would also be too small for her. But I liked that I could use regular Walmart Plastic bags instead of specialty bags for her waste, and it also did a great job at cleaning without creating dust. And it rotated so slow that it never started my cat.
Which reminds me of another reason why I didn't like the Litter Robot... it got dust all over the inside - top and sides, which I felt was unsanitary and decided to clean it often. I mean all those rotating litter boxes are practically like throwing poop inside of a clothes dryer, letting it cover the entire inside in germs, and calling it clean just because the large chunks of poop are gone.
All of that litter dust circulates in the air. You can't see it, but you are breathing it in.
Great reviews, as usual. Thank you.
Great to hear! Thank you for stopping by.
Thanks for these reviews really helpful
Oh I missed this video last week😵
Useful info as usual.
Litter robot 3 is just the best. I've had it for over a year now and still works perfect. Very little maintenance. easy to clean.
Great, detailed review! 👍🏽
This was a great video...thanks for sharing!
Very good reviews thank you
I can’t stop staring at the pillow!! It’s amazing!
That’s ‘cause the pillow is staring at youuuuu!!!
I don't care what anybody says. The litter robot is WORTH every penny. You literally save so much money on litter. It tracks their toilet habits so if it increases a lot then it can catch a UTI before it turns into kidney failure. (Cats are very prone to kidney failure. My older cat died of it and so did my very good friends cat.)
This is what I'm most excited about cause my cat is prone to getting crystals in his urine and it's ending me with a trip to the emergency hospital. I have 3 cats but being able to see if the frequency increases alot I will know who it is.
I have a PetSafe Scoop Free and a CatGenie. We originally had the CatGenie in a back bathroom we weren't using, but it is now our main bathroom after being redone so when we redid that, we also moved the laundry to another room and had it plumbed with an extra spot for the water from the litter tank to be removed. I absolutely LOVE it. All my cats are healthy and there is no smell, except when it occasionally misses a smaller piece. I was using the Scoop Free before we got the CatGenie and had to go back to it for one cat who refuses to go into the part of the house where the CatGenie is. So I've got them both running. The ScoopFree gets litter stuck in the rails and errors out constantly. I have to go in and jiggle the box and reset it. We even went to far as to dismantle it, blow the rails out and put a little silicone on the start of it and it worked for a solid month before starting to error out again. I have to change it once a week, because while the other cats like the Cat Genie and use it regularly, I think they like the ScoopFree better. So I have three cats using it. If I could train the one cat to to go the back of the house and use the CatGenie, I'd be done with the ScoopFree because it has gotten hugely expensive to switch out litter boxes once a week. In pricing the crystals to buy separately and use the reusable plastic tray, I can't find a savings. Plus, there would be all that urine sitting on the bottom of the plastic tray that would have to be cleaned manually. My choice is the CatGenie, if you have the plumbing available. Been running great for 6 years now. I buy extra litter maybe once a year and chemicals maybe twice a year. Thank you for the great review. It helped with my decision to stay with what I have for now.
When I was younger and the litter made first came out it was great especially for travel with five cats of course we had two of them. However I cannot spend or give another dime to that company I just cannot do it I am blown away at the prices of automatic cleaning litter boxes at this stage of the game 20 years later. I'm just absolutely floored but I'm glad to be educated on this because now that I'm disabled I have got to go back to an automatic litter box of some kind to be fair to my cats. Sadly it just will not be the litter made company I wish I could afford the $650 automatic one I just cannot. So your reviews and your Channel just with the first video I watched helped me incredibly this being the second I can't wait to watch more and see the education you bring to the table. I am forever grateful for that knowledge is everything. And honesty sadly is so rare these days and I love your brutal honesty
I love your channel. Thank you!
Your reviews are very thorough and to the point.
You have done a great service here
Very informative. Thanks!
Litter Robot is the holy grail of cat litter box for me, coz it has work great for my 2 cats for 3 years.
Great review! The visuals were awesome, posting the key points in the video was very helpful, you have a cute cat, and I appreciate your sacrifice in buying all these automatic litter boxes.
My only critique would be to use better lighting (specifically "warmer" lighting).
Keep up the good work! 😁
Thank you for the feedback! I did purchase some new lights with a temperature adjustment and have tried to get the color a wee bit warmer and less pallor-inducing through color grading in more recent videos, but it's still something we're working on. Thanks again!
Wow very well done & Excellent video just ur opinion not pushing one over the rest. I appreciate that!!
I like "simply clean" EXCEPT 4 all the flaws u mentioned are so true.
Thanks 4Sharing
Firstly let me say I am not a cat person but have agreed to care for my daughter's 2 Sphynx cats while she is pregnant and I am here because between the 2 of them I am cleaning their tray about 6 times a day and a complete clean and litter change every 2-3 days even though its big and deep enough for a large dog, the obvious smell is taking its toll on me and I desperately need to resolve this issue. I grew up with outdoor cats and had no idea these tiny little bundles of joy could produce so much waste, I am still not sure what system to get but do appreciate all of these reviews
Thanks for the in depth reviews! I’m going to invest in the litter robot once my baby is a little heavier (to make sure she will activate it). It’s really enticing because if I go out of town for a couple days and have someone babysitting my kitten they won’t have to scoop and my girl will still have a clean bed of litter! Love your videos!
I HAVE THE BEST LITTER BOX OF THEM ALL!!!- I am so grateful that my cat uses the human toilet. All i got to do is flush. nothing taking up space, nothing on floor- I LOVE IT😺
It’s not healthy for cats to us the toilet bc of the way they use it puts strain on their back legs. Look up Jackson galaxy’s thoughts on it.
It’s also not great to add cat shit to the sewage system. Remember the junkie in Trainspotting?
Thx for the video, exactly what I was looking for :)
Thank you! I'm now pregnant and need to get an automatic litter box. I used your link and decided on the PetSafe scoop free because my cat already is used to crystals.
Had the Litter Robot 3 for a year now……4 cats……no problems. It’s really expensive but it some of the best $ I’ve ever spent.
Do you just have the one litter robot for 4 cats? I’ve got 4 and just ordered one but am wondering if it’ll be enough or if I have to keep traditional boxes as well.... thanks!
@@jamietuttle7681 …… yes I’ve only got the 1 robot for 4 cats 😂🤷🏼♀️ but to be totally honest it’s working out fine. I change the bag every 6-7 days. Try it out for a week or 2 and see if you think you’ll need another one or not. I was more worried about the noise freaking my cats out and discouraging them from using it ……but they all have a tendency to get up close and watch it turn 🤦🏼♀️😂😂😂. Hope it works out for you and your fur babies! 🐈🐈🐈🐈 (……I also add more litter about once a week. I’ve been using the light weight Tidy Cats clumping litter).
Do you feel like it's suitable for large cats? Not chunky just a big frame
@@sarahpeil6683 it's got a wide, open hole, so your cat might be okay. The mat part for the litter isn't huge, though, so it might depend on your cat's personality. My mom has a big orange tabby with the original model (which has a lot smaller hole) which she's been using for about a decade no problem.
Wait till it breaks down and you have to spend even more money to try and fix it. Im looking for a replacement box now. This thing costs too much for it to be breaking down so much.
had a cat genie for years and LOVED it BUT when it malfunctioned, clean up would always be labor-intensive and sometimes you wouldn't know something went wrong till you noticed a flooded bowl of kitty litter that the cats avoided.
Thanks for this video
Great review, thank you very much.
Loving the Litterrobot just needs something like a vibration motor as well when rotating to help with knocking down litter and what not. Also, my cat tends to pee on the sides so sometimes when it rotates the pee has dried and gets stuck.
Ok the cat featured in this video is just adorable.
Agreed! >.
That's what TH-cam was created for
Thanks for sharing
I have a backproblem due to a high fall (5 meters) and bending over scooping up litter is a painful activity for me, i end up always picking up the litterbox which allows me to stand up which is ok, but it is still a shore i would love te eliminate, sure, changing out the litter has to be done and i don't mind that, but having to pick up the litterbox everytime kittycat uses it is not something i love to do, but after seeing this, i think i am going to purchase one, thank you so much for these reviews! You earned a sub!
Would love to see your litter box setup, like what litter you are currently using and what boxes/ litter scoops! Thanks for all the info!
Thanks for the idea!
I have litter robots. I used clumping litter from cotsco. Honestly any clumping litter should work just fine.
Thanks for the review!
I've had the PetSafe Scoop Free for six years, and, mechanically, it's worked great. No problems, no issues, and I'm still using the same one. The only problem is my cat is bigger so it doesn't work as well. When my wife and I were dating, her roommate had one of these, and that's why I bought one. Their cat was a typical small, 5lbs cat and it worked great and they could get about 4-5 weeks out of it. Before my cat had a growth spurt, it was working great and no problems or issues and I could get a solid month out of it without having to do anything to it! But my cat had a growth spurt, and her body now measures 16 inches, her tail 11 inches and she weighs about 15lbs.
The problem I have with it is that, bless her heart, my cat is not smart enough to shuffle the granules and not that purple plastic entry ramp. When she does her business, she will shuffle that and not the granules, meaning the granules don't get shuffle around; if she has a pee, it's no problem, but if she poops, boy, you smell it. Also, what happens is you'll end up with a middle area where the litter gets consistently saturated with urine and the back part has about a 4-5 inch area of pristine litter; this becomes a problem (see below). Also, my cat's poop will fill up the little storage area in the front kind of fast. If I don't do anything, I'll have to change the litter box out when the counter gets into the 40 range (approximately two weeks). What I've been doing is putting on some gloves and putting the cat poop into a bag and throwing it away and manually mixing the litter together to avoid this issue. Doing this works okay and I can get the counter to the 60-70 range before I have to change the whole box out at the 3-3.5 week mark; of note, the litter box is in a low humidity area, as the box recommends. Also, the box is only cardboard so when I first noticed this, the urine had gone through the box to the floor and this is even with one of those litter catcher mats underneath it! I always thought those things were pee proof, but at least not the one I bought! No doubt this happened because the litter in that area was not being mixed and it became oversaturated. I haven't had this issue since I started doing what I said above, but just to be safe, I keep a few flattened cardboard boxes underneath the litter catcher mat!
I can only comment on my experience, but if you have one cat, who's small to average sized, I think this is definitely the way to go. If you have a larger cat, like me, you might want to consider that rotating one she was talking about. I am, but the cost seems a little high for me considering what I have now is not awful and is serviceable; also, she mentioned it might not be good for big cats. Just know that if you have a larger cat you may have to change out the trays at shorter intervals and/or do some things to prolong the tray's life like what I mentioned above.
I hope this helps and thanks again for your reviews!
PS: if anyone is wondering if a self-cleaning litter both is worth it...it definitely is! There are tons of reasons but the biggest one is that I don't have to worry about asking anyone to cat sit for us! We have an automatic litter box and an automatic feeder ($50) and water fountain ($50) and the only thing we ask the person to do is just hang out with our cat so she doesn't get stir crazy and check the water level, although it'll hold enough water for a cat for about 7-10 days
Thanks Charlie for your detailed info, and those helpful tips! You mentioned the main reason we need an auto litter box, which is because we no longer have a cat sitter. Do you have the older or latest technology PetSafe Scoop Free? Can you please share the brand of auto feeder and fountain you use? Thanks again for your time! Marie
@@mariewhitman8758 I'm not sure the model of PetSafe Scoop Free, but I bought it new back in 2015. As an update, once I took off purple canopy, my cat is shuffling around the litter waaay better, so I'd recommend that for people to not shell out the extra money for the canopy, especially if you have a larger cat!
The electric feeder I bought back in 2015, too, from Amazon, but it looks like they don't have it anymore. It is the Pyrus Automatic Feeder Electric Pet Dry Food Container with LCD Display Large Automatic Feeder for Dogs & Cats. It only has like 3.5 stars, but it has worked great for me! I feed my cat one serving 2-3 times per day depending on the size of the dry cat food and brand. The only gripe I have about the feeder, which may not be unique to this feeder, but if I buy food pellets that are small, like the Blue Buffalo fit and healthy, my cat can stick her paw into the dispenser outlet and is able to steadily get pellets out; I fixed this by gorilla taping a piece of cardboard across the outlet that was big enough to let out the food, but she cant stick her paw in anymore.
As for her fountain, I have a Petsafe Sedona fountain; this is also great to get your cat to drink more water! Also, at least for me, she don't use plain tap water; try and use filtered water from the fridge or a brita or something like that. I'm sure it has to do with the cholorine, etc in tap water.
If you fill the fountain up all the way, it'll last longer than a week. In terms of maintenance, I try and keep the water level to about half an inch below the brim. Also, I dump out the water every week and put in fresh water and twice a month, I'll take apart all the pieces, including the motor and toothbrush it all down with water and dawn soap because this yucky biofilm will start to form on all the stuff, which if you've washed your cat's water dish, you'll know what I'm talking about! Also, I replace that little white, sponge filter once a month ($6 for two on amazon). A tip is that I thought the motor had broken because it wasn't spinning, which I thought, "well it lasted 5 years so that makes sense" so I bought a new one and that worked, but then I actually read the instructions that came with the new one, and I realized that you need to open up the motor and take out the magnetic impeller blade and clean that and the magnet, too. It's not hard to unstick the magnet, but the magnet is strong enough that the impeller won't just fall out if you put it upside down. Once I did that, the old one started working fine! So it went 5 years without me cleaning that part!
Sorry for the long post and hope all that helps!
@@charliep5139 thank you so much! Yes, the details are VERY important, so thanks for taking the time to explain. Hilarious about your cat stealing food from the feeder!!! I can relate, because one of my gluttonous cats does the same thing! You explain so well, you should have your own channel :)
I LOVE (like truly think it's the best cat product out there) my litter robot!
N/S, thank you sooo much, Felix, Fluffy, Gata, Nacho, Bella & Sticker; highly appreciate you!!!
Good video! I haven’t heard about a couple of these. My sister has the “Egg” Litter Robot. But Imma stick to my high back litter box with wood pellets!
for my two cats, i got the scoop free. the odor is apparent after changing the crystals within 3 days and usually unbearable at 5-7. clumps get caught and it’s very messy. my personal experience has been better than a traditional litter box because i’m a busy person and it’s hard to find the time to clean my box a few times a day like i’d like, but i plan on saving up and investing in a litter robot.
I have 3 cats and have the same EXACT situation. Any progress on your litter boxes?
Great review!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for doing this! I’ve never had cats (have cared for many, though) and plan to pick up two adults from the shelter shortly. I’m also disabled and live in a tiny home. I was really excited about trying out a litter bot, but you’ve definitely changed my mind. I think I’ll modify a small, raised cabinet and add a little ramp so it can be reachable for both myself and cats, and just use a standard litter box. Can’t think of a better way to do it. We need to start pestering robotics people to make something decent! Even the guys from the mythbusters.
I have the PetSafe Scoopfree for my cats and am on my second one. I really like it and yes the litter can be expensive, as I do use the replacement box kind. I have been thinking of switching to the plastic tray bottom, but I do like the convenience of the box.
In uk bins 2 small . Difficult to get from 2nd story apartment to bins. As binbags to small to ieasly dispose of it and bin makes it difficult as it does not quite fit well without breaking the box ( yuk)
I got the reusable plastic bottom for it and it doesnt play well with the rake and was slowly damaging the unit every time it ran. I found you can just buy a large bag of regular crystal litter for the same price as one tray, and you can reuse the scoop free branded trays 2-3 times using bagged crystal litter as a refill. Not a permanent reusable solution, but definitely cuts litter costs by about half.
Thank you for your video that’s really cute to have a little robot 3 connect , I have 2 cats and love them all . Im going to purchase one for them . Thanks !!!
My SimplyClean stopped working less then a year after I bought it. When it was working, it had a loud clicking. Not a quiet alternative.
Thank you for this full review of these alternatives!
When using the littermaid I’ve found it’s important to get exactly the right litter. You want a very good fine clumping litter with low dust. I forget the exact brand I used to use but once I found the right litter to use the littlermaid worked very well. That may also account for difference in customer reviews and experience with people using all different types of litter.
Please let me know if you find whag litter that is!!
@@emmar9594 lol, my litter maid just broke 2 days ago. It had a CATastrophic failure and just destroyed itself. My cats mega poops 💩 were just too much for it to handle so I had to toss the whole thing in the trash because you can’t get parts for it. But to answer your question I was most recently using the clump and seal slide litter not just the clump and seal, it has to be slide as well. When I had a previous generation litter maid with another cat I had years ago there was another litter that I used and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out what it was but I remember it had what I like to call “flavor crystals 😂” in it. I’m sure it was either tidy cats or arm and hammer but I could not find the exact right one when I bought this current littermaid. The current littermaid just turned out to be shit. Besides it breaking the biggest design flaw in it’s operation from what I can tell is that the rake was changed to flexible plastic fins instead of a metal rake. The shit sticks to it, gets wedged in between the fins and stays stuck on it pretty good. If it were possible to switch the fin piece out for the metal rake piece I guarantee it would work 10 times better. I actually looked online to see if it was possible or if I could buy just the metal rake piece and modify it myself but I couldn’t find anything. Good luck with yours. Also I noticed never buy the single cat version of the littermaid, it’s just too small for a regular sized cat, always go for the multi-cat version. If they fixed the design flaws with the current version then I’d buy it again but as of right now I’d try to find the older version with the metal rake but only the multi-cat version. I’ve seen the single but I can’t find the multi.
I'd like to see you review the sustainably yours multi-cat litter! I know I can trust your review the most 😊😊
Noted! Thanks.
@@AllAboutCatsYT very curious what litter would be safe with the self flushing litter box because I know you can't flush litter down the toilet without it causing problems 🤔
Curios is this big enough to accompany a ragdoll? It looks kind of small or does it come in multiple sizes?
I 100% love my litter robot. Although I ran into the issue of it not wanting to connect to my phone but I gave up trying, ill just let it do its thing and I'll check the drawer when I see the light flash blue
I really like the Simply Clean and my cats love it too. When they first saw it they were :O wow, and I just decided to tape in the switch in the back to avoid error signal. Works great !! And price was great too.
That's a crazy price for that litter box! And I was strongly interested in it. The other one, my concern is the type of litter being used. I stopped using clay littler to help the environment. I don't know much about the silica gel kind. I'll have to research it.
Thanks for making this video! It was very helpful!
We have a litter robot. We love it, but its a bear to do a deep clean. Fortunately, that is not needed often. Would buy it again in a heartbeat!
Great video!
Cool pillow!😯
I had a cat genie for almost two years. It caught on fire today. Hence why I am here now trying to find a better replacement....
How did it happen?
OMG!
Not entirely sure. The plug to the wall ignited. We have a suspicion that maybe my cat was playing with the toilet bowl water and splashed water on it. But at the same time we aren't certain. It ruined the plug. Only had one prog and half of it was melted. The outlet was ruined and luckily it only damaged a small area of the wall. Gonna have to repaint the bathroom but we caught it before it got any worse than that.
The PetSafe Simply Clean's motor burns out within a year.
My cat genie caught on fire yesterday! I've been a loyal cat genie fan for over 10 years but this is the 2nd one I've had issues with and there were actual flames coming out of the litter box. The previous issue was similar to Summer Dawn where the plug melted in the power strip. Contemplating the litter robot now
Would really love to see the different clumping litters in the litter robot. We really love Smarty Cat natural litter and want to know how it and other litters work in it
I use arm and hammer clump and seal with my litter robot and I have no complaints!
We have a Litter Robot 3 connect and love it. We had a Litter Maid before, and it worked great with Arm and Hammer clump and seal Litter or World's Best Litter. The only reason we changed to the Litter Robot was that my second cat kept kicking litter out of the machine. Using an enclosed Litter box was better for us.
I’ve had a litter-maid for over 20 years... went through 2 of them. I think for the most part they are pretty good. I have two other litter boxes where I use a screen to sift it. No way I’m going to pay $500 for a litter box. I like my sifting boxes as I use pine litter, and it has the least odor. Now that I’m moving, the box will be in the breezeway where I can remember to keep an eye on it.
The PetSafe Scoop free seems to work well, but because the waste isn’t sealed anywhere the smell ends up getting pretty rough.
Thank u!!
Thanks, I’m thinking of getting a kitten after a few years of losing my 2 cats that lived to 15 and 16…
I am wanting one of these but not sure which yet! I’m gonna check out your other reviews for sure!
Just my 2 cents for anyone considering: I spent the money on the litter robot. It ended up in the dumpster, the walls are this rubbery material so poop would get stuck to them and dry on, hard to clean. When I would put new litter in it half of the new litter would fall through to the tray on the first use. Plus it's so big if you're in an apartment without a big enough space for it than that sucks
You missed Laavibot. It’s the most expensive but it’s easily the best auto litter box on the market IMO. I was lucky enough to get one for half the price on indigogo. It’s awesome.
Thanks for the comment!
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Nice review save Me time.
How you described the litter maid is how the pets are scoop free works for me. Waste gets stuck in the rake, it stops taking in the middle of the box and my cats end up going to the bathroom behind the rake once it gets stuck so I end up needing to scoop litter anyway.
Frustrating. Thanks for sharing your experience with the ScoopFree.