I like the real smooth, fluid, and quiet movement of the scooper thing. If you sleep through the entire night, you'll wake up knowing it must be broken.
I bought one of these in 2011(after reading a lot of review comments and watching these kinds of videos) and it was wonderful at first! (helps a lot with allergies!). Just happened on this video again so here's a follow up. The cost and delivery time for the soap and beads was a pain, hooking up to water supply and babysitting it to make sure it completed cycles was a pain..it seemed "fragile" from the start so you get stressed wondering when it is going to break..but worst was that the thing cost hundreds..about $500 or so US at the time (much more in Canadian $ for me) and the electronics stopped working properly just after the warranty ended so oh well too bad for me..the buttons did not respond most of the time, or it wouldn't turn on, or pressing a button resulted in action that was supposed to be controlled by another button. We ended up having to throw it away..you clean it as well as you can and it still gets cat pee leaking a lot into all the inner workings (which was a really gross surprise the first time, and what likely ruined the electronics). Harder feces often got stuck too. After the warranty was done it was just tough luck, of course. Nothing was replaced and I wouldn't buy anything like this again for the price. If it were cheap and lasted a year or two and you didn't need to keep buying product constantly from a long-distance company it would've been ok. I wouldn't expect to last forever but for the price and ongoing financial commitment yeah..it wasn't worth it and I was out a lot of money.
We have two. We love them. Had them for over a year now and they work perfectly. The cats love them. We love them. We have had to buy 1 box of the 'sand' to make up for what gets drug out but, it's still been less expensive than buying litter every other day for our 3 cats. Plus, no litterbox smell.
Mine had lasted me a little over 3 years before the processing unit failed on me recently. I have 2 cats and only one is pretty good at using it,while my younger one is still a "work in progress " in using it.
People who trash this machine just don't understand the value and Heath benefits. I'm allergic to the litter, the dust, and smell, makes me very ill. We live in a condo, so the cat can't go outside to do her business. Sure this machine isn't cheap, but it's sad when people can put a price on ones health. Well worth the money spent. Try it, don't like it, return it.
I have a cat genie & have had it for plus years. Mine is not this noisy or this choppy. I do have to take it apart to clean it once a year and to replace the litter. We have 5 cats 🙀 crazy cat lady starter kit. I put in two boxes of cat litter graduals & run the maintenance solution once a month. 5 cats, only 3 litter boxes, the cat genie & two regular. IT SAVES A FORTUNE! Ours is the washer hook up & drain.
For those that say this will scare cats, there are ways to train them to accept it. My cat took to it right away, didn't care at all. I have seen clips where the cat plays in it, while it cleans.
@kutak21 It's shaking the excess litter granules off of the scoop, keeping them in the pan. You'd normally shake a poop scoop in a regular kitty litter box to do the same thing. It just sounds odd, but it's not dying. :)
Hate it. Owned one and had replaced 5 times in 2 years and the last one replaced blew up and almost caught my house on fire. They replaced it but needless to say it sets in a box in my attic. It didn't work more then it worked. Don't waste your money.
Or people who don't want to touch poo or get litter dust in their lungs which contain feces particles. Or pregnant women. Or people who have a hard time bending over, have a hard time grasping the scooper (arthritis sufferers, etc) but still love their cats.
Exactly. I almost bought one when I had saved up my money a few years ago and my older brother said I was lazy. I ended up going home without it. I don't understand why some people don't see the pros of this machine. : )
I think it is a really nice invention. IT just takes a long time to clean it BUT. Im sure I can kinda play with it and research it to see how the cleaning time can be altered. My cat use to meow all through the house to tell me she is finish or come to the top of the bed and tap me on the head at 3 am in the morning lol. Can you set it for every time the cat goes to the bathroom?
I think its for using old fashion litter grit because today's litter grit is taken up moisture so the last thing you want to do is putting water in it, it will become one big lump of stiff litter grit, the best one until now is the hand rolling one, just turn it around ones a day and clean the tray, use natural litter grit so you can waist it in the bio-container.
You obviously don't understand how this works. You don't use clumping litter. You reuse the plastic pelletized and washable litter beads over and over again.
how is this compare to the litter robot III-open air? I know the litter robot don't have the water, but it seems more convenient to just dump all the collected poop clumps into the garbage.
A box of granules comes with the unit. The granules don't need to be replaced but they will slowly deplete over time so you can buy more granules and top off as needed.
I feel like as I'm watching this video that the scooper is about to break... It sounds like it needs help... I think the idea of it is great, maybe one day someone will invent it to work a little better sounds like most of the buyers didn't have any luck with it working.. So I'll keep scooping litter.
have fucked back 15 years suffering now had a disc replacement that left me in more pain and have now been refered for spinal cord stimulation ... and i managed to scoop everything out fine don't hurt my back anymore than other activities , this box is a waste of money ... and bending over is not the way use your knee's to lower yourself ... anyone bending over with a bad back is adding to their problem
This has never been a problem as all of our cats have waited until the process is completed. We think any interference might become an issue during the auto setting where the Cat Genie is set to clean at 1 - 4 specific intervals through- out the day. Having said that however many cats will instinctively and intuitively memorize these time intervals. Especially if they are given a more regimented feeding schedule. Sometimes the cat will even enjoy watching the cleaning process themselves. We have sometimes wondered if they do this with some sort of association of empowerment or pride in being able to initiate such activity in the litter box. You have several options on how to initiate the wash cycle. It could be done 1. manually if you are at home a lot and want to self- monitor, economize on cleaning solution and customize cleaning by turning it on when the litter becomes noticeably smelly to you (our preferred method since we are home a lot.) 2. the motion detector “cat” setting method which initiates a wash cycle through a motion detector where every time your cat enters and leaves the Cat Genie starts in 1-2 minutes or 3. The automatic wash cycle where you can automatically set 1 - 4 times or intervals throughout the day. (This one is esp. good for single or multiple cat owners and esp. if you work outside or are away from the home a lot).
The mic is too close to the machine and the jerky motion of the scooper is purposeful to shake off any loose litter sticking to the fecal matter before dispensing, depositing, liquifying and draining it .
my cats will poop in anything that resembles sand. If you like shoveling shit then don't try it! I say it's worth a shot if it fails you just send it back. I'm sure after getting enough used cat genie's returned they will improve it.
This is called "way too many problems just waiting to happen". Complicated devices like this most likely will end up costing you more than the purchase price when they fail. I'll stick with my Simply Clean litter box from PetSafe. Simple, easy and reliable. You can keep this noisy, complicated Cat Genie.
That was terrible. For the amount of time it takes that obnoxious pos to do a human's job I could've cleaned ten litter boxes and then sat down with a cold beer to watch this thing finish its job.
MrTTqUaTtRo LOL, I doubt that, You probably could not stand the ammonia of 10 litter boxes versus 1 CatGenie cycle. PROVE IT BY VIDEO, I DARE YOU.:-) Do you accept the challenge, or are you just a big blowhard, as your comment states??? I DO NOT THINK THAT YOU CAN DO IT. PROVE IT, I CHALLENGE YOU BLOWHARD TROLL!!!!
Was it just me or does it look like it's about to break I would not pay money for something that was made with such cheap material everyone heard and saw the click, click, click,click sssssoooooooo not worth the money.
What a was of money this would be. I can't believe anyone would pay $400 for this thing. Big problem is if you use clumping litter when it does the "wash" cycle the litter would turn into one big clump and that would be the end of that. What a stupid product.
I paid $200. It comes with a box of special plastic pellets that looks and feels like regular litter. The pellets don't absorb liquid so when the cat pees it goes straight through the pellets into the tank below. According to the manual, using regular litter will ruin the machine.
my fucking god its like a rocket, too complicated for a shit box and would scare the shit out of the cats. They rather shit elswhere, say behind the couch or on your bed haha
Hate it. Owned one and had replaced 5 times in 2 years and the last one replaced blew up and almost caught my house on fire. They replaced it but needless to say it sets in a box in my attic. It didn't work more then it worked. Don't waste your money.
I like the real smooth, fluid, and quiet movement of the scooper thing. If you sleep through the entire night, you'll wake up knowing it must be broken.
I bought one of these in 2011(after reading a lot of review comments and watching these kinds of videos) and it was wonderful at first! (helps a lot with allergies!). Just happened on this video again so here's a follow up. The cost and delivery time for the soap and beads was a pain, hooking up to water supply and babysitting it to make sure it completed cycles was a pain..it seemed "fragile" from the start so you get stressed wondering when it is going to break..but worst was that the thing cost hundreds..about $500 or so US at the time (much more in Canadian $ for me) and the electronics stopped working properly just after the warranty ended so oh well too bad for me..the buttons did not respond most of the time, or it wouldn't turn on, or pressing a button resulted in action that was supposed to be controlled by another button. We ended up having to throw it away..you clean it as well as you can and it still gets cat pee leaking a lot into all the inner workings (which was a really gross surprise the first time, and what likely ruined the electronics). Harder feces often got stuck too. After the warranty was done it was just tough luck, of course. Nothing was replaced and I wouldn't buy anything like this again for the price. If it were cheap and lasted a year or two and you didn't need to keep buying product constantly from a long-distance company it would've been ok. I wouldn't expect to last forever but for the price and ongoing financial commitment yeah..it wasn't worth it and I was out a lot of money.
We have two. We love them. Had them for over a year now and they work perfectly. The cats love them. We love them. We have had to buy 1 box of the 'sand' to make up for what gets drug out but, it's still been less expensive than buying litter every other day for our 3 cats. Plus, no litterbox smell.
Does it still work?
I've got a 20lbs cat that shits like a medium size dog. He's not fat, just large size. I can't see this machine lasting a week.
lol
Mine had lasted me a little over 3 years before the processing unit failed on me recently. I have 2 cats and only one is pretty good at using it,while my younger one is still a "work in progress " in using it.
I've had for a year! Works great for three medium size cats.
People who trash this machine just don't understand the value and Heath benefits. I'm allergic to the litter, the dust, and smell, makes me very ill. We live in a condo, so the cat can't go outside to do her business. Sure this machine isn't cheap, but it's sad when people can put a price on ones health. Well worth the money spent. Try it, don't like it, return it.
I have a cat genie & have had it for plus years. Mine is not this noisy or this choppy. I do have to take it apart to clean it once a year and to replace the litter. We have 5 cats 🙀 crazy cat lady starter kit. I put in two boxes of cat litter graduals & run the maintenance solution once a month.
5 cats, only 3 litter boxes, the cat genie & two regular. IT SAVES A FORTUNE! Ours is the washer hook up & drain.
*5
For those that say this will scare cats, there are ways to train them to accept it. My cat took to it right away, didn't care at all. I have seen clips where the cat plays in it, while it cleans.
@kutak21 It's shaking the excess litter granules off of the scoop, keeping them in the pan. You'd normally shake a poop scoop in a regular kitty litter box to do the same thing. It just sounds odd, but it's not dying. :)
Hate it. Owned one and had replaced 5 times in 2 years and the last one replaced blew up and almost caught my house on fire. They replaced it but needless to say it sets in a box in my attic. It didn't work more then it worked. Don't waste your money.
Or people who don't want to touch poo or get litter dust in their lungs which contain feces particles. Or pregnant women. Or people who have a hard time bending over, have a hard time grasping the scooper (arthritis sufferers, etc) but still love their cats.
Exactly. I almost bought one when I had saved up my money a few years ago and my older brother said I was lazy. I ended up going home without it. I don't understand why some people don't see the pros of this machine. : )
I think it is a really nice invention. IT just takes a long time to clean it BUT. Im sure I can kinda play with it and research it to see how the cleaning time can be altered. My cat use to meow all through the house to tell me she is finish or come to the top of the bed and tap me on the head at 3 am in the morning lol. Can you set it for every time the cat goes to the bathroom?
I think its for using old fashion litter grit because today's litter grit is taken up moisture so the last thing you want to do is putting water in it, it will become one big lump of stiff litter grit, the best one until now is the hand rolling one, just turn it around ones a day and clean the tray, use natural litter grit so you can waist it in the bio-container.
You obviously don't understand how this works. You don't use clumping litter. You reuse the plastic pelletized and washable litter beads
over and over again.
This shit sounds like aliens from the War Of The World movie. I think I'm going to get the Litter Spinner for my 2 shitty ass cats
Does it have to wash the litter with fluid each time the litter scooper is activated?
They need to come out with a hooded version of this, my cat sprays when he uses the litterbox, doesn't spray anywhere else though, thank goodness...
The hood is an option.
how is this compare to the litter robot III-open air? I know the litter robot don't have the water, but it seems more convenient to just dump all the collected poop clumps into the garbage.
RCMods Well, ask yourself, it you can stand the ammonia, when you go to dump it out in the trash with the Litter Robot, in my opinion.
I just got mine yesterday and I wanna love it but today it's making a loud clicking noise during the cleaning cycle whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy????
You can't really see the water entering because everything gray. Do you have to buy Granules separately? Also do u need to replace them?
A box of granules comes with the unit. The granules don't need to be replaced but they will slowly deplete over time so you can buy more granules and top off as needed.
oooh... i always thought that Asimo would pick them up for me in the future...
Why is there water in it? it stop spinning? And stop scooping?
I feel like as I'm watching this video that the scooper is about to break... It sounds like it needs help... I think the idea of it is great, maybe one day someone will invent it to work a little better sounds like most of the buyers didn't have any luck with it working.. So I'll keep scooping litter.
It's by design. The scooper arm passes through notches that agitate the arm to shake off the litter (pellets) back into the bowl.
My cat would be terrified of that!
Not the case.
That arm is broken jerking like that. All other reviews it runs smooth up and down.
It's by design. The arm passes through notches that agitate the arm to shake off the litter (pellets) back into the bowl.
I rather train my two cats to go on the human toilette .... Who the heck would want that thing sitting around lol
It's not kept "sitting around' but in the corner of the laundry room next to the washing machine.
it seems broken from that clicking ahh it was anoying
Ridiculous. It takes too long and my cat would never go near some contraption that was so loud!
Our cat goes "near' it several times a day. It works and you will never know about it.
I want it!!! But i live in Cyprus! :-( I don't think we have something like this...
I personally think the PetSafe automatic litter box is way quieter and works much better.
Then your just wishing you had the money to buy one I had it and it broke 6 months later, this is the best option.
Johnny Blaze hehe, lifespan problems. Okay.
I liked the part when it went around and around
ok I was wrong. why is the schoop hand so jerky as its going in and coming out?
It's by design. The arm passes through notches that agitate the arm to shake off the litter (pellets) back into the bowl.
I just set my box out in the yard for a half an hour and let my neighbor's Palmeranian dig through and eat the poos out.
MY cats wouldve got so frustrated and waiting to use it, they wouldve peed on the floor by now (I assume)....its noisy?
What if you have more than one kitty and it has to go when it's cleaning?
The kitty waits until it's finished the cleaning cycle and then goes.
No offence but that thing is ridiculous. It takes thirty seconds to scoop out anything in the litter box and flush it.
have fucked back 15 years suffering now had a disc replacement that left me in more pain and have now been refered for spinal cord stimulation ... and i managed to scoop everything out fine don't hurt my back anymore than other activities , this box is a waste of money ... and bending over is not the way use your knee's to lower yourself ... anyone bending over with a bad back is adding to their problem
Fair enough, I didn't consider how useful it would be for someone with health troubles.
I really just wante to go to your house and clean the litter myself. I could think off 100+ better things to do with that kind of money!
What if the cat has to go while the system is doing all that cleaning and taking so much time??
This has never been a problem as all of our cats have waited until the process is completed. We think any interference might become an issue during the auto setting where the Cat Genie is set to clean at 1 - 4 specific intervals through- out the day. Having said that however many cats will instinctively and intuitively memorize these time intervals. Especially if they are given a more regimented feeding schedule. Sometimes the cat will even enjoy watching the cleaning process themselves. We have sometimes wondered if they do this with some sort of association of empowerment or pride in being able to initiate such activity in the litter box. You have several options on how to initiate the wash cycle. It could be done 1. manually if you are at home a lot and want to self- monitor, economize on cleaning solution and customize cleaning by turning it on when the litter becomes noticeably smelly to you (our preferred method since we are home a lot.) 2. the motion detector “cat” setting method which initiates a wash cycle through a motion detector where every time your cat enters and leaves the Cat Genie starts in 1-2 minutes or 3. The automatic wash cycle where you can automatically set 1 - 4 times or intervals throughout the day. (This one is esp. good for single or multiple cat owners and esp. if you work outside or are away from the home a lot).
Are you sure that thing is working right all that jerking around and that noise.... dose really look cool though.
The mic is too close to the machine and the jerky motion of the scooper is purposeful to shake off any loose litter sticking to the fecal matter before dispensing, depositing, liquifying and draining it .
That would probably scare the hell out of my cat.
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what country make this litter box machine
Is it broken?
Or want reusable litter so they don't have to buy it all the time.
But what is the liquid what is it for?
I think it's washing the litter. You don't have to refill or replace the litter. It's self cleaning.
Your faster doing it your self, also .. clicking noises? it doesnt sound good at all.. Did i also already type your faster when u do it your self?
It would be nice to have some way to fix it to a human toilet and flush everything away.
my cats will poop in anything that resembles sand. If you like shoveling shit then don't try it! I say it's worth a shot if it fails you just send it back. I'm sure after getting enough used cat genie's returned they will improve it.
Exactly . To me it was worth the gamble. I figured the rewards are tremendous if it works as advertised.
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Sounds like the arms broken.
It's by design. The arm passes through notches that agitate the arm to shake off the litter (pellets) back into the bowl.
This is called "way too many problems just waiting to happen". Complicated devices like this most likely will end up costing you more than the purchase price when they fail. I'll stick with my Simply Clean litter box from PetSafe. Simple, easy and reliable. You can keep this noisy, complicated Cat Genie.
litter box of the future is raggedy
Gute iddee.. aber muss definitiev noch nachbearbeitet werden. :/
Why did it start to fill up with water ?? O.o
To wash and dry the plastic pellets for re-use each time.
why don't they just invent a cat that doesn't need to poo ? !
Too too toooo much noise and time with this thing. I use natural little bit of litter and a litter genie.
robocop brought me here...!!!
That was terrible. For the amount of time it takes that obnoxious pos to do a human's job I could've cleaned ten litter boxes and then sat down with a cold beer to watch this thing finish its job.
MrTTqUaTtRo LOL, I doubt that, You probably could not stand the ammonia of 10 litter boxes versus 1 CatGenie cycle. PROVE IT BY VIDEO, I DARE YOU.:-) Do you accept the challenge, or are you just a big blowhard, as your comment states??? I DO NOT THINK THAT YOU CAN DO IT. PROVE IT, I CHALLENGE YOU BLOWHARD TROLL!!!!
Sounds like it's breaking
The mic is close to the machine. We don't notice it in our laundry room.
My cat ain't worth this much money!
Now I don't need my bedpan. I can just shove that thing under my butt and stay in bed all day!
jumping poop :3
Let me guess.....Japanese?
Israeli
I can't believe anyone would actually buy this. It looks like a piece of garbage and I couldn't imagine having to listen to its cycle.
We have two. We love them. Had them for over a year and they work great. So much cleaner than a regular litterbox. Worth every penny.
It's actually well made in Israel.
Sorry, but......ha,ha,ha,ha,.........
@waterfordjim ROFLMFAO!!!
Trust me a cat wouldent like to be spun in circles 😄
Not the case.
No shit...
Was it just me or does it look like it's about to break I would not pay money for something that was made with such cheap material everyone heard and saw the click, click, click,click sssssoooooooo not worth the money.
What a was of money this would be. I can't believe anyone would pay $400 for this thing. Big problem is if you use clumping litter when it does the "wash" cycle the litter would turn into one big clump and that would be the end of that. What a stupid product.
I paid $200. It comes with a box of special plastic pellets that looks and feels like regular litter. The pellets don't absorb liquid so when the cat pees it goes straight through the pellets into the tank below. According to the manual, using regular litter will ruin the machine.
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okay thank explain,,,
shalom shalom to israel
I hate this thing and I don't even own one. No thanks.
These things terrify most cats. Don't waste your money (and you'll also wake up to shit and piss all over the floor).
Not our experience at all. I think they more likely terrify the litter companies!
my fucking god its like a rocket, too complicated for a shit box and would scare the shit out of the cats. They rather shit elswhere, say behind the couch or on your bed haha
Your cat is weird and gross do u buy recycled litter.
Hate it. Owned one and had replaced 5 times in 2 years and the last one replaced blew up and almost caught my house on fire. They replaced it but needless to say it sets in a box in my attic. It didn't work more then it worked. Don't waste your money.