 "Love ScoopFree" | 2008-09-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2UNI3O3SS2MC8 |
| I spent quite a bit of time reading reviews for several automatic litter boxes before I settled on the ScoopFree model (with the cover). I've been using it for about 2 1/2 months now, and I love it. No scooping,no constant cleaning of tracked in litter all over the floor! I have it out on my patio deck (even though the instructions say indoor use only)and it has worked like a dream. I followed the advice in the instructions and placed the box near my cat's old box, which I refrained from cleaning. However, she kept using the dirty old bax and after a few days I couldn't take it anymore. I took away the old box leaving a bit of the used litter in the ScoopFree box. She took to the new box immediately and has been using it ever since. I thought she might be afraid of the noise and motion of the rake, but she is more curious that scared. In fact after she does her business she waits around for the 20 minutes it takes to activate, so she can see it move. I have found that after about 3 1/2 weeks the litter gets rather pungent, and the smell remains on my cat's paws. I've begun to experiment with scooping out some of the litter and replacing it with another brand of crystal litter to see if I can extend the amount of time between cartridge replacements. Some of the reviews I read said their cats would not use the crystal litter. I started mixing my cat's clumping litter with crystal litter about a week or so before I introduced the ScoopFree box. As I scooped her old box daily I'd remove some of the clumping litter and add the crystals. By the time she got to the new litter box she was fine with the crystals. My cat is only 2 years old and very good about using a litter box, so my success with ScoopFree may be because she is an easy, non-fussy cat. I am a bit concerned about what to do when the rainy season comes, as I will either have to move it indoors or go back to the old box on the patio. However, as for right now ScoopFree Self-Cleaning Litter Box is like a dream come true. |
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| "Its a Miracle!" | 2008-09-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: AGAOVNXVDIMCI |
| This is the best invention I have ever owned. I no longer clean my litter boxes every two days and my home does not smell like kitties anymore.....I have three cats and use two of these. My only regret is that I did not purchase them sooner! |
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| "Great Design" | 2008-09-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: ANR68HTAZ9DBI |
I got the Scoop Free by Fresh Step and it's wonderful. I wrote about the Litter Maid at the bottom. My cat had a hard time with the new crystal litter and looked at it funny for 6 weeks. He peed in the floor once and my husband's gym bag once. He just didn't like the new litter. The Ultra unit has a counter which counts each time he uses the box. I would check it when I came home from work and when I got up in the morning to see if he'd used it. If he hadn't, I'd pick him up and put him in front of it over and over until he used it. I also used a motion sensor camera that I hooked up to my laptop so I could see what time he used it. This litter is harder and smells different than the clay he's used to. I learned to sprinkle the clay litter on top every few days until he was completely used to the crystal stuff. The clay litter won't damage anything and the only problem with it is it gets stuck in the rake. Now he's used to the litter and uses the box with no problem. The reason I feel this unit works so much better is because the rake pushes everything in a straight line instead of up and over like the Litter Maid. The litter doesn't clump so nothing gets stuck in the rake. The crystals also do a great job of absorbing the smell of urine. There's no smell from the box when I walk in the room. I do have a sofa beside it and I can smell it a little if I sit on the end right beside it. It's my 2nd TV room so I'm only in there when my husband is using the other TV so I can easily sit on the end that's further away from the box.
Litter Maid's auto litter box is terrible. I used the Litter Maid for a month to give it a fair chance. There are gaps on the side of the litter box, close to the disposal cartridge and litter just falls through on to your floor each time the rake pushes the litter towards the disposal cartridge. The worse thing is the part where the tray that holds the litter meets the part that holds the disposal cartridge. When the rake pushes the poop up and out of the litter into the cartridge it leaves (over time) "streaks" on the plastic because the poop is drug across the plastic in to the cartridge. A lot of the time when the rake pushes poop/clumps to the disposal cartridge it hits this edge and the poop/clumps get pushed in to the rake instead of going over the edge in to the disposal cartridge. Then they usually stay stuck in the rake until you knock them loose. Sometimes the poop stops at the edge, the rake goes over it and then the poop ends up behind the rake when it goes back to its starting point. Sometimes the clumps break up and you're left with bits of stinky litter in the box instead of the disposal cartridge. This is why it stinks so much after a week.
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| "great litter box" | 2008-09-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2NGOWU7764RA5 |
| This has been a really good purchase,we have three cats and it handles them just fine. Really a good product. |
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| "Kitty Litter Made Easy" | 2008-09-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A29RY8PX9PH9DZ |
| We have really enjoyed this product. No more daily scooping of stinky kitty poo or clumping litter. The machine just scoops it up and locks it away. We have a small cat about 1 year old. We do have to change the litter more than the advertisment suggets to keep it fresh smelling. We change it about once a week. We have a system were we just dump everything out of the tray into the trash then refill the tray with a bag of Fresh Step crystals. We replace the actual tray about once a month. This is a little cheaper than replacing the whole tray every week, but still so much easier than scooping stinky poo. |
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| "Thought this wouldn't stand up to my rather large cat but it does!" | 2008-09-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: AOO5FUG9F3WQM |
Well, I wasn't sure that this product would be that great. I was afraid that it would start stinking and that my rather large cat with humongous poops would make this cat box seem like a pipe dream. I was wrong. I've now owned it for a month and have had no problems with smells and it works like a charm! Yes it can be a little loud when the rake does its thing but its not bad and when my cat hears the rake start working, he runs downstairs to watch it move.
And as a side note, at first I thought the cartridges were a little pricey but when I figured out how much I spent on kitty litter per month, I realized that the difference in price was about $10 per month. I'm more than willing to spend $10 a month to not have to clean the litter box every day. And the clean up once a month is a piece of cake and not the icky experience changing the litter out of a regular litter box. There's been times I just wanted to throw the old litter box away rather than clean it. |
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| "Can we say FABULOUS?!" | 2008-09-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: AO08A71JGVUVU |
| I have never owned a cat in my life-the main reason? The litter box. I didn't want my house to smell like an animal OR like litter (the scent is so strong!) I didn't want to have to buy tubs of litter, liners, etc. so this is a perfect solution for me. I still clean out the compartment every other day or so (I just like it to be extra clean) but what a great product?! |
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 "The write up sounded good but--" | 2008-08-31 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2NFSKNJVQK1XH |
| I bought this because I sprained my right wrist and was tired of scooping litter from a rectangular box. I have two cats and realized the litter tray would only last two weeks and could be expensive. I believed the litter crystals would elimate odor. Well, they didn't. When the scooper cycles and moves the soiled litter to its box on the end, the odor that comes out as it lifts up, scoops litter in and then closes down, will about knock you over. So much for odor free, and I'm trying to keep clean because my house is for sale. I didn't have as much lingering smell from the scoopable clay litter I was using. I found a round litter pan at Petco, and have gone back to the regular litter I was using. And my cats are happier. They didn't like the noise this product made raking back and forth. AH |
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| "Great!!!" | 2008-08-29 |
| - Reviewed By dphjnk |
I like the Scoop Free Litter Box quite a bit. With 4 cats, however, only 2 of them like the box. My foster kittens use it as well, but as some of the reviews state, it's better to have more than one box when your cat household exceeds 2, as the disposal compartment can quickly fill up.
2 of my cats will not use the box, 1 because she's scared of the noise when it rakes up the mess (she's not as scared as she once was, but still won't use the box), and I'm unsure of the reasoning behind my other cat's decision.
The refill trays are expensive, but I found and purchased the Forever Litter Tray on ebay for $60, which is well worth it considering the Scoop Free refills are about $15 each.
I've not noticed any smell emitting from the box, nor has the box ever jammed. |
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| "The ONLY automatic scooper you'll ever want to buy" | 2008-08-28 |
| - Reviewed By dmbconnelly |
Seeing as I only interact my own "business" as a matter of cleanliness, I'm not thrilled about playing with my cats'. I have tried numerous different automatic scoopers over the years, and this is the ONLY one that has lasted more than a couple weeks. Sure, you get all excited when you shell out 100+ bucks in the hopes of being free of this disgusting chore, but over time (and not much time at that) the other self scoopers break down. Most of them sounded like a car wreck in progress by the end of their tenure (more like ten-week). This one has not failed me yet! It's quiet, it's self contained, it's pretty. Your cats will be proud to poop in these. Sure, the cost of the refill cartridges is a bit high, but frankly, I'm willing to pay it as are thousands of others because it's SO worth it. As far the smell factor- I have yet to encounter ANY odor other than when it was time to change the cartridge. Get a whiff on ammonia? Change the cartridge! Seems pretty simple to me.
In the end- buy it, set it up, plug it in and WALK AWAY. Awesome. Just awesome. |
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