Tidy Cat Breeze Cat Litter Box System, 1-Count Kit | 
| Brand: Tidy Cat
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 25
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5 x 4
UPC: 070230127334
EAN: 0070230127334
ASIN: B001411SK0
Release Date: February 14, 2008
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 Had such great hopes, but...... May 28, 2008
Ed from Austin (Los Angeles)
24 out of 29 found this review helpful
We have three cats - two wanted nothing to do with it no matter how many times we tried. Ended up pooping on the carpet, something they have never done before.
The other cat, who uses this litterbox, gets diahrea on a regular basis. The box is not designed for that type of mess! We ended up scooping most of the granules out.
So if your cat has these type of issues, do not use!
works great for for May 7, 2008
Smart Shopper (Tampa, FL United States)
20 out of 28 found this review helpful
It only works for urine,,if your cat poops, the pellets do not cover the poop like sand litters do...so your room will smell like poop if you go to work and get to it when you come home or school...etc, The urine goes to the pad great, but now the whole room smells like poop...then if the poop is soft, it can stick to the side of the pan...really gross clean up as the stupid pellets just stick here and there to the poop...A real mess!!!I am going back to regular scoop litter!
 It's a BREEZE! April 25, 2008
Alison Ginter (CT United States)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have long loathed the standard litter box system and have spent plenty of time researching the expensive self scoopers, the flushing systems, etc. only to find that they all had their flaws and unhappy customers. I have held out and suffered with the smelly, tracking, scoopable litter in a regular pan...until now! When the Breeze system came out, I really didn't see how we could go wrong. The price point is perfect and low and behold- it works!
I followed the directions for transitioning our kitty and she moved over to the Breeze box almost immediately! No odor and FINALLY no litter all over the bathroom floor. Just scoop the poop out (sifting away the pellets) with the included scoop and replace the pad once a week. The pellets will last a month.
Love it!
Tidy Cats Breeze system.. June 29, 2008
G. Diseth
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I've had this for a few weeks, and I'm really happy with it.
The hugest advantage to this system is the urine is separated from the 'litter' and odor is greatly reduced. The litter consist of pellets similar in shape/size to the wood-based natural litters, but they are of a hard clay, which doesn't break down with moisture, and they keep their shape. Thus, the urine drains straight down through a grid to the pad (in its own slide-out drawer), and the poo stays on top to be scooped away.
The pee will not ferment with the characteristic stench, and you don't have to deal with clumping litter which doesn't really clump, and is just plain stinky and messy to scoop up.
The proprietary 'pee' pads are kind of like a giant maxi pad, and absorb a lot of liquid. Also, the bottom side of the pad is plastic, and the pad fits into the tray in a way that the plastic is upturned to keep the tray itself dry. Maintenance consists of merely taking the drawer out to the trash, and sliding the pad out, putting in a new one, and sliding the drawer back into the bottom of the box.
The litter itself are hard pellets, which hardly get tracked, and it is 100% dustless. A pellet or two stick to paws, but are easily picked up and tossed back into the box. Scooping is easy, and if the poo is dry, you can kind of shake it around in the scoop to knock off some of the pellets, then throw it in the trash instead of wasting water with a toilet flush.
It takes mere seconds to maintain the box vs. 10 minutes of scooping and scraping soggy clumping litter which doesn't really clump, but falls apart.
When it's time to change the litter (once a month), it just pours into the trash, no scraping the soggy wet concrete of old.
Some say you get a 'poo' smell, since kitties can't bury it quite like they did with the old type of litter, but I'll take that over the overpowering stench of fermented urine any day. And, the smell goes away quite shortly, just like human smell in the bathroom. Note that you should just use one bag of the pellets in the box, the litter won't be as deep. I just give the box a quick shake daily to even it back out.
Cat adaption to the new box: This won't work for everyone, but this is what I did: I set up the new Breeze system next to the old box (which was fairly gross, as I let it get bad) to see what would happen. I placed a clump of the old litter into the new box to let him know it was 'his.' My 9 year old fellow was pretty much using the new box right away (probably out of curiousity more than anything). After 3 days or so, I removed the old box and inserted it directly into the garbage, never to be dealt with again. No problems, 100% compliance on Max's part.
If Tidy Cats came out with a fully hooded version of the box, it would be great for the folks who have standing pee-ers, but my fellow doesn't do that, so I'm lucky.
Finally, some say the pellets and pads are expensive, but I estimate the cost as about equal to the old style of box over the long run - and the convenience and ease of maintenance should erase any other doubt.
Also, this system has the potential of keeping tons of conventional clay litter out of landfills.
Highly recommended.
like it so far(1 day) , added info after a week July 13, 2008
D Bollman
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I got this yesterday and so far it looks good, I've been using silica litter but even the cheap stuff is not that cheap and is fairly dusty, so I've been looking for an alternative and this seems to be it. The silica works great for drying up odors until it gets pee saturated. I sprinkled at little of the old wet litter on the breeze litter and the cats used it right away. The pee does drain through and the pads are good, they've used it quite a few times and the pad still feels dry. I'm actually hoping they DON'T poop in it and continue to use the silica for that, then I'll have the best of both worlds, the poop will dry and the pee will be able to be gotten rid of so the expensive silica will last longer.
After a week, still on the first pad and haven't noticed any odor problems. Have 3 cats and left the silica so they are using both but they are using the breeze a lot. Adding crystals or enzyme spray to the pad might stretch it's life out even longer. They've pooped in the breeze too and I haven't noticed a smell but lots of pellets glue tight so I'm losing quite a few each time. I'm used to the silica, which is much cleaner than clay or clumping and I haven't noticed any increased odor with the breeze.
Changed the pad on the 8th day because, well really how far do you want to push it, and no sign of trouble. It was HEAVY with no sign of leakage or deterioration (I didn't really try to stress test it, but it came out of the tray and into the bag with no problem).
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