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 Works Fabulous but.... November 27, 2001
Donna (Carlisle, PA United States)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I loved this box. The clay litter they recommend sometimes sticks to the rakes but goes away on the next 'swish'.The litter I started using was an all natural clumping/flushable called Worlds Best Cat Litter. It's made out of corn. It's a little dryer and doesn't stick to the rake as much. But the litter pan is great and really keeps the smell down in the house while I'm at work.
 there's got to be a better solution... October 24, 2004
songmann (Nashville, TN USA)
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
Mine was quite entertaining when I first purchased it because it came with a unique, added bonus feature. Every time the rake would get up to the disposal container, it would hang up and then forcefully catapult it's precious cargo across the room. I would be sitting there watching turd showers as they fell like meteors after being flung from inside my closet.
The turd launcher, as I've come to refer to it, is now broken and assaults my home no more. After two purchases of this box over the last few years, I'm once again in the market and looking for a better solution. The most frustrating thing about the Littermaid model is that it's actually a reasonably good design which suffers only from miserable quality control during the manufacturing process. For this much money, it should at least come with a turd shield to help you protect yourself.
 Good deal, works great, a little messy August 3, 2002
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
I've been using the Littermaid for a few weeks now, and it's pretty much a hit in my household! (with me AND my two cats). The cats took to it right away, though they still run in and watch it whenever it scoops - I don't think they're quite used to their litterbox moving on its own yet. But it hasn't deterred them from using the box in any way; rather, they seem to use it more frequently (I think they don't like the litter being all clean and smoothed out, LOL)! It *is* a little bit loud - not annoying, just enough to be noticable. And it's not entirely neat; small bits of litter do stick to the arm at times, and my cats still track some litter around the box, even with the 'litter catching ramp'. Overall though, this is a great product, and I'm very happy I bought it. Well worth the money!
wish I'd listened to other reviewers September 12, 2004
kay (nevada)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Worked great for a week. What a waste of $200 (I got the "Mega").
****update*****
After my disaster with the Mega I broke down and bought the "LitterRobot" for $400 (I travel and an automated litterbox is a must, not an option). Extremely well built but the cats won't get near it. The kitten loves it but isn't heavy enough to "trip" it so I have to initiate the cycle myself (not handy when I'm gone). I saw the "Plus" version of the LitterMaid at Walmart for $88 and decided to give it a try. What a little dynamo. It's smaller than the Mega but it almost seems like the motor size was the same. Everything the Mega did was a struggle but in this smaller version it's doing great!!!! This has been a godsend. The "Plus model" can plow through anything. Takes up much less room (note to the LitterMaid designers- bigger may have sounded like a better sell but my cats only get in it one at a time). And if it goes out, at least it wasn't $200. This version gets FIVE STARS from me!
 Not perfect, but 80% of the way there December 8, 2002
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I grew up changing the litter boxes for 4 indoor cats and would have _loved_ a few of these things. While it isn't perfect, the Littermaid Automatic litter box does 80% of the work for you. Most of the cat waste ends up in the disposable plastic tubs greatly reducing smell and mess. You will need to keep your scoop, however, as some waste will clump to the bottom of the pan. And reports of bits getting stuck between the rakes are accurate: you'll need your scoop for those as well. The box is very noisy but I solved that with a $5 appliance timer from Home Depot. Set it to turn the box off when you're trying to sleep and back on in the morning. When powered on the LitterMaid automatically starts a scooping cycle to clear up any mess from the night. The clumping litter that is required for the box tends to get everywhere, at least with our cats. We bought the overpriced privacy tent and found it does help contain the litter but a few cheap rugs will help as well (we use both). Overall the LitterMaid is a great time saver and mess reducer. It is a bit pricey, but it does work. Recommended for mutli-cat households.
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