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| Brand: LitterMaid
List Price: $159.99
Buy New: $107.89
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New (18) from $107.89
Rating:  523 reviews
Sales Rank: 383
Media: Kitchen
Size: 27''L x 16.75''W x 9.25''H
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15.2
Dimensions (in): 28 x 18 x 10
Warranty: 1
MPN: 3049:30447402
Model: LM900
UPC: 027043366146
EAN: 0027043366146
ASIN: B00005MF9U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 31-35 of 523
 works for me July 21, 2002
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have 9 cats, I use two littermaid mega boxes and three regular cat boxes. I will switch to all littermaid as I get more money.
The littermaid does a good job at keeping the box clean. I have to scoop along the bottoms of the littermaid sometimes. The rake does not always get the litter stuck on the bottom. I will scoop along the bottom every couple of days, hit the manual switch and away it goes. I am very busy and this product keeps my cats happy by providing a clean box all day. This product is still a litter box, it is not a miracle. It does a good job, but you still have to look after it a little.
I LOVED it while it worked, but has a few glitches..... August 8, 2004
Bett (Houston, TX United States)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought the largest LitterMaid off of Ebay in Jan 2003 from a Seller called KittenKaboodle. It took a few trials to find a litter that worked well but I settled on Scoop Away. Yes, as some reviewers have mentioned, sometimes it does stick to the bottom and you will have to use the scooper to scrape it up or clean the rakes sometimes. Then, I just turn it on and off and it will rake everything up. It only takes me a few seconds to check for any stuck spots or even out the litter, turn it on and off to make it rake and then add a little new litter to the top (so the cats think it's nice and clean). :-) It's not completely "no work" but it is a lot less work than a "manual" litterbox and stays smelling cleaner than manual boxes. I do use larger plastic grocery bags in the receptacle. It's a lot cheaper than throwing away receptacles every 3-4 days and it's alot easier to clean. Believe me, I do not like trying to pry those receptacles out when it is completely full. You have to stick your fingers inside to grab onto it (YUCK!) and it's heavy and hard to get out sometimes dumping litter and stuff all over the place (double YUCK).
The Seller on Ebay was selling the one I bought with a "super charged" motor (which is in the electrical cord). It worked pretty good for almost a year. Apparently, unlike the "normal motor", the stronger motor kept it from resetting sometimes when it would hit clumps that were too big for it. It would attempt to plow right thru which sounds like a good thing, but it wasn't. Apparently the gears and/or sprokets which move the rake along are made of plastic and within a year they were stripped. It started out making a spinning sound once in awhile but would eventually go ahead and rake. One day I came home to a god awful sound. I found the rake stuck right in the middle of the box, gears just spinning and making a heck of a racket. This was enough to scare away ALL 4 cats from the ONLY litterbox. Needless to say we had some accidents. 3 of my cats "recovered" and would go back to the disconnected box, but my 20 year old cat was traumatized and refused to use it. So I had to set up the manual box. I'm STILL working with her trying to get her to stop going elsewhere because of this.
I took the Littermaid to a repair shop and they knew immediately that the gears were stripped because they'd seen it before. They said they couldn't repair it because they couldn't get parts.
I contacted the Ebay Seller who said it was still under warranty. I had to pay shipping to and from the Seller though which was not cheap. The 2nd supercharged Littermaid started doing the same thing after less than 6 months and the Seller says this one is not under warranty. Apparently, the warranty does not extend to the replacement that they sent me which I think is a rip-off considering how expensive these things are.
While the 1st Littermaid was being repaired, I went ahead and bought another "regular" (not supercharged) Littermaid from Petsmart. I've had it 8 months and had no skipping problems so far. I think the "supercharged" motor caused all my problems, but KittenKaboodle refuses to acknowledge this and refused to warranty the 2nd box that they sent me.
So, overall it's great when it works, but it could use a few improvements. The bottom of the pan needs to be made of something more "non-stick" so the rake can get thru some of the larger wet spots and/or the gears need to be made of something stronger to be able to take a stronger motor that can get thru the stuck on clumps (and not strip the gears). Also I would like to see a slightly larger receptacle on the larger models. They are made for a multi cat household but with only one litterbox it fills up pretty fast. With 2 litterboxes it's not too bad though. I would also like to see some sort of hood like other auto litterboxes that I've seen. That tent seems like a nuisance (it looks like it would block the on/off switch and collect litter in the box.)
 Too good to be true. October 22, 2004
B. Novick (Montgomery County, PA USA)
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
I saw this item advertised for a few years and always wondered if such a device could work. I have one 12 year old cat who has begun to urinate more often. I really never had a problem with her litter box until I hurt my back.
I decided to bite the bullet and shell out $(...) for what looked like a solution to both her more frequent pees and my aching back. Unfortunately, the product did not work. It would rake the premium clumpable litter but could not get the ball of pee into the receptacle before getting jammed and backing off and attempting once again only to fail and return to its original position with the error light blinking.
I contacted manufacturer by email only to be offered the feeble suggestion to try several other litter. I went out and purchased three different premium clumpable litters and none faired better.
PS. Tent is not any better. I also purchased a tent that is made to surround the litter box only to find several pieces for assembly so flimsy they broke. I contacted manufacturer who asked me to email the part numbers and quantity needed. I did and they sent me the WRONG parts.
BSN
scoop litter, or clean the rake? May 1, 2006
carissa lee (usa)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
i have 3 litter maid litter boxes, they are all unplugged sitting in my basement. the cost of the boxes was not worth cleaning the rake when the feces got stuck in it, which was all the time. the rake was always stuck in the middle, and my cats were going on the floor. it was the worst investment ever, and i am sorry i bought three at one time, i will never make that mistake again. it is a great idea, but it was easier just to scoop the litter the old fashioned way than to clean the forks of the rake. at least with the old sifter scooper, there was no scraping raw feces. i hated the boxes and would gladly give them away!!!!!
Great idea, poor product. October 6, 2006
D. V. Brown (Bellefonte PA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I am all for making life easier, but this just didn't cut it. I only have one cat, and keeping up with the conventional box wasn't much of a problem, dispite being somewhat disabled with MS. I bought a littermaid in hopes of cleaning the box once or twice a week.
The good points.... My cat loved it. She actually went back to the litterbox room just before the 10 minute timer activated the rake. She loved watching the machine work. I too thought it was great the first few times it raked and dumped, but......The bad points.... It was very poor at getting the entire area raked. The dump was incomplete and the rake would go back with some of the material still on. Over the course of the day it would accumulate, and need sifted and the rake cleaned. (I had to do that with my old set-up.) Before long I had to vacuum everyday, and even worse, at times when the rake was moving it would throw litter clumps out of the box.
I went back to the old fashon box. The cat misses the entertainment but I don't miss the mess. I wasted money on the way too expensive box, not to mention the overpriced bins, charcoal, premium litter etc. My rate of 1 star is actually generous.
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