PetSafe ScoopFree Crystal Pro Self Cleaning Cat Litter Box, Includes 1 Disposable Crystal Litter Tray

Edit: 11/26/2024, product is still working with no issues.Recently PurchasedPet info:IndoorKitten: 13 weeks oldRescued: 2 weeks ago (at 11 weeks)Other pets: 2 dogs (1 pit bull and 1 puggle)Diet:Dry Diet/Free to eat whenever: Nature's Variety® Instinct® Original Kitten Food - Natural, Grain Free, ChickenWet Diet/One can a day: Nulo MedalSeries All Life Stages Wet Cat Food (flavor varies)Note: I used a detailed Reddit post about what to feed my kitten. I used the recommendation of the shelter on how often to feed my kitten.Product age: 1 weekCover type: uncoveredProduct Review:Overall, the product works great. Have not had to touch the product since in use. Based on the meter, as of this morning, she has used (or has been in) it 41 times since start (kittens tend to go more often than cats). Literally no smell of urine. However, the poop smell can be a lot. Do not stop reading here, we were transitioning our kitten’s diet from the shelter food, to what is listed above and now that she’s settled, the poop smell has gone away (inviting a honest friend over to give us the home smell test).The product advises not to use plugged in until your cat is 6 months old. Reading into it, it seems that all automatic/self-cleaning cat litter boxes have the same advisory because of the cats weight (may not register) or because they will try to play with it while it’s doing is cleaning cycle. Despite the advisory, I’m very much into instant gratification and plugged it in immediately. Fortunately, I work from home and have time to monitor kitty’s behavior. When the machine starts running, she does run to it to watch, but she’s never tried to play with it.Keep in mind, we have had our kitten for 2 weeks now. She used a regular litter box for a week while with us. When I made the switch to this product, I removed the old litter box completely from the household. I did not put any of her used litter in this product. However, I did sprinkle (literally a dash of) fresh litter that was used in her old litter box to mix with the crystals for this product. The original litter that we purchased advertised kitten attraction to get them familiar where to go. I placed this product where her original litter box was. I’m not sure how people know if their cats love their litter box, but I guess if they use it that means they love it? Anyway, she began using it immediately. We have had no accidents.Other review concerns commentary:Poop sticking to the rake: had one experience with it, it was not terrible, and after it cycled a couple times it had fallen off the rake. Also, it was during good transition.Leaking litter tray: have not checked, a little scared to check. However, I would be surprised if it got through the tray and the lid to get to the floor. The disposable tray fits into the lid. Once it’s time dispose, you remove the lid from the tray and place it on top.Odor control: Literally no pee smell. Poop smell during food transition. Honest friend home smell test to come. My friend does not have a cat.Expensive: Yes. Expected, yes. It is not unusual when one buys things like this, they are going to have to fork out some money to maintain it. Someone buys a luxury car, they pay extra for maintenance. Faulting the product over how much it costs and how much the tray replacements is not fair in my opinion.Edit: Passed friend test.Still works great.Tray did not leak. I’ve replaced the tray at about 75 uses.Edit: 10/21/2022Still love this product. I’ve opted to buy the drop in top to keep the dogs away. Now that my cat is a little older, it is about a month of use before replacing.If people are having issues it is probably because they are not using it as intended or they feed their cats a poor diet.

Best litter box ever. Does cost more to get refills but worth it. We had the same one before and it broke after a couple of years. Still a great purchase again!

After three years of consistently using this litter box, I would definitely say that I recommend it and it's worth every penny I spent on it. I snagged this on a Black Friday sale for about half off on a whim, and it is one of the best products that I have gotten for my cat. This is a great investment, despite being expensive. If you buy this, I will highly recommend investing in one of the litter bundles after your first month is coming to an end. It saves a few dollars in the long run despite having a hefty price tag off the bat.All that being said, I would actually prefer if I could click on 4.5 because that's what this truly is in my mind. While I recommend this product and love it at home, there are some issues. The litter tracks badly in my experience, but it can be solved with being vigilant about cleaning up or investing in the top entry add-on. I'm not trying to say that you need it, but it definitely has helped me since my cat is kind of a mess. I have also had to carefully extract a piece of litter from my cat's eye once or twice, which in the moment was a little scary. She's completely fine now and it did not cause any issues for her, but I suggest being aware and checking in on your cats just in case.If your cat likes to kick their litter around into big piles, be aware that it can interrupt the sensors when the machine rakes the litter. You just have to get a scooper, level the litter and reset the machine. It's very easy to do, but it can be annoying for your cat if you don't notice the machine not working for a while. It doesn't make a noise or any big indicator that there's something wrong besides a red light, so I recommend still checking up on the machine every once in a while. It hasn't happened to me a lot, but I think it's still something to be mindful of.That's about it for my negatives, everything else is a pretty big win for me. My cat is happy to have a consistently clean litter box, I don't feel guilty for forgetting to clean her litter box, and litter day is super easy for me. If I got a second cat, I would probably just buy another one of these boxes to be honest. That is how much I genuinely enjoy my purchase, and it's one of the smartest purchases I've made for my cat. Any other issues that I've had besides the ones I listed above were honestly user error. Like getting the tray in properly for example, I struggled with it for a month or two before I got the hang of it. It wasn't a huge issue, just annoying because I wasn't doing it right.