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Litter robot is worth it!
May. 13th, 2021 05:20 pmThe litter robot arrived last week and we set it up right away. We left the old box in place, but did not scoop it. Within 36 hours Scotty had tried the litter robot. We had it set to run manually at first, but he didn’t seem to care if it ran, so we turned on the automation. He kept using it. We took the old box away on Saturday and he has been using it ever since, with no issues.
There is a phone app that tells you when it has been used and how full it is. You can set it to not cycle at night, but it is so quiet we can’t even hear it from outside the laundry room, so I don’t make him wait for a clean box.
We emptied the collection bin on Sunday night since Monday morning is our trash pickup. This afternoon (Thursday) I got a notification that it was full, so we went down the the laundry room to check it. You couldn’t smell litter while standing right next to it. Four days in, all I could smell in that room was dryer sheets!
Anyways, it was a false notification. The bin was not even half full, though a particularly large clump was on top. Maybe that tripped the sensor. But I think that getting a notification to empty it earlier than truly needed, is a pretty trivial problem compared to manually scooping.
And y’know how cats who have recently visited the box, sometimes smell of litter? That doesn’t happen anymore either. I suppose he never has to touch dirty litter from last time, so he doesn’t get damp litter stuck to him.
It does not have a rake to clean and it does not need any special supplies. Just ordinary clumping litter. And the inside surfaces seem to stay pretty clean. I don’t think it will be a complicated cleaning chore. There is a cleaning cycle you can run to dump all the loose litter, whenever it seems needed.
This is the best cat accessory ever. I don’t feel at all silly for spending the money. It is so great I could almost get a second cat!
There is a phone app that tells you when it has been used and how full it is. You can set it to not cycle at night, but it is so quiet we can’t even hear it from outside the laundry room, so I don’t make him wait for a clean box.
We emptied the collection bin on Sunday night since Monday morning is our trash pickup. This afternoon (Thursday) I got a notification that it was full, so we went down the the laundry room to check it. You couldn’t smell litter while standing right next to it. Four days in, all I could smell in that room was dryer sheets!
Anyways, it was a false notification. The bin was not even half full, though a particularly large clump was on top. Maybe that tripped the sensor. But I think that getting a notification to empty it earlier than truly needed, is a pretty trivial problem compared to manually scooping.
And y’know how cats who have recently visited the box, sometimes smell of litter? That doesn’t happen anymore either. I suppose he never has to touch dirty litter from last time, so he doesn’t get damp litter stuck to him.
It does not have a rake to clean and it does not need any special supplies. Just ordinary clumping litter. And the inside surfaces seem to stay pretty clean. I don’t think it will be a complicated cleaning chore. There is a cleaning cycle you can run to dump all the loose litter, whenever it seems needed.
This is the best cat accessory ever. I don’t feel at all silly for spending the money. It is so great I could almost get a second cat!
