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The Litter Robot is the Real Deal

The Litter-Robot Gang — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:38:51 +0000

I’ve owned a Litter Robot now for about 4 years. Best investment I ever made. Is it more expensive than competitors? Yes, but it’s worth every penny. It does an incredible job of controlling odor. The best part is that it’s super easy to change out the cat waste. I only have to do it about every 3 weeks and it takes less than a minute. No mess, no smell. The cat took right to it. No training needed. I take the globe part of the unit outside about twice a year and hose it down to clean it. The only negative is the cat litter that hits the ground after the cat jumps out, but all litter boxes have that problem. Do yourself a favor, quit messing around with other “automated” units. The Litter Robot is the real deal.

Colt

Wichita Falls, TX

There was a waiting line to try it out

The Litter-Robot Gang — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:42:36 +0000

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the Litter Robot!!!

I found myself the proud owner of 3 kittens when I already had 2 cats. Cleaning the litter box twice a day was too much and it still had odors.

We purchased the Litter Robot in November as an early Christmas gift. Our 3 babies were too little to leave it plugged in but that in no way took away from our love of it. We would just plug it in and enjoyed watching the magical globe spin away the odors.

When we first set it up all 5 curious kittens/cats were watching with wonder. There was a waiting line to try it out. One would be in while a few were peaking in patiently waiting their turn. We left the old litter box out just in case but it never got used again.

They have now grown up to plug in stage which works beautifully. Hearing that sound is music to my ears. I never have to smell stinky litter again. If you ever have cleaned a box you know what I mean. Just the odor telling you it’s time and then the odors as you clean it. The robot, in my mind is odorless. Just take out the stinky bag, no big deal, and put a fresh clean bag in. No scooping or smells to deal with.

As an Engineer it is beyond genius. It is a sturdy design that will hold up for the years. The sensors all work great with manual adjustments. I’m impressed & don’t say that lightly.

Rebecca, Cranston RI

we got a good 5 years out of it

The Litter-Robot Gang — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:55:02 +0000

We bought our first litter robot in 2004 for our 2 ragdoll kittens. Both took to it right away, we got a good 5 years out of it even through a basement flooding It finally died after the second flooding We tried a normal litter box in the meantime, and I recalled how much I hated scooping litter. I finally ordered a new litter robot last week. It came today, and I put it together in the living room. I sat on the floor with it for about 20 minutes looking over all the improvements!! Ever one of them made absolute sense based on my experience with the original. The material the new one is made out of is so much lighter. It runs quieter, I can’t believe all of the improvements! The door that slides open as the waste holes get to the bottom, keeps the holes closed so my ragdolls don’t kick litter out, brilliant! The lip extender, to keep misses from running down onto the control panel, and then under the globe. The little holders for the bags, that you just push your finger into. Much better than the metal clips The cover on the sensor, keeps it dry and keep litter from getting into it. The little ring of fabric around the base! The on off switch, makes it easier to turn it off and on! Used to have to unplug it, and plug it back in Oh, and the globe, so my large kitties have more room! Thank you Litter Robot, for fixing all the little things!! It shows that you guys listen to your customers!

Bill

Indianapolis, IN

What a product! What a company!

The Litter-Robot Gang — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:26:55 +0000

What a product! What a company! I have had two Litter Robots for almost five years now, and my nine cats love them! I recently had a service issue with my oldest unit (caused by Maggie who had grown too large to get her butt inside the globe anymore) and your company truly stands behind its product with a complete and helpful service department. I didn’t have to just throw it away!

I would recommend this product to any cat owner.

Sincerely,
Lori

Nescatunga, OK

I love the Litter-Robot.

The Litter-Robot Gang — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:42 +0000

I love the Litter-Robot. It’s by far the best litter box I’ve had. I’ve had it now for 2 weeks and I have a problem with my male cat who gets urine on the step. He obviously doesn’t get far enough into the globe. Has anyone else had this problem, and does anyone have any suggestions?

A great invention!

Martha

Sunnyvale, CA

I have two suggestions for the Litter Robot III

The Litter-Robot Gang — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:27:46 +0000

I love my Litter Robot II. I can go a week, with my three cats, between litter changes, and these changes only require a bag replacement and addition of fresh litter.

However, I have two suggestions for the Litter Robot III.

1 – Enable waste pass-through.

Since my unit is now out of warranty, I did this myself (to allow a little buffer between changes, should I forget). I cut out a section from the base, extending from the back between the hanger where the tray rests, around the front of these brackets and to the sides inside of the inner reinforcing rod on each side, and along them to the front support. I then cut the tray to match (the tray cannot be removed entirely, since it is needed for weight-sensing purposes), and created a sleeve from the bottom of the globe through the bottom of the base. The sleeve eliminates the possibility of a mess in the tray, which would be reduced even without this by using a tray liner with a hole. I can then use the tray normally, without any pass-though, should I choose.

I then created a cabinet, similar to those offered through this site but not as fancy, that supports the Litter Robot on a second tier and with a much larger waste bin than stock below. I’ve heard of those mounting their Litter Robot atop 55-gallon drums, though I expect they become difficult to empty .

2 – I have not done this, as it would require some work with weight sensors, though perhaps it could simply make use of the existing sensor. The unit could be designed, or fitted as an add-on, with a container behind and slightly higher than the bottom of the globe, which can keep the litter tray within a certain tolerance of fullness. The current sensor detects an over-weight condition, but, whether as-is or with modification or supplementation, could also detect an under-weight condition. When the sensor detects the unit to be under-weight, it could release sufficient fresh litter to return the unit to normal weight. Perhaps this could make use of the new bubble as a pass-though into the unit; if not, another pass-through would be needed.

Between these two modifications, neither of which should be difficult, the Litter Robot III could be self-sufficient for an extended period. Together with a large user-provided base container and automatic food and water dispensers, which are already available (but which Automated Pet Care Products could certainly improve and market in color-coordinated fashion), an owner could leave for a two-week or even month-long vacation without worries that the regular pet-sitter fails to provide proper care; such a sitter would not need to tend any issues, but only notify you in the rare event a problem occurs.

A tech-savvy but stingy owner could simply set up a webcam rather than pay a sitter/daily visitor. Though I would not recommend such with a single cat; he or she will get lonely quickly; I could do this since I have three cats that will entertain themselves.

Michael

Bristol, VA

Learn from my mistake

The Litter-Robot Gang — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:55:27 +0000

I waited a year to purchase the Litter Robot. Learn from my mistake and invest in one now! I have two cats who frequent the litter box often. One of them always leaves exceptionally smelly surprises. I usually have to scoop the litter box twice a day but sometimes I’m lazy and sometimes I have to leave for 2-3 days on business. When this happens, I would return to a filthy box that I dreaded scooping and I’m sure my kitties hated using.

The LR-II makes up for my scooping inefficiencies. Yes, its expensive but well worth the convenience of having it do the scooping for you. I think the LR-II does a better job at cleaning the litter than I did – small chunks would flake apart when I scooped the litter box so the litter would get dirty very quickly. However, the LR is very gentle and doesn’t seem to break apart the clumps as much which means fresher litter longer. I’m not going through my bag of World’s Best litter as quickly either!

I have to admit I was afraid my cats wouldn’t use the LR-II because one is 11 years old and accustomed to the litter box and the other is scared of motorized noises (vacuum, hair dryer, electric razors, etc). Also, my cats are very large (14 lbs tabby and 19 lbs Maine Coon) so I bought the LR-II Bubble. They fit fine inside the globe and I think the “sky-light” makes it less scary because the interior of the globe is black. After training them to use the LR-II and getting them used to the noise, the LR-II is now the litter box of choice.

Here’s what I did: I was very excited to receive the LR-II and even more excited to have my kitties use it. Of course, they could have cared less – just sniffed it and walked away. So, against the instructions, i tried to (gently, very gently!!) shove them into the LR-II which didn’t work. Then I attempted to bribe them by lining the lip and interior globe with treats. They just stuck their head in, grabbed the treats and left. Defeated, I decided to let them go in on their own time while I stopped cleaning my original litter box.

The next morning I found pee and poop in the LR-II! Success! Well, semi-success since they were still using their original litter box. By day 3, I decided to remove the litter box altogether because I couldn’t stand the stench anymore. I waited, and waited, and started to panic because the LR-II hadn’t been used in the 24 hours since the other box was removed. I ran around the house looking for pee and poop. Nothing. Just as I was about to put the original box back, my older cat decided to finally use the LR-II. PHEW! I praised him and gave him a treat when he finished his duty. After seeing this, the younger cat (who is very motivated by treats) decided to follow suit. Another praise and treat. Training completed!!

As for the noise, I was scared my younger cat wouldn’t use the LR-II because it was motorized so I “trained” him to become accustomed to the sound. For the first 2 days I decided to run the cycles manually and turned the faucet on to lessen the noise while I ran it. Then, the next few times I would turn it on and immediately go and pet him outside the room while he heard the cycle going. The next step was to run it while he was in the room but I used a paper bag to block his view. After a while, he became accustomed to it and actually went over to watch it cycle. Thank GOODNESS because now I can let it run automatically!

If I sound super excited about the LR-II its because I truly am. Its a great product and well worth the investment.

Erica

Los Angeles, CA

The machine works perfectly

The Litter-Robot Gang — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:43:45 +0000

The litter robot arrived shortly after purchase and was a dream to put together. I immediately put it in place of the traditional litter box and within the hour the cats were using it! The machine works perfectly and REALLY does keep the odor at bay. I have one chubby cat who fits well in the machine and I did order the larger globe. I also ordered the cat litter from the site which works nicely and doesn’t have any strange odor to it. The only thing I could’ve done differently, which is not the fault of the company, is not select the “empty” feature when I want the machine to clear unwanted waste. Please select “cycle” or you will lose perfectly good litter All-in-all, a purchase I will not regret.

Elizabeth

NY, NY

Litter Robot Self Cleaning Litter Box gets press from Pawprintsthemagazine.com

Brad — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:59:11 +0000

The Litter-Robot

Reprinted from Pawprintsthemagazine.com

By Stacy E. Smith

Who has an electric, automated, self-cleaning litter box (LitterMaid, etc.)? Raise your hand. Who wishes they had one, but would rather not spend a couple of hundred bucks on a litter box? Who has one and wishes they hadn’t spent a couple of hundred bucks on it? We can relate. We have one that sits unplugged and is now scooped just like a traditional, non-electric, non-self-cleaning, non-automated litter box. The rake that moved back and forth across the litter in order to sift out the clumps and leave clean litter behind seemed to always be clogged with the sticky combination of urine/feces and kitty litter causing the entire machine to jam.

I came upon Litter-Robot a while ago, by accident, on the Internet (as I do many products) and based on the differences, thought we should give it a try. What is the difference? Litter-Robot is round – sort of shaped like a globe. We call it “Kenny” because, to us, it looks like the so-named, hooded, parka-clad character on the animated series, “South Park” on Comedy Central. The cat enters the globe, does its business and leaves just like a traditional covered litter box. Litter-Robot has an electronic sensor that tells it cycle seven minutes after a cat leaves. It slowly rotates and the clean litter is sifted through a grid into a holding area below. The beauty of this system is that there is absolutely nothing on which the cat’s “clumps” may become stuck. The unit then rotates back and forth a few times dumping the clumps into the receptacle tray below, and finally the last rotation allows the clean litter back into the globe with the unit returned to its original “home” position. There are a series of three lights that let you know what the Litter-Robot is doing; the green “ready light” signals that it is ready for use again (not that your cat needs to learn those). There is a safety mechanism in place that prevents the Litter-Robot from operating when a cat is inside. The globe rotates so slowly; so slowly that I’m not sure there would be much of a problem if the cat decided to re-enter the globe, but there is an additional safety feature in place that shuts off the motor automatically if that were to happen. It is impossible to imagine any cat that would climb into anything that is moving and making noise.

The receptacle needs to be lined, but one of the features of Litter-Robot is that there are no special liners to buy; ordinary kitchen garbage bags will do the trick.

Make Your Cat a STAR – Litter Robot Automatic Litter Box Winner Announced

Brad — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:28:28 +0000

Wow! What great videos of the automatic litter box we all love – the Litter Robot. In total we had approximately 40 entries. We were so impressed that we added a new prize for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place – a brand new Bubble Globe, and we’re still giving away 10 Ramps. Actually, all the videos were great and you can tell that they were done with a lot of enthusiasm. Thanks for participating in this contest – fun stuff!

Below are the winners:

Grand Prize (Bubble Unit Litter Robot): The Amazing Litter Robot – The Finer Things in Life
2nd Prize (Bubble Globe): Cat Poop – Blinded by the Light
3rd Prize (Bubble Globe): Kitty Kribs
4th Prize (Bubble Globe): Oli in the Space Ship

Ramp winners in no particular order:

This is Squeebles
Speedie Taking a Break
Love is Strange
Pepper and the Litter Robot
Oh Yeah Felix Loves his Litter Robot
Sacha and her Around the World Litter Robot
Callie the Litter Robot Star
Jasper Fetching and using the Litter Robot
Luna and Her Litter Robot
Little Shirley