I watched this yesterday. It came just in time, because I was eyeballing those exact boxes on Amazon. I was so mortified I nearly cried. Coming home to (or even hearing) something like that happen because I wanted to save more time would have broken me. I would have never forgiven myself.
Edit: I ended up buying one that rotates sideways instead. Only reason I’m updating it is because someone in the video was like, “I believe in a cats self preservation to save them.” My cat, who is afraid of heavy rain, runs to the litter box to watch, making it stop and start because she keeps poking her head in. She absolutely would have been caught. Even scaredy cats get curious.
They were previously removed from amazon but I guess they’re back being sold by a different company… ☠️
I edited the title to reflect this.
There were only a few from no-name sellers, and I was only looking at them for price. But maybe they’ve been pulled with the extra attention?
That’s AMAZON. Amazon does this.
I have two Litter Robots and I love them. I spend 5 minutes a week cleaning cat boxes which is as simple as pulling the garbage bag out of the tray and putting in a new one. And every time the cats go in there, it’s clean.
Expensive but worth it. They aren’t perfect, but I haven’t found anything better.
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to stomach watching the video so I’ll skip that. I’m just happy I’m way too paranoid when it comes to my cat’s safety to use anything that works automatically in places the cat can reach on it’s own without me being right there.
Even if something works just fine at the start: everything can start to malfunction. I don’t care if the chance is so tiny it might not exist, if I can make it even smaller I’m all for it.
But thanks for sharing the danger these things are.
Yeah it was only very vague descriptions but it was still very hard to hear
Thanks for the heads up, OP, but has anyone used one of the “authentic” version of these? Worth the money or nah? I’ve always been curious but can’t justify spending that much money on a litter box.
I’m not sure but it sounds like the guy who made the video OP linked might have a few suggestions
I also bought one a few years ago, for 2 cats. Definitely expensive, especially going for the litter robot 4 over 3, but was told by friends’ the 3 was somewhat loud and made their cats nervous.
Honestly have loved it. Allowed me to go on vacations with less worry about sitters cleaning the box well, or overuse between visits. One cat especially does not like to cover his mess, and the LR4 has spoiled me and him to allow his lazy habit to persist.
Definitely very expensive, but Very worthwhile for me and knowing laziness/busy times won’t affect the kitties. And of all the reviews, litterrobot seemed to be the best, and most reliable.
I bought a refurbished litter robot about a year ago, and was initially aghast at myself for spending that kind of money for it, but now I am convinced it was worth the price.
It has made one of IMO the worst parts of cat ownership significantly easier, with the upside of being better for the cats as well.
Even with the high price I would recommend.
I have a litter robot 3 and it’s great. It was costly but I’ve probably already made a significant amount back on litter cost. The cats took some time to get used to it and one of them refused without adding a set of steps to get in but all in all they seem happy 18months later.
I wanted one but the automatic ones are WAY out of my price range, so I got an Omega Paw Roll’ N Clean that I absolutely LOVE!
It makes taking care of litter almost completely effortless at a fraction of the price of the robot ones and it’s economical to use too:
You just put clumping litter in, roll it to deposit the refuse into the handy drawer, roll it back to put the clean litter back in, and empty the drawer.
It takes me mere seconds a day to clean up after two adult cats, and it’s cheap enough to buy and use that I can afford to give them that GOOD kitty kibble without neglecting their sanitary needs!
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Omega Paw, except as a thoroughly satisfied customer 😁
We have one at work (office cats ftw). I don’t know the model, but knowing the owner I’m positive they didn’t get a cheapo version. In this case it’s worth the money because it does a fairly good job at mixing the litter which seems to help quite a lot with the smell (it gets noticeably better a few minutes after it’s done its thing), since no one is gonna empty it during the day.
Getting a Litter-Robot 4 is the best purchase I’ve ever made. Wallet is still hurting a bit, but I have no regrets. Replaced 2 smelly litter boxes in my apartment with something that just sends me a notification once a week to empty the bin. It even tracks my cats weights, so it tells me who used the litter box, along with a chart of their weight.
I mean… yeah.
This should need specific mention. But it’d good that it exists, anyways. But it’s kinda obvious, it’s like those shitty china cat fountains that run the 220V line into the water basin and convert the power there. Because hey, why only fry your pet a little…
well, no problems here. My cat wouldn’t even shit in a regular litter box when I bought an enclosed one. I had to take the lid off for her to go. she would never even consider getting into an auto one lol
Imo a litter genie is the way to go. Have to scoop it yourself but at least it’s convenient
And it doesnt execute your cat like a late 1600 monarch. Which is a a great improvement
Fuck these companies
I almost cried watching that 😢
I did cry watching that. What the fuck man, how hard is it to make a litter box that doesn’t kill pets!?!! You had one job!
