The litter clumps get stuck to the litterbox itself making it impossible to dispose by a simple turn of the handle. From the outside this unit is absolutely HUGE - something my Mum was prepared to get used to if it did a good job. The Catit Smartsift is a simple yet innovative litter sifting system that takes the chore out of litter maintenance. It is hooded for your cat’s optimal privacy, and its wide entrance comes with a paw-friendly swinging door, which can be removed as needed.

Technology: no motor/simple and easy: The clean sand is filtered and sanitized through a special sieve, so you don't have to change it, just refill the level when necessary. None of them are good enough to warrant anything higher than 1 star, but it's worth talking through them anyway. Do not worry about aesthetic discomfort: it does not bother, it does not smell, the bag is removed without contact with the waste and all in one minute.I must say though that if I was in any way smaller or less able (like a lot of older cats) then this litter tray would be useless. I my opinion only, I think that if you have a cat that stands close to edge of box you will have a problem with wee running over the edge which wouldn't be a big problem if the bottom waste tray didn't have a whole in it due to the way the drawer fits into and is secured.

There is also a minor problem as you have to use clumping litter with it which will sometimes stick to my Luna's stinky butt and back legs/ paws but she's easy to clean even though it's not her favourite thing for me to do. SmartSift's quiet manual lever system is cat friendly, and there are no expensive electric parts to replace. Catit SmartSift is the most modern and revolutionary cat litter box in the world, specially created for the cleanest cats. Apparently Catsan Clumping Litter was the litter of choice as the litter used on the CatIt demonstration video is only available in the USA.Me preocupa la durabilidad del mecanismo pero por ahora me parece suficientemente slido para mis gatos. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Both are indoor cats and Banksy is a bit particular - he’ll protest by soiling the Mat/floor if Max doesn’t bury his output. The secret to getting a good result with this box is as other reviewers have said, fill the sifting tray to just below the line mark on the sifting tray and when pulling handle do it slowly, then you will not get clean litter falling into the waste tray.

Additionally, because the tray can only hold a small amount of litter, the clumps very quickly stick to the liner, making it awkward to keep clean. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). Making it unbearable and wastefull by changing the plastic bags everyday instead of the recommended every 2-3 days. When you pull the lever, the cat pan inside the unit rotates and pours its contents into an integrated sifter, which collects and then deposits waste in a lined, pull-out waste bin located below. g. one cat had surgery and we were worried she wouldn't have the strength to hop up), the cats always preferred the Smartsift box instead of the old one.

Remove the bottom bag: Discreet/hidden waste: Only once a week you will have to remove from the bottom tray the bag with the waste agglomerated in compact balls. When cranking, the clumps of litter are supposed to funnel towards the middle, and then subsequently be deposited into the bottom tray when the gap between the swinging shelf and the face of the unit is large enough. We sift many times before changing the bag, since the bag is big enough to hold a lot of dirty litter. Another issue with the clumping litter and these types of sifting mechanism is that the urine litter clumps can sometimes stick to the tray so I have a flat litter scoop nearby to scrape off anything stuck to the tray.

I have severe chronic pain (particularly back pain) so my biggest problem with caring for my cat is cleaning and maintaining her litter box. I previously bought another litter box with a similar sifter built in but the problem with it was that you have to roll it upside down to sift it which still requires effort and strength that I don't often have. The only downsides I've seen is that it's quite a big box that takes up a lot of space and the entrance is quite high up so my Luna cat has to jump a little bit to get in which may be a problem for senior cats with limited mobility (Luna is a year old so this isn't a problem for me currently). When my cats would use it to urinate, they would do it sometimes on the inside walls of the litter box, which dripped in between the gaps and straight under the litterbox.Being of closed design the unit has a cozy private area for cats that are not disturbed by human presence. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . This means I could during the week transfer clumps and waste from the lower tray to the Litter Locker without having to make trips outside (no issue with odour as it is actually well designed) before then transferring the good remaining litter back to the top tray (as mentioned, in fairness to this litter box I probably had overfilled it - but equally sometimes the mechanism needs more of a jolt and so good litter could be lost; just an inherent limitation of the design.