PetSafe ScoopFree Purple Front-Entry Covered Ultra Self Cleaning Cat Litter Box System - Hands Free Cleaning - Crystal Litter - Disposable Tray - Hooded Design

I have used this style and brand of litter box for 10 years. Started in 2016 and this one is a second one that I get for a second location. Absolutely love the convenience and the reliability. The box works reliably for years and easy to clean. The cat do just fine with it. Absolutely worth every penny and more. And the best part is, I never have to scoop anything while my house never “smell like cat” so much so that people who come to my house not knowing I have a cat were all surprised when they find out later on.

------------------------------------------------------------ UPDATE 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It has been 7 years since we purchased our first unit. We got three years from it then it died in 2014 when motor portion got flooded with water. I replaced it with a regular unit no hood and no counter to save $20. It has been going strong for four years too. We bought a second unit when we went to Europe for two weeks to give my Mom no reason to clean a box. When we got back we packed one away because we only have one plastic tray and I won't pay for the disposable one. But I just saw the Petsafe permanent tray! I'll be purchasing one soon and putting both into service one for each cat and I hope that makes them happier! Original post 2011 I am a dog person mostly because I like a family member who bathrooms more agreeably with the rest of the family. I am also pretty much a skeptic with hopeful tendencies now and then... sometimes. Since allowing my son to rescue a cat from shelter life (classic story of dumb human expecting cat to stop scheming to get at the caged bird and "just get along") six years ago, then adding her "sister" a stray kitten comic who wandered into the yard a year later, the litter box has been one of the sorest points of our relationship. It even trumps homework sometimes. Most times. I have a super sensitive smeller and HATE the smell of cat poop, cat urine, wet cat litter or that nasty get-into-fabrics cat/poop/urine/litter stench. You know the one that announces from across the street that a "cat person" is approaching. We have thankfully not come to that point. Honestly I would have to find new human parents if it did. Sorry ASPCA. I just can't stand that smell and I am NOT going to be a cat-slave when my son "forgets" his duties. So we were planning vacation time and the boarding of the cats for 8 days would be $500 added to the cost of the trip. No one likes to clean cat litter in our family so they don't have cats, so I am reluctant to ask family or even friends to do us the favor. Then I had the brilliant idea to get this auto cleaner. I had the thought before but the price and the idea that it was a scam to get my money was there all the time. However I spent a good 3 hours researching online and amazon read the reviews and decided on the Ultra ScoopFree. It was $147. Even with the auto feeder Large Automatic Pet Feeder Electronic Programmable Portion Control Dog Cat Feeder w/ LCD display , rechargeable batteries Sanyo SEC-N16SETEVP NEW eneloop 1500 Super Power Pack with 12 AA, 4 AAA, 2 C and D Spacers, 4 Position Charger and Storage Case , the water pump Drinkwell Big-Dog Pet Fountain and 1 day shipping(see my comments on these too) it was $340. $160 for more vacation extras! Well not quite I splurged for the tiny iams indoor cat food IAMS Indoor Weight Control Hairball Care Proactive Health Dry Cat Food, 4-Pound Bags (Pack of 5) and a new cat jungle Armarkat B6802 68-Inch Cat Tree, Ivory too... so all together it was more than $500 but everything would be ours to keep and use for daily living not $500 flying just out the window. I set it all up and it was cat haven of the 21st century! All my friend had to do was come over every couple of days to make sure the kitties were still alive and that the gadgets were doing their job! No fuss, no muss, no touching anything. Hopefully. It went PUUUURRRRRFECTLY!!! (sorry couldn't resist) I only gave it 4 stars because the jury is still out and i think that the scoopfree company should make a better price on a more complete package. I think the ULTRA should be more than a cover and a counter. It should include the mat and the teflon rake. I noticed the poop sticking to the included rake even at 20 minute waiting, so not a good thing. Also the little crystals hurt when you step on them. Near the box there are quite a few of them and at night I felt like i was walking on a gravel track to get to the bathroom. My son will have to invest in a dust buster which he was suppose to do for the other litter anyway. I also understand that they want to do what the printer companies do and get you on the refills but that is just greedy not to mention unattractive to the environmentally conscious pet family. Make a plastic tray that is standard. Package the crystals in nice 12 paks at a good price with amazon prime shipping and i'll buy them for the life of these cats. Well I will keep folks posted over the next 90 days and beyond. Thank you to all the other honest reviewers who helped us make our choice. Cat mess is a part of cat family members, but we can try to make the situation better for all. Thank you to the Scoopfree folks for their invention. Now if they can only make something that gets that homework mess on the desk cleaned up.... ********************************* UPDATE **************************************************** Well it's now been nearly 5 months and there have been a few hiccups but i upgraded the review to 5 stars because I can't imagine how we lived with the manual cleaning box! The only thing is how horrible the stuff smells when you do open it up and clean it out, i advise doing that outside. Also the spot that receives the most liquid will get stained but no one's going to see it but you when you've cleaning out the box!. The rake does get dirty and stuff sticks to it so i'm ordering the teflon coated one and see how that goes. Over all i am so happy with the investment. The only thing is the cost of the crystals. It just seems to be so expensive for such a tiny amount. It's as if they are charging you for the fact that you don't have to change it as often or something. The crystals are made of silica which is refined sand right? So how is that so much more expensive than the other litter? Thinking of where we can place another one to minimize the chance of smells even more. Right now the smell is slight when you get close to day 15 or so with two cats.

I rated this 4 stars, but that rating has to do with using the "Forever Tray" that you can also buy on Amazon instead of the disposable trays that come with this product. I have 2 cats plus a third part-time cat that belongs to my boyfriend that comes to visit every few days. Three cats make a lot of bathroom stops and I scooped my cats' box every day using clumping cat litter. This is fine, except I often am away for the weekend and two days is the absolute max the box can go without being cleaned. I wanted something that would auto-clean and allow me to be worry-free on weekends away. I splurged and got the ScoopFree with the hood and kitty counter since I have cats that like to dig for hours in their box and fling cat litter everywhere. Turns out it was a good choice. It's kind of fun in a weird way to see how many times your cats use the litter box per day. So far, the average is about 8-9x per day for 3 cats. Setting up the ScoopFree was pretty easy. It comes in one piece, so no set up is really necessary other than setting up the disposable litter tray with the magnetic hood under the frame, putting the frame over it, and "snapping" the magnets together that hold the tray flap down. The litter comes pre-portioned so all you do is dump the bag in and smooth the litter level. Plug it in and pick your delay timer for scooping (I went with 10 mins) and away it goes. My cats were a little wary of the new type of litter. Crystal litter is very granular compared to the more sand-like litter they had used before. After a few mins of getting used to it they were fine and used it as normal. However, they were startled the first time the litter box went off to clean. The motor is very quiet, like a dull hum, but the cats had never seen it before so they steered clear of their box for a good hour after its first clean to see what the sentient litter box would do. I was afraid they'd be too freaked out to use it again and have accidents, but after a few days of use the cats seem to have gotten used to the hum of the box cleaner, but they still run up to watch the rake sweep across the litter. :) The rake very evenly distributes the litter so you do not get a pile up of litter at the back or front of the box. So far the cats seem to love it. It provides entertainment plus a tidy box for them to do their business in. I would recommend getting the Forever Tray ($50 on Amazon) instead of the disposable trays that come with the ScoopFree. It's expensive up front, but will save you money overall since the disposable trays don't last too long and are $15 each. With the Forever Tray you only need to pay for crystal litter which you can get anywhere. Odor has been a worse than with TidyCats clumping cat litter, but I do empty the poo trap every 2-3 days or so so it's not too noticably bad unless you're right up with your face near it. Edit: Been using the ScoopFree system for almost 2 months now and I have some updates. 1. This thing is smelly. I have 3 cats so I'm sure that contributes, but the crystal litter that comes with the system in refillable trays and the brand Fresh Step has for scoopable litter doesn't hold up smell-wise for more than few days. After some experimentation I've noticed there are about half inch gaps on either side of the container that holds the waste. I've stuffed those so the smell is less, but it's still kind of a weird design flaw. 2. Crystal litter isn't great with smell control. I've discovered that you do not have to use crystal litter with this thing. Just do NOT use clumping litter. I switched to Fresh Step non-clumping clay litter and it works much better at smell control. It also works with the machine and it's $5 for 25lbs of the stuff vs $13 for 8lbs of crystal. The only downside I've noticed with "sand" litter is the sweeper in the ScoopFree does not as evenly redistribute the litter as it goes about its cleaning cycle. No big deal. The cats shift it around themselves. 3. For 3 cats sharing one box I do a full dump of the litter every 7 days or about 70 bathroom uses. I think around 70 uses the litter is just done. I also clean the trap out every 2-3 days which is much less than my 1-2x a day it used to be before ScoopFree. Edit 7/9/12: Been using ScoopFree for a number of months and this is my second update. I've experimented with clumping litter (in particular using FreshStep clumping litter) and guess what? It works and it has completely got rid of the odor problems. The only issue with using clumping litter is sometimes a little bit of the clumping litter sticks to the bottom of the pan, so every 2-3 days I scrape the bottom of the pan (this is with 3 cats using it). I empty the collection bin every 3-4 days with 3 cats using it. So yes, you can use clumping litter with this baby. With this being the case, I give this product 5 stars!

Product work great but comes with a coardborad tray. If you want a decent plastic tray you need to buy it zxtra for 14k. At thisbstage it is a bit of a rip off for small budget.

This is a fantastic change from an ordinary litter box. We have 2 cats, and although it took them a few days to get used to the new box, (they were a little apprehensive about the automatic rake) it has been great. With two cats, a disposable tray lasted a little over 2 weeks, which meant not having to change the litter at all. It automatically senses when your cat goes in the box then rakes the waste away several minutes later. You literally do not need to touch it for at least two weeks (at least for our cats). It is also very good at controlling odor, much better than an ordinary litter box. We highly recommend this product, although somewhat expensive, it saves much time and mess.

The litter box and hood is great! I live in a walk-up, and cleaning my old box every day or two and bringing the old stuff down multiple flights of stairs to the outdoor garbage was a real hassle. Mindful of excess waste and garbage (and money), I've gone for the Forever tray, as opposed to the disposable ones. With two cats, I can now "scoop" (out of the compartment in the front) about once a week. My cats seem happy with it (they're actually kinda fascinated when the grate "combs" the litter into the front compartment), it's worked well since I received it in April. Do note it's electric and needs to be plugged in. That meant I had to "relocate" from the hall closet where the old litter box was, to the living room where there's an outlet. That said, unless one of the cats really just went, I haven't noticed any smell. One caveat, which isn't really to do with the product itself: I experimented between using the appropriate crystal litter and Arm and Hammer Slide litter, as other reviewers here have suggested. I've personally had a way, way better experience with the crystals. The Slide litter is actually more expensive in my region than two bags of crystals, didn't last any longer, "waste" piled up faster and necessitated more frequent cleaning (as pee would clump too, which doesn't happen with the crystals), it occasionally gummed up the grate, it didn't conceal the smell as well, my cats tracked it all over the place (RIP my couch slipcover), and it was just generally messier and more unpleasant than the crystals. With the crystals, I rarely notice any smell, there's minimal tracking or outside mess, a bag lasts about two weeks, and... it's just easier. I have yet to try the lavender crystals, but the regular ones work well and are affordable for me. So bottom line: the litterbox is great! It's saving me a tedious daily chore, my cats are fine with it, it seems like money well-spent. The Forever Tray is, for me, also money well-spent. The crystal litter is additionally money well-spent. The Slide litter was... a worthy experiment I'll try not to repeat.

My daughter has been trying to talk me into buying a self clean litter box since she purchased one and I always said I didn’t need one. I finally caved and now wish I would have purchased months ago. There is no matter cat box smell in my house and I don’t have to deal with cleaning a litter box which in itself is time consuming, messy and well stinky. I have no more litter to sweep up regularly and the self clean is quiet, easy and super sufficient. The refills are a bit pricey but definitely worth the cost so my litter box is pretty much maintenance free. Highly recommend for every cat owner

Los cristales con los que viene son muy muy buenos, aunque caros, por lo que yo obte fue comprar el “Reusable ScoopFree Litter tray” que vende amazon mx (super caro lamentablemente) y uso mi propia arena, las marcas que mejor funcionan son scoopfree extreme o triple action (petco y costco) y arm and hammer (practicamente la que sea y la venden en amazon) y estoy super feliz, eso si, debes remojarlo en vinagre y/o cloro en agua una hora cada mes o si no se llena de melcocha y olor