Van Ness Sifting Enclosed Cat Pan Review

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(More customer reviews)I love this litter box. It lets me finish my most dreaded chore (cleaning six litter boxes for four cats) in only a few minutes. And since the chore now has less dread associated with it, I'm likely to do it more often (like I'm supposed to), which makes it easier still (and makes for happier kitties!). I dread cleaning every litter box other than these, so I'm in the process of replacing all of our litter boxes with this type.
My only major complaint is that I can't find it (or something like it) in an extra large size, and one of our cats really needs an extra large litter box (he sometimes misses when he uses the smaller boxes).
Is it something you should buy? I don't know. Please read the other (less positive) reviews. The complaints that others have are real. My wife has similar complaints, and doesn't really like these boxes. But it's my job to clean the kitty litter, so this is my review. ;-) I've dealt with a couple of mechanical self-cleaning litter boxes in the past, and keeping them clean was far more of a hassle than this litter box.
One reviewer mentioned that "tipping it over even a large trash receptacle is awkward and messy." I have a different approach: once the litter has been sifted, I place the tray (with the waste) into the empty pan, and place the entire thing into the mouth of a large garbage bag before pouring it out. There's no mess at all with this strategy.
The slots in the sifting pan *do* get clogged if your cat pees a lot. I solve this by banging the tray and empty pan against the wall or floor a couple of times (while inside the garbage bag), and it always gets out the wet litter. It also helps if you put a thin layer of baking soda on the bottom after most cleanings (before adding back the litter). Since the large clumps wet litter is less likely break up while sifting with this tray than when sifting with a scoop, the litter also stays cleaner for longer.
A minor complaint: the swinging door is flimsy and was both too stiff (so the cats tended to avoid that box) and it kept falling off, so I just pulled it off.
I haven't used the "Omega Paw Self Cleaning Litter Box" (probably linked under "What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?"). But I'll be buying one of those soon, to compare, because they have such positive reviews.

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Throw out your scoop and save time with our Van Ness Sifting Enclosed Cat Pan.This smartly designed unit features two nesting pans and a sifting screen. Stack the pans with the sifting screen on top and fill with clumping litter. When you lift the sifting screen the litter sifts out into the pan, leaving clumps that you throw away. Replace the sifting screen in the empty pan, move the litter from the full to the empty pan, restack, and you're finished!Roomy pan features a locking lid with filter, carrying handle and removable odor controlling door.Made of durable, easy to clean plastic. Comes in assorted colors. Please let us choose one for you.

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Tidy Cats Breeze Litter Box System Review

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(More customer reviews)I've had this for a few weeks, and I'm really happy with it.
The hugest advantage to this system is the urine is separated from the 'litter' and odor is greatly reduced. The litter consist of pellets similar in shape/size to the wood-based natural litters, but they are of a hard clay, which doesn't break down with moisture, and they keep their shape. Thus, the urine drains straight down through a grid to the pad (in its own slide-out drawer), and the poo stays on top to be scooped away.
The pee will not ferment with the characteristic stench, and you don't have to deal with clumping litter which doesn't really clump, and is just plain stinky and messy to scoop up.
The proprietary 'pee' pads are kind of like a giant maxi pad, and absorb a lot of liquid. Also, the bottom side of the pad is plastic, and the pad fits into the tray in a way that the plastic is upturned to keep the tray itself dry. Maintenance consists of merely taking the drawer out to the trash, and sliding the pad out, putting in a new one, and sliding the drawer back into the bottom of the box.
The litter itself are hard pellets, which hardly get tracked, and it is 100% dustless. A pellet or two stick to paws, but are easily picked up and tossed back into the box. Scooping is easy, and if the poo is dry, you can kind of shake it around in the scoop to knock off some of the pellets, then throw it in the trash instead of wasting water with a toilet flush.
It takes mere seconds to maintain the box vs. 10 minutes of scooping and scraping soggy clumping litter which doesn't really clump, but falls apart.
When it's time to change the litter (once a month), it just pours into the trash, no scraping the soggy wet concrete of old.
Some say you get a 'poo' smell, since kitties can't bury it quite like they did with the old type of litter, but I'll take that over the overpowering stench of fermented urine any day. And, the smell goes away quite shortly, just like human smell in the bathroom. Note that you should just use one bag of the pellets in the box, the litter won't be as deep. I just give the box a quick shake daily to even it back out.
Cat adaption to the new box: This won't work for everyone, but this is what I did: I set up the new Breeze system next to the old box (which was fairly gross, as I let it get bad) to see what would happen. I placed a clump of the old litter into the new box to let him know it was 'his.' My 9 year old fellow was pretty much using the new box right away (probably out of curiousity more than anything). After 3 days or so, I removed the old box and inserted it directly into the garbage, never to be dealt with again. No problems, 100% compliance on Max's part.
If Tidy Cats came out with a fully hooded version of the box, it would be great for the folks who have standing pee-ers, but my fellow doesn't do that, so I'm lucky.
Finally, some say the pellets and pads are expensive, but I estimate the cost as about equal to the old style of box over the long run - and the convenience and ease of maintenance should erase any other doubt.
Also, this system has the potential of keeping tons of conventional clay litter out of landfills.
Highly recommended.

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Breeze cat pads are easy to maintain and odor free. The specially-designed Breeze litter pellets allow urine to pass through to the Breeze cat pad underneath, while leaving solid waste on top for quick, easy removal.

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