"kityko" <catquestion@dontspam.com> wrote in news:zrKdnbIgrpt4oQHcRVn-
rA@adelphia.com:

They're cheaply made, plastic pieces of junk.

Save your money and DIY.

YMMV.

I made the mistake of getting a liter maid several years ago.

My cats are still very nervous around the litter box (and the
littermaid was three litter boxes ago.)

The littermaid itself if badly designed, the rake clogs easily.

The littermaid got the cats out of the habbit of burying their
stuff.  They still don't three litter boxes later.

So now I use the low tech version of the litter box.

Hello again,

Thanks for all of the responses.

While it's true that it's cheaper for me to clean out the box daily, it
might not be the best scenario at my home. I'm moving in with a roommate in
a week, and she has a cat too. Ours will be a three-cat home, and with both
of us working full-time, there's going to be between 8 and 9 hours in the
day when the three four-footed roommates will share one bathroom.

I've thought of getting multiple boxes, but the apartment is a small 2/1
with not a whole lot of room for spreading out. So then I thought a
self-cleaning litter box would be the answer, until the one I had -- the
Littermaid Mega, advertised for multiple cats -- broke on me after just five
months of use. I started doing some research and found out about
LitterRobot.

So I ask again: out of all of you who've used the automated boxes, which one
do you think is the best and why? (Just so you know, my cats weren't afraid
of the mechanical machine, actually they were oddly mesmerized.)

Thanks for any help.

Kityko.

I have two Littermaid Megas, one 3 years old and one 1.5 and both work fine. They
have a 1 year warranty so you should get yours repaired.

Adam

When it comes down to it... all rake style litter boxes are self destructive... the gears wear out and they begin to have trouble when the dust gets in the electronics... they last about a year on average...

The litter robot works without a rake system.  It rotates the round area till it lets the small litter fall into a compartment and lets the poop out the big holes... the gears are all completely sealed and are not located anywhere near where the dust can get to... no litter can get in the gears because the gears are on the outside...

Best thing I ever bought... much better then a littermaid... I thought the littermaid was great untill this... (and my littermaid broke)

Expensive but with 30 day full refund try out period and an 18 month warrenty on anything... it won't be breaking for a long while... it is well thought out.

Check it out... www.litter-robot.com