Breeze Litter Box System

[hippywife]

Is anyone using this or familiar with it? We now have one grown cat and two little kittens. I want something that does everything it says it does but I'm not interested in getting locked into a high priced system like LitterMaid.

Would appreciate it if anyone can share their experiences with this before I purchase it.

Thanx! :hi:

http://www.target.com/dp/B0014WKJEK/sr=1-2/qid=1220101805/ref=sr_1_2/601-9993136-2412940?ie=UTF8&pricerange=&index=target&field-browse=1038576&rh=k%3Alitter%20box&page=2

[spooky3]

1. haven't used it; sorry -- I have a Litter Maid and a Scoop Free

From the Target description, I don't see how Breeze is any different from your standard litter box--just with taller sides. It sounds as if you have to scoop and clean it just like you do with a $5 big plastic pan.

The two electric systems I have work pretty well (meaning you don't have to scoop or clean the box/mechanism, except rarely). The cats like how clean things stay, and the systems are nice especially when you need to be gone awhile and can't scoop. But especially the Scoop Free is extremely expensive in use. The refills are $15 each (including litter) and they don't last as long as the box says. The tines move only the poop to the covered spot, but the urine is "absorbed" by the crystals, and the cat has to walk on it again every time until you change it. The Litter Maid is really the better system and costs only about $1 for each plastic container (although that's too much). It scoops EVERYTHING away so the smell is better and litter lasts much longer. I think the litter savings (compared to a $5 big plastic pan) probably covers the $1 costs. One of my cats very much prefers the Scoop Free and the other prefers the Litter Maid, so I keep both of them.

[hippywife]

2. It does differ from the standard box

in that it has a grate that the litter sits in. You can lift that up and let the "clean" litter sift back into the box. And trust me, at this point, the sides on that bad boy are looking like a real boon. LOL

I am so obsessed right now with getting as much unnecessary plastic out of my life that I really don't want to buy into a system that requires me to buy more plastic containers for it to continue to be a viable system, like the LitterMaid does.

I'm hoping also that someone can tell me if this Breeze system by Tidy Cats can be used with their standard clay litter rather than the special litter that they sell for it.

It should be a much simpler system than the electric ones with added benefits over the standard wide open litter pan.

[spooky3]

3. now I get it - thanks.

Let me know whether you like it.

[catrose]

5. You do need a hard pellet litter

I tried putting a little bit of clay to help them adjust, and the clay falls through the grate or gunks up the grate when wet. The idea is that they pee on the pellets, and the urine goes through the grate to be absorbed by a pad (change once each week). The poop is easy to scoop out, whether kitty buries it or leaves it proudly on top. They recommend changing the pellets once a month.

I do like Breeze; I'm not sure if it's more expensive or not, but everything smells better and the house is neater for not having litter tracked all over it. It's good for the dig-to-China cats: they can have a lot of fun digging and making noise without flinging litter everywhere or tearing through plastic bag box liners.

At the moment they're offering a $10 rebate, which gets the price below the last Booda box I bought.

[hippywife]

8. So tell me about the booda.

Sorry I left this thread for so long. Got caught up in other things.

I've seen the boodas and wondered how well they work and what all is involved, if anything, besides just changing litter.

[eShirl]

4. amazon.com has 132 customer reviews for this product

Most of the reviewers like it, 4 out of 5 stars average.

It doesn't look like it would work with our cat as he likes to stand in his box and pee over the edge. (We got him a box with extra-high sides but sometimes he pees facing the back and it just goes out the door. Now we have a covered, top-entry litter box on its way; he will have to defy gravity to pee out that one!)

[Lorien]

6. Here's a linky:

http://www.amazon.com/BREEZE-Litter-System-litter-pellets/dp/B0014CMQEQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1221797581&sr=8-2

[Dover]

7. What problem are you wanting to solve?

I have three indoor cats (they also go outdoors during the day), who use the same litter
box (it's a triangular shape with 8" high sides that fits in the corner). I use Tidy Cat
Multicat litter which I scoop once a week about midway through the week, and then toss it out at the end of the week.
Except for some litter getting on the floor around the box there is no mess or smell. The cats seem okay with this arrangement too.

[hippywife]

9. Hi, Dov...

you name it from no place to really put a litter box to tons of litter getting scratched out to one litter controls odor but is hard to scoop, the other litter is easy to scoop but doesn't control odors.

I have now tried every litter on the market and none of them work well. We have three cats and two very big and deep litter pans. Matters not. Sigh.