Customer Reviews

Clevercat Top Entry Litter Box

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Length:: 0:38 Mins

I've tried several types of litterboxes and this one has been the best by far. Nothing else seemed to keep litter off the floor, but this design has really cut down on the number of times we have to sweep around and underneath the box. We have 2 average-sized cats (9-12 lbs; names Stinky and Number 2), living with us in very small apartment. I know that at least 2 litterboxes are recommended, but this is just not realistic in a place like ours. Anyway, one cat (Stinky) apparently has NO scratch instinct and consistently drops his loads in the box and runs off without covering them up. The other cat (#2) is fastidious. After doing her business she will tidily cover the offender within seconds, then continues to paw at the litter for about 5 minutes, or until someone chases her out. She is also not content to just scratch the litter, but scratches the floor and walls around the box too. With other boxes (including covered ones) we had to live with cleaning up litter around the box everyday, and often she'd eject poop onto the floor (a real problem, and especially nasty when the projectile happened to be a non-litter-encrusted log from the non-scratching cat. After trying all kinds of covers and mats, I finally decided to try the Clevercat. I cringed at spending $30 for what looked like a $5 rubbermaid tub whose lid was corrugated and had a hole in it, and I doubted whether my idiosyncratic cats would accept this contraption as a toilet. They took right to it though, and I have been thoroughly impressed with the results. It is sort of infuriating that it costs so much for such a simple design, but personally I'd rather pay for it than simply cutting a hole in the lid of a bargain tub as another reviewer has suggested. The main reason is that the corrugations in the lid really do seem to trap a substantial amount of litter. Also the hole in the Clevercat has a smooth lip on it that I don't think I could duplicate if I did it myself (i.e. I think I'd end up with a sharp or jagged edge, which wouldn't be good for me or the cats, expecially when working in the vicinity of all that poop). While I haven't tried the liners, I have no desire to either. The box stays pretty clean, and the rounded corners of the box have not made it difficult to scoop in my opinion. Anyway, I think this litterbox is great, and I highly recommend it to those who hate stepping in the cat litter on their floors everyday.

I have 2 large (17 lb) cats who tend to tip over the front door style boxes. For one of my cats, this was the perfect box. He could scratch and fling and there was no tracking. Perfect. Our other cat was a different story. She did not like going down into the box and at first she was clever and sat on the top and did her business into the hole, just like using a toilet. Good kitty!!! But then, she got sloppy and would just go anywhere on the top of the box. Ick. Bad Kitty!!! That was the end of that. Since it's just a glorified rubbermaid box, it now holds kindling wood in our garage. So, if it hadn't been for our stupid cat,this would have been the perfect litter box. Oh well, I'm still looking.

I've been through MANY litter boxes, and this one is just great. My cats got used to it very quickly and it has really reduced the amount of litter I have to sweep up. I also no longer have to clean up after one cat who doesn't have great aim (she always aims high, so there would be urine between the box and the lid of my old litter boxes). I've never really done the liner thing because they are so expensive, but I read on another site that you can use 30 gallon trash bags instead of buying the liners. I tried it out, and they fit and work perfectly (I've been using outdoor bags since they are thicker than kitchen bags). I highly recommend this box!

Length:: 0:21 Mins

I couldn't bring myself to pay $30 for a glorified plastic bin, so I made my own for about 1/3 of the price using a plastic tub (~$7) and a small towel (~$5). I used an Exacto knife (you could also use a small saw) to cut the hole in the lid, sanded down the edges of the hole and covered them with electric tape, and hot glued down the towel (to help pick up stray litter, you could also use a doormat or litter mat). This litter box is the best that I have tried so far. I had a traditional covered litter box before, and I had to sweep out my bathroom floor every day or two. I also tried an automatic scooping litter box, but my cat was afraid of it and refused to use it.

To help my 7 year-old cat adjust, I left his old traditional covered litter box out after I made this one but did not scoop it out, and after about a week, he switched to this new one and seems to love it. And I love it too because I only sweep up litter about once a week now!

We have been through so many different litter boxes that were just a waste of money. With four dogs and three cats, keeping the dogs out of the "snack bar" has been a constant challenge. This works perfectly, and I have to vacuum a lot less litter from the carpet. All of our cats took to it within the first day, and since that went so well I got a second box to put their food dishes in. It solved the problem of trying to keep the dogs and cats separated at feeding time (the cats just have to take turns eating). The heavy lawn and leaf bags work great as liners. A lot less expensive than buying the liners from the manufacturer and they are thicker, too. I would HIGHLY recommend this litter box, even if you don't have dogs to contend with.

I HIGHLY recommend the Clevercat litter box to all cat owners. I can't believe someone didn't come up with this sooner. It is the easiest litter box in the world to clean. I have three cats, one of whom is a high sprayer, and every other box I tried was disgusting -- urine would get trapped between the rim of the lid and the actual box. What a mess. With this box, it simply runs down the side and makes a nice clump that is easy to remove.

With my old boxes, I had to dump out all the litter, clean the box, and refill with new litter once a week. That was VERY expensive. (I have 3 litter boxes.) Not any more. As long as you use a hard clumping litter, keep the litter deep and scoop at least once a day, you will hardly ever have to do this! And there is NO NEED for liners. Keeping a deep layer (5 inches or more) of litter prevents urine from ever seeping all the way to the bottom, and scooping regularly gets the clumps out while they are still hard. This way, they come out in one piece and don't break up and spread throughout the litter when you remove them, creating an odor. My Clevercat boxes are immaculately clean all the time, and it takes me about 5 minutes a day to keep them that way. And while there is still a little bit of litter around the box, it is so much less now that the cats can't kick it all over the place while using the box.

All three of my cats are over 10 years old, and they adapted to it very quickly. Just use it with the lid off for a while, as suggested. I left an old litter box up, too, until I was sure I had seen each cat use the Clevercat a few times, with the lid on.

I also train dogs and own two dogs myself. I recommend this box to anyone who owns a dog that tries to sneak treats from the litter box. (A really gross dog habit that is very common, unfortunately.) Unless the dog is tall and very determined, this box will put an end to it.

Overall, this is the best cat product I have ever purchased. It has made my life a lot easier, and the cats love it.

I have 13 cats. All of them use these boxes. We find them MUCH neater as the cats don't bring half of the litter with them when they exit and for those cats who really love to throw the litter....they can't throw it up and out..so they can dig and bury without traching the floor. They are large enough even for our 20 pounder and they keep my dogs out. A large dog, of course can just stick their head right in, but for people with smaller dogs...it's super. Love this box....wouldn't use anything else.

Living in a studio with two cats has not made me a Zen-like child of the Earth. Not only does my black tom nip me awake at 6AM just to stare at me, my tabby unloads some of the most unholy waste in this hemisphere. Why?

He doesn't bury his crap.

Whatever feline instinct is supposed to trigger that dig-and-cover behavior was apparently eradicated from his simian-faced gene pool. Which means that every time he hops in the box, he kicks about a pound of sand onto the floor, drops his load, and then sprints around the apartment like a PCP-fueled dervish.

While Clevercat hasn't improved his manners in the slightest, it is the ONLY litter box I've found that will contain his sand-flinging episodes effectively. Even better-- the little grooves on the top of the box mean that most of the excess litter gets trapped up top. Which means less bacteria-laden grit clinging to my toes.

Five stars for ZERO learning curve, sand that stays in the box, and depth enough to provide a satisfying amount of grit for my kitties to befoul.

This has been the best litter box for us. With both a dog and a cat inside the challenge of keeping the dog away from the litter box while giving the cat access seemed impossible to overcome.

The cat took to this box the day we began using it. The litter that normally would be tracked to the floor from the cats feet stays on the lid of this box and the dog cannot reach in to get that most desireable snack.

I bought this pan because my cat squats right inside the door to her regular covered litter pan, hangs her bottom over the edge, and pees on the floor. I bought a pan with a high side but she still can't keep everything inside. I hoped the Clevercat design would prevent spillover, but Ginger just bypassed the middle step and peed directly on the floor when confronted with this product. I tried it both with the top off and on, and it didn't seem to make any difference. It looked like a good idea, it just didn't work with my cat. FWIW, she's sixteen years old - a younger cat might take to it more readily.