Self Cleaning Litter Box with APP - Automatic Cat Litter Box for All Your Cats, Odor Control, Spacious Interior and Large Wastes Bin Capacity, Includes 1 Year Supply of Litter Bags (80)

I have 4 adult cats, ages 5 yrs to 13 years, weighing 8.6, 12.1, 13.7 and 20.7 pounds . One of my cats immediately took to FurryTail. The two cats I feared might not like this litter box - took to it first. I put some of the litter from the old box (without the poop or pee) into Furry. I left one of my two manual litter boxes down beside Furry for two to three weeks. After 2 weeks I picked up the manual litter box and all 4 migrated to the FurryTail. At first they were mesmerized and curious when FurryTail started to rotate and clean itself. I left the auto-clean timer at 10 minutes, which is the default setting. I found if I were to lessen the time, the pee clump doesn't set up and can stick to the drum and the yellow sifting screen.It took a while to connect the drum unit to wireless because I use 5G and this thing connects on 2G. I had to call the NetGear service, brand of my router, to help me connect everything on 2G. It took a while for us to get it to connect but with repeated punches of the buttons in the front of the cradle, we finally got it to take - and connect to wireless. You have to have your phone also on 2G for all items to connect and get on wireless. But the app is something else... in a good way. The app keeps great track of my cats and their bathroom habits, their weight, what time they go, the time they spend in the drum, etc. You'll learn more about your cats' bathroom habits that you thought you'd want to know...but I like it.Sometimes I have to reach in the drum with a litter scoop and knock the poop or pee loose that is clinging to the inside of the drum so it can be removed; then I hit manual clean on the app. Several of my cats go in head first, use the litter, then come out, turn around and go back in half way head first using their front feet to bury their "business". Furry registers that too - and you can tell because that cat shows up as using the box twice in a minute or less apart and the 2nd weight with only the front feet in registers as an unknown cat of lessor weight. Some of my cats use the box 4 times a day, some twice and the 20 pound cat uses it once a day. I do watch the app so that no one is constipated as I do not allow my cats outside and they get furballs preening themselves so much when they are kept inside. The cats seem to use Furry most often in the evening until midnight and then early the next morning. As I said earlier, my cats weigh from 8.6 lbs to 20 lbs. Plenty of room for each of them.I empty the waste bag every other day. I also can use grocery bags in place of the bags they supply - so I'll save money there when the supplied bags run out and don't HAVE to order more unless I choose to.There is absolutely no odor. The unit is very very quiet. I cannot hear it unless I go to where it is.There is a downside, which so far I find is very inconvenient. When I take the drum off the cradle to thoroughly clean it (every 3 weeks) because of the sticking pee/poop to the insides of the drum. The poop/pee stick to the inside of the drum far worse than it stuck to a regular (non-automatic) litter box. There is one hole in which to put your arms, rag, and cleaner into the drum for cleaning (that is the big hole the cats go into on the front side). I cannot see the inside of the drum around the back side of the big hole - so I use a 6" mirror to see the inside of where the hole is. Inconvenient, but with enough soap, disinfectant spraying, and rubbing, the inside comes fairly clean. There are some corners and some screws in the drum that I wish were better placed so you could more easily get all the stuck litter off. I am not going to carry this drum outside and down my porch steps to clean it with a hose - and I am not going to put it in my bathtub and get litter down my drain pipes. Instead I take the drum off the cradle, place it on a 4' x 6' piece of plastic on the vinyl flooring and clean it there. In my way of cleaning, water can't be run thru the drum but I clean it with a spray cleaner and a rag. I do wish the inside of the drum and the rubbery part where the litter lays was a little more slippery so the wet litter wouldn't stick to it as much. The yellow screen's holes are a bit too large and nickel/dime size pieces of poop fall thru it and don't get into the waste bag, but that doesn't hurt anything. The inside of the drum and the yellow screen get nasty with poop/pee/litter smeared on them. I see most other automatic litter boxes have this same screen and there are complaints about this in their reviews as well. When I am done washing the drum, I put it back on the cradle and it seats itself and corrects the error message it gives with the drum off. You don't have to unplug the unit if you don't want to.I have back issues, so I am grateful I only have to bend over a little bit to remove the trash (used poop/pee) bag, where as with many of these automatic litter boxes, you have to bend over to the floor as the trash (used poop/pee) bags sit in a container directly under the drum on the floor. See attached photo which shows the door to the trash (poop/pee) bag.I do recommend FurryTail - and my cats are highly satisfied, as well. I have now had this 6 weeks and I am liking it more and more. I researched these automatic litter boxes for weeks and read almost every review about many of them. I really am happy I bought FurryTail and I would not buy any other model or brand.

Very ambivalent about getting an "automatic" litter box mainly because my cats might not use or be comfortable with. First I ordered another brand but it showed up broken, missing parts etc and the company never even reached out to show any concern. So I looked at similar ones and found FurryTail!The box showed up intact. When I opened all was solid and packed well. Comes with months worth of bags AND a useful/funny litter mat which I thought might be useless but is actually very helpful! Super easy to set up! You don't have all day so I'll get to it:• Super easy to set up.Remove from box, read instructions which are VERY clear (remove ALL packing foam, plastic wrap, tape and padding - the padding is between the base and the round unit that needs to rotate, *make sure to remove tape at back of unit where the "arm" (the piece that locks the alignment of the box and base "gear"), set litterbox back onto base, snap the "arm" back in place, plug in. Install the collection bag by pressing the button to open the compartment, pull off the magnetic securing "ring", poke the "open" end of one of the bags provided through the inside of the ring, fold down to yellow line on bag, fit ring back on guides (with magnet facing towards the box), close lid and add litter.• LITTER: In my experience, a traditional CLUMPING litter seems to work best. Right now I am using Arm & Hammer multi cat clumping litter and it works great!• SMELL: Wow! If I'd only known sooner not only how well this would Contain the smell)• TIME: SOOOOO much time saved! I used to scoop the box 2 times a day and NOW it all collects in the bag without me lifting a finger and I can toss 1 - 2 times a week.• QUIET! - I threw some waste from the old box into the new so they would "know"...ya know? Later I went to see if they had used it...I saw no waste...I checked the waste compartment and sure enough...clumps n lumps! IN the BAG, CONTAINED and NOT smelling!• CATS: They were cat like...had a look, said "whatever", kept using old box...I let that one run out of litter and then they HAD to use the new one. Was my worried my big cat wouldn't like it/fit or use but has done so with no problem. ONE of the cats though is obsessed with the new box.• SAFETY (obsession contd.): The obsessive one HAS to investigate by sticking it's paw in "mid-turn" (when the box is rotating to empty) - when the cat does this it STOPS and does not move again til it senses all is clear. This cat is getting less curious and not pulling out clumps as often not so that "problem" (the only so far) is resolving itself.• APP: There is an app for those who want to really get into their cats movements. I DO NOT use it. The box works GREAT without the app - just install bag, litter, plug in and you're off...you don't get info/updates but you get a clean box, more time for other things and happy cats.*Note: I LOVE A&H "Hardball" which is the best litter I have ever used BUT it TRACKS like Crazy because it's little tiny bits of sand-like material which is why I switched to the more traditional.TIP: * If you have trouble with cats peeing on stuff, make sure you have CLEAN box(s) that are easy to get to and NOT near food or their or your bed. Cats will often pee/poop on clothes and other things on floor or on your bed when they are either sick (that's their way of telling you) or when their Box is filthy. I used to clean my box twice a day, NOW I can pull the bag out 1-2 times a week and toss.