Litter Maid Advanced Deluxe Litter Maid Litter Box

Pros: Never been a mess in the house since.
Cons: Expensive trays and sometimes seems noisy.

I chose the LM litter box for my wife and I to relax in the evening and not have to interrupt our quiet evenings to put the cat out at relaxing and even intimate times. The Litter Maid has definitely changed our lives as far as worrying about our kitty...

Pros: none
Cons: too messy

I chose this product because I thought it would be easier. It is a hassle to have to clean under and around the box. Regular boxes I did not have this problem. To make matters worse, the rake mechanism comes off the track on one side therefore causing...

Pros: Don't have to remember to clean the box
Cons: Sometimes you have to clean the box yourself

The price has come down a LOT ($89 at Target) so I decided to try this out. I love it! Now I can leave the litter box in the basement and pretty much forget about it. The noise was a little disconcerting at first, but I'm pretty much used to it now...

Pros: it cleans itself
Cons: the few areas that collect litter

In our family, we love the self cleaning litter box. We choose this product because we have 3 cats and were unable to keep up with the normal litter box. All we have to do is pull out the container a couple of times a week or more and empty it into the...

Pros: Automatic, covered waste receptacle, no daily "Treasure hunts"
Cons: Noisy, lack of a decent cover

Having two cats, I believe buying the littermaid was a good decision. Right off the bat, however, I wasn't about to pay just over a dollar per plastic waste container once or twice a week in addition to buying premium litter. At first I...

Pros: Keeps litter area clean (80%)
Cons: Overflows all over the floor!

I have been using the Littermaid for a couple of years and have had mixed results:

It does keep the litter area cleaner than I used to with a manual litter box.

Once the waste area fills up though, it will not stop scooping! This causes a huge mess and more work in the end than manually scooping. They need to have a sensor that tells the thing to stop raking once the cover does not go on. I am afraid to leave it on while going on a vacation because I never know what I'll find upon returning.

I heard of a product by litterworks.com that claims to provide a large waste system for littermaid, might give it a try. Anyone have any other suggestions?

Pros: Good idea in principle. Handled two cats with no trouble.
Cons: Needs more design work: rushed into production.

Got this for a Christmas gift and right away I had to make a shield to keep urine and poop off the mechanism. No problem with cats or auto-cleaning, but the transformer quit and then the motor stopped after 14 months. No light, no sound, no customer support worth mentioning. This is Chinese revenge.

Pros: no scooping, no odor, or touching the golden prize
Cons: very loud, gets stuck, and messy

i may only be a kid, but i know my ways around the house. At first i thought it was a great idea... a litter box that can clean by itself. Every cat owner's dream come true.
But I was fairly disappointed in the product. The plastic was not durable. The "sweeper comb" gets stuck if theres litter on the track or behind the teeth when it returns from its poopie-scoopie trip. The biggest problem is that the motor was as loud as a lawn mower. It scared the cats away, making them do their business in the dining room. (Yummm...) before, people clean up after kitty. Now Litter Maid clean up after kitty, and people clean up after Litter Maid. Never send a machine to do a human's job.
But on the other hand, at least theres no more scooping. It traps all the "gold" along with its odor in a plastic receptable.
This was a great idea. But the company did a lousy job on making it. There are lots of room for improvements.

Pros: convenience
Cons: the rake freezes up over the waste receptacle and the unit is no longer usable.

The rake on two units recently froze over the waste receptacle and the litterbox is no longer usable. They both lasted 6 and 7 months.

Pros: When it works, it does a fairly good job at keeping the box clean.
Cons: It is expensive. It is not appropriate for multi-cat families.

We are a multi-cat family. I have gotten other Litter Maids (they all died, eventually) and graduated to this one. It also died, eventually. I do not think it is meant to keep up with the volume of multiple cats. Also, the design here has been diminished. The slope towards the bins to receive the clumped litter is too shallow, so the litter might tip into the bin or fall back into the 'clean' litter. I am using mine as a regular (non-electric) litter box, but will graduate to a more traditional litter box. The Litter Maids are too expensive to have them die so soon.

Pros: It's better than hand scooping litter.
Cons: Has to be supervised.  Can't leave it unattended.  Not automatic as advertised.

I just recieved my new LM900 Litter Box last night.  I opened the box and pulled it out.  It was already basically assembled.  I poured a very small amount of litter, under the lines.  I plugged it in and switched it on.   The rake made ONE sweep, and froze up.  The motor stayed on, with a shirl hum.  I turned it off, unpluged, re-plugged it back in several times.  Every time the motor hummed but the rake did not move.  Customer service told me where the Reset button was.  The cats haven't even had a chance to use it yet, and it's already freezing up.  The motor could have burned out if no one had been there to see the malfunction.  I will not leave this unattended.  I will flip the switch when I want it to rake the litter.  That sort of defeats the idea of "automatic".