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LitterMaid LME5500 Automatic Litter Box


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Product Detail Information:
ASIN:B000PC4FR2
Sales Rank: 44943
Catalog:Pet Products
Binding:Misc.
Product Group:Pet Products
Product Type:Abis Pet Products
Release Date: 2007-04-09
Brand:LitterMaid
Manufacturer:Littermaid
Model: LME5500
Part No: LME5500
UPC: 027043111814
EAN: 0027043111814
Variation: White, Blue Accents


Features:
  • Includes 4 Waste Receptacles and 4 Carbon Filters
  • Paw Cleaning Cat Ramp
  • Ionic Air Filter
  • Sleep Timer
  • Removable Rake
Product Description:

No more scooping! No more odors! Your cat will never have to pussyfoot through soiled litter again. This revolutionary appliance makes litter box clean-up fast and easy. The automatic, self-cleaning unit rakes away waste and leaves the litter box clean after each use. Once the cat leaves the LitterMaid Litter box, sensors are triggered turning on the ionizer and the timer for the cleaning cycle. After 10 minutes, the cleaning cycle starts and the rake clears your cat's clumps depositing them in the waste receptacle where it and odors are sealed away; allowing for a clean litter box each time your cat enters and eliminating the majority of odors for you! When the receptacle is full, just throw it away and replace with a fresh one. Safety bar stops and reverses at the slightest touch. Extra deep litter tray for premium litter detaches for quick and easy cleaning. The powerful LitterMaid Designer Series with its extra large litter tray is ideal for extra large cats and multiple cat households. Unit operates on low-voltage AC adapter (included) or eight AA batteries (not included). Veterinarian recommended.

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ok--not perfect
11/18/2008
Like some others posting here, I bought this in preparation for leaving my cat while we're away on vacation. Someone will be coming over every couple days to check up on her, but she really likes a clean litter box--more than 1 day of not cleaning and she protests. So my hope was that this product would help keep the litter box clean between times when someone comes to check in on her, and also make the cat sitter's job a little easier.

Bottom line, it's OK, but has some design flaws. These are listed below.

1) It's extremely noisy. I'm surprised she isn't frightened of it like she is of the vacuum. It's almost that loud. She actually likes to watch it in action. But you definitely don't want it running while you're asleep.

2) The sleep timer is nice (see #1), but not very flexible. You can only set the start time for it to go into sleep mode, and then it doesn't turn on again until 9 hours later (but it seems to ALWAYS turn on again in 9 hours, regardless of whether the cat has actually entered the box in the meantime). There is no option to control how long the sleep should be, or to have a different timer for different days of the week.

3) Like others have noted, the poo often gets stuck to the rake (urine doesn't usually seem to be a problem). I think this is because the 10 minute time window between when the cat leaves and when the litter box runs through the cleaning cycle is not enough time to let the poo harden. I wish I could control this timer, as well--I'd set it to 15-20 minutes. I read somewhere that LitterMate additive (www.littermate.com) can help make your litter extra-hard clumping, so I might try that. Could be that certain litters are better than others, too. (I use Fresh Step, but have used corn litter in the past, and may go back to that.)

4) The rake doesn't actually rake over the entire surface of the box. There is a small region behind the rake that has litter and never gets raked. So when the kitty pees too close to the rake, this stuff never gets picked up--it just gets pushed permanently behind the rake until you remove the rake and scoop it out by hand.

5) If you want to force the box to run through a cleaning cycle you have to either cover the sensors for 5 seconds, and then wait 10 minutes for it to do its thing, or you have to turn it off and then back on again. The former option is annoying, and the latter option is inconvenient because when you turn the power off, it loses the time and the sleep settings, so you have to reprogram everything. There should be a button that allows you to manually set it to run through a cycle (like if it missed something and you want it to run again).

6) It doesn't use a lot of litter. I was used to using about 3-4 inches of litter in my old box, and this only uses about 1 inch. Seems like that should be a plus, but things tend to get stuck to the bottom of the pan because there's not enough litter. And it's difficult figuring out what the correct amount of litter is, since the rake always makes the center level lower than the rest of the box (and always lower than the fill line). I kept adding litter until I realized the extra litter was either ending up in the waste receptacle or behind the rake and sort-of clogging it. There are some non-stick sprays out there that may help keep things from sticking to the bottom, but I haven't tried them.

So it's not perfect, but it does do a decent job of keeping the box clean, which my cat really likes. I usually have to pick up a few clumps every other day or so. Probably less maintenance than the old fashioned boxes, but I'd expect a bit more from a ~$120 box. I was hoping it could go a week without any maintenance, but it doesn't look like it will. I'll probably leave an extra litter box out while we're away just in case something happens.
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Poor design....
10/28/2008
Along with most everyone else, I had an old LitterMaid Box that worked relatively well, aside from the plastic rake getting clogged all the time. However, the power cord somehow got got in the rake and I broke it trying to get it free. I was excited to see a "NEW and IMPROVED" model and excited to have one with metal prongs that would clean better. Well, much to my dimsay it is not improved. I have 2 main problems, the tabs for tucking the waste receptacle are ridiculously small. The receptacle doesn't tuck under them and litter falls through all the time. Also, the rake sits about 2 inches away from the back of the box and doesn't lift very high out of the box. Therefore, wet litter clumps up behind the rake and needs to be scraped out almost daily. When I called Littermaid, they told me they would send some new receptacles. Evidently the ones in the box weren't the right ones. I will see about that. However, as far as the rake goes, I was told it was meant to be that way. That since my "cat pees the wrong direction", I will just have to deal with it. They can't refund my money because it is working properly even if it is a poor design. Well, I guess my only option then is to train my cat to go potty the "right" way.
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Horrible
9/26/2008
I've had two previous models of Littermaid's automatic litterboxes, but this "new" one is the worst ever. Noisiest yet; doesn't clean out box well -- and the way you tuck in the liner is complicated and difficult. The previous model was much better. Who the heck thought this was better? It's like whoever made it didn't actually test it on cats and cat owners!

Wish they still made the earlier model. This is also larger so if you're trying to get it in a small space like a closet, be sure you measure it first.

Bad product!!!
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Absolutely worthless product
8/5/2008
Absolutely worthless product. Makes horrible groaning noises in operation, and when you go check on it, you find 25% the poops are stuck on the rake, 25% are behind the rake, and the remainder are scattered in the general direction of the receptacle, but virtually nothing winds up in there. Do yourself a favor, buy the Cat Genie. A lot more expensive, but what good is something that's cheap but does nothing?
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TERRIBLE!
5/29/2008
I previously owned the old model of the Littermaid and it worked ok. I still had to scoop every few days. The motor went bad, so I bought this "new and improved" one. I thought, a metal rake, a newer model, it MUST be better...wrong! This litter box picks up NONE of the waste. I have 2 cats and I have to scoop at least once a day. I even bought the Littermaid brand litter, and it still didn't work. I read the negative reviews and I didn't believe them...believe it!
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