We've reported on air purifiers plenty of times, including a recent indepth IQAir review using a handheld laser particle reader. But what about air quality for pets? The recently announced Bionaire Odor Grabber Litter Box uses a built-in electronic air filtration coupled with a extra quiet fan to keep Mr. Frisky's bathroom visit within the confines of the litter box and not wafting throughout the house. A great idea, as any cat owner would attest.
But will someone redesign the exterior, please? It's a bit too Master Chief helmet-y for us.
[via Shangai Daily]
Need this.
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I need this too, but I get a Darth Vader feel. Or outdated Cylon...
view lil' soso's profile
No my friends, you would just be masking a problem, not sloving it. You need a litter robot. It looks like the death star and takes up a fair amount of space, but it is amazing.
TMI about the cats: I have 3 cats. Two have good litterbox manners and bury; one won't and is prone to loose movements. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see how that made the littermaid, with its scooping tines, a terrible thing (popsical sticks next to the box). I was also annoyed that the littermaid required plastic waste containers sold by littermaid.
It will make more sense if you watch the video, but the litter robot summary is:
1. Cat enters unit. Weight sensor is tripped. Cat does business and exits unit.
2. Five minutes later, death star begins to slowly spin burying any waste and allowing the litter to clump.
3. Screens allows the clean litter into a chamber. Clumps of dirty litter fall into a drawer, which you line with a bag. They are well clumped, so even without expensive litter, it doesn't smell.
4. Every week or so (depending on the number of cats), you open the drawer and replace the bag. You can use any litterbox liner or kitchen plastic bag.
The unit is pricey, but we found we go through much less litter, so we made up the cost within 18 months (we've had ours now for about 3 years). We use a compostable litter and biodegradable bags, so it is as eco-friendly as we can make cat litter.
http://www.litter-robot.com/
We've had very few 'protest movements' because the litter box is always 100% clean.
view siobhan.'s profile
um, i have a scaredy-cat that wouldn't go near his litter box if it whirred, moved, spun (as in the litter robot), or did anything...weird. at all.
i once dropped something noisily while he was in the box, and the sound freaked him out so bad that for two weeks he would creep up to the litter box, crouching, sniffing, scared shit(less). and very suspicious.
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soibhan: a family member had one of those litter robots, and because of the loud mechanism his cat developed a deep aversion to the litter box and was afflicted by a urinary infection. I feel a bit bad because it was due to my past post he gave the machine. It just illustrates that no solution is one size fits all. But it's great that your cats like it....it would make life a bit easier.
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