- 3 refill trays pre-filled with Fresh Step® Crystals litter .
- Litter tray is completely disposable, so you don't have to see, touch, or smell messy waste.
- Fresh Step® Crystals litter immediately absorbs moisture and odor and dehydrates solid waste to stop odor.
- Recommended tray replacement: At least once every 20-30 days for one cat, 10-15 days for two cats, 7-10 days for three cats.
- Measures 22" L x 14-1/2 W x 2-1/2" H each.
Product Description
The ScoopFree® disposable litter tray is the reason you can leave the ScoopFree self-cleaning litter box alone for weeks at a time. The tray is completely disposable for hands-off convenience. It is pre-filled with Fresh Step® Crystals litter, which has been proven to provide unbeatable odor control. You don¿t have to see, touch, or smell messy waste. Simply replace the disposable tray every few weeks, and your ScoopFree litter box is just like new. Designed for use with ScoopFree self-cleaning litter boxes. Includes 3 litter trays.
ScoopFree Litter Tray Refills, 3 Pack
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So the big question I had when purchasing this system was whether or not I could lower my cost by refilling with crystals I buy at Wal-Mart. As a graduate student, I really don’t have the money to buy cartidges every couple of weeks (I’ve got two cats). This review is basically here to tell you that I’ve done it, and it works for me. YMMV.
As a first attempt, I simply threw away the old crystals and poo, and then filled it up with ~4 lbs. of fresh step crystals purchased at Wal-Mart (~$[...] for an 8-lb bag or two refills).
Problem #1: Wet Cardboard. This is a documented problem with the system, as noted in reviews for the litter box, but I basically could only get two uses out of the cardboard box before the cat claws could pierce the bottom and cause soaking of the box in urine.
Solution #1: There is no solution for the wet box problem, unless you can tolerate an impressively disgusting urine stench. Luckily, Scoop Free improved their cartridge systems! Note that new cartridges come with a slight change to the cartridge that has improved its sturdiness. They have added a plastic sheet to the bottom of the cartridge to prevent cat claws from piercing the bottom and having the pee soak through to the bottom.
Great! Problem solved, right? Well, I then started experiencing Problem #2: a screeching noise during the raking that really sounded quite awful. At first I thought this was my fault, possibly overfilling the box and causing the machinery to operate with too much litter. That wasn’t the problem. The problem was that as the cats continued to use this cartridge (with plastic sheet), their claws would occassionally get under the plastic sheet and lift it up, causing litter to get underneath the plastic sheet. This plastic sheet would bulge up at the sides, and the raking mechanism would then start scraping the plastic surface as it raked, causing the screeching sound.
Solution #2: Now, for each new cartridge I use (I still use a new cartridge after about 2 or 3 refills), I use mailing tape (or duct tape) to tape down the edges of the plastic sheet. This takes some practice, but I have not experienced any screeching noises since.
Anyways, I hope this review helps! I also find this 3-pack to be great because it qualifies for amazon prime 2-day service. Thanks, Amazon!
We’ve tried absolutely everything and our older cat just wouldn’t use the litter box. She hated it. Clumping litter, clay litter, pine litter, grass litter, deep boxes, shallow boxes, hoods, no hood, Litter Maid (quite possibly the WORST product of ANY kind made by ANY company EVER), scooping constantly, nothing worked. Vet said move the box to where she pees. So, she found new places to pee. Anywhere but where the box was – usually about three inches to the side of it, so the pee ran under the litter box. If you don’t notice this is happening, you will figure it out fairly quickly because the stench is really impressive as the pee never completely dries and just gets stronger and stickier. Scoop Free to the rescue! The instructions that came with it didn’t work for jack. They say to put it next to your old litter box (which you stop cleaning) and let the cats adjust on their own time as the old box stinks worse and worse. After 3 weeks, the old box was overflowing and the entire house smelled like a toxic waste dump. The Scoop Free box was completely clean and hadn’t been used once. We couldn’t take it anymore and threw out the old box, hoping for the best. The cats both immediately started using the Scoop Free and my peeing cat problem is solved. With our two cats, we change the cartridge every other Sunday, just like they promise. There’s a bit of odor starting about the Thursday before changing day, but nothing like the old litter box, even with regular scooping. Never had a problem with leaking or the cats scratching through the tray – and they REALLY dig. A lot. For about 10 minutes every time they use it. Yeah, it’s expensive, but it’s much cheaper than replacing carpet, hardwood, and baseboards. After the stinking, breaking, jamming, breaking, screeching, breaking, overheating, breaking, filthy nightmare that was Litter Maid, the Scoop Free is a miracle. We’ll never use anything else again.
I love this sytem and the idea is wonderful but if you have a LARGE cat forget about it. I have a small cat and a LARGE Maine Coone. If you know about cats… he’s big! The smaller one does fabulous with this system. The larger will reject it after the cartridge has been used a few days. I then find things on the floor. It fills up rather quickly with the two cats especially one being so LARGE. If you intend to use this with one cat go for it. You’ll love it. If there’s more than one or a larger size cat you’ll be replacing cartridges constantly and racking up the litter bill.
My cats are large – just not Maine Coon large. As far as ordinary domestic cat size, two of my five cats are large. And consequently, I go through the cartridges faster than 2/15 days .
The cartridges are expensive and the cartridges get *soggy*. Even so, I rate this highly because my cats immediately adapted to using this system without *mistakes.* There is *no* odor or fragrance! I also discovered great relief in ridding my house and myself of the heavy bags of litter and the scattering messes I, the cats, and the hole-y bags had always made.
Place a sheet of cardboard under the cartridge until Scoop Free fixes the soggy problem.
I absolutely LOVE my ScoopFree litter box!! One of the best inventions ever! Less mess, less work & less dust!! I have 2 of them & have had them for over a year now & no issues except for 1 kinda big one – the refill cartidges
The refill cartridges last 1 month & are slightly costly ($[...] each)especially if you have multiple cats. But about 2 months ago the refill cartridges disappeared from local pet store shelves. We were told there was a back log & distribution issue & they should be on store shelves by the 1st week in August. It never happened. I just bought the last 2 refill cartridges at the Meier by me 2 days ago. When I contacted ScoopFree today about their distribution issue over the past couple months they called me & informed me that Petsmart refused to place any orders with them the past 4 weeks & it was just decided this week (By Petsmart) that they will no longer carry ScoopFree’s refill cartridges on their shelves. Their product is available at Meier, Petco or Pet Supplies Plus (which are more expensive) or I could subscribe to their delivery service & have packs of 3 or 6 delivered at a time with free shipping. I had already found my alternative!! FOREVER LITTER TRAYS!! Which are sold here on Amazon.com! [...] In the long run these will save you a ton of money & they are getting excellent reviews! I recommend using Target brand crystal litter as a refill filler option.
I’m using litter box liners to line my ScoopFree refill cartridge & make them last until I can get my Forever Trays! Then I’ll write another review for those!
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