- Measures 27-3/8-inch L by 19-inch W by 7-inch H. Height is 16-3/4” with hood installed.
- Includes 3 additional features for the ultimate in cat care: (1) Privacy Hood, (2) Adjustable Rake Delay and (3) Health Counter.
- Reliably designed and rigorously tested in our lab for more than 100,000 cycles without failure or jamming. 90-day money back guarantee.
- Only self-cleaning litter box that uses disposable litter trays pre-filled with Fresh Step® Crystals litter for unbeatable odor control.
- So convenient you can leave it alone for weeks at a time. Rakes litter automatically so you don’t have to see, touch, or smell messy waste.
Product Description
ScoopFree is the self-cleaning litter box you can leave alone for weeks at a time. It is the only self-cleaning litter box that uses disposable litter trays to provide hands-off convenience and unbeatable odor control. You don’t have to see, touch, or smell messy waste. Simply load ScoopFree with the disposable litter tray pre-filled with Fresh Step® Crystals. When your cat uses the litter box, the crystals immediately absorb moisture and odor and begin to dehydrate solids. Twenty minutes later, ScoopFree’s rake automatically sweeps the waste into a covered compartment, leaving the litter smelling clean and fresh. Simply replace the disposable tray every few weeks, and the litter box is just like new. And ScoopFree is so reliable it comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee and one-year limited product warranty. ScoopFree will even pay for the shipping. ScoopFree Ultra offers three additional features for the ultimate in cat care: Privacy hood gives your cats the privacy they deserve while keeping the litter properly contained. Adjustable rake delay allows you to choose if the automatic rake sweeps waste 5, 10, or 20 minutes after your cats use the litter box. Health counter tracks the frequency of your cats’ litter box usage to help monitor their health.
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Nov ’06–My cat is a 13 pounder, poops about 5 times a day–and boy does it stink! I feel that cleaning a cat box several times a day is a real pain, but then so is cleaning it up off the basement rug every day if I dont clean the box soon enough for “his highness”! This thing is GREAT! Ok, I’ve only had it for 5 days now, and it specifically says on the box that for larger cats or multiple cats, the cartrige will NOT last 30 days–the container is full (like I said, he poops A LOT) BUT!! I really dont mind taking the scoop and scooping out the container once a week–I have to do this because replacement cartriges are $15 or so (that’s the really bad part) I still have to see if it will take all his urine for 30 days, but in the mean time: The smell is gone, he doesnt track litter everywhere (I used clumping before and he left a real mess–along with the smell) just a few of the crystals get on the floor, I dont have to clean the box daily (as well as the basement carpet), and it works. One thing to note, I did not realize how BIG the thing is, and I also didnt think about plugging it in–so you may have to revise where you put it. Also, it’s not perfect–some of the poop got behind the rake, and got stuck, but whoopie, no big deal to take a piece of toilet paper, and pull it off. I may look into reusing cartriges (waxed cardboard boxes with scoop free crystals dumped into it) and adding crystals from a bottle, but that may not be possible, because waxed cardboard can only take so much wetness–but that may be an option. I think a bottle of the stuff is around $15 too, but you may get 2 or 3 uses out of it, rather than just the one.
**update**1 1/2 months–I still love it. It lasts about 14 days, with a once per week clean out of the poop trap. The crystals never smells like urine, but there is a smell after that amount of time (big cat). cant use a litter liner as the rake can get stuck–or kitty’s nails, so I’m still working on a way to refill more cheaply–but no more “accidents” on the carpet.
I bought this as a replacement of my first automated litterbox, the Petmate Purrformat Plus XL. That one was awful, this one is great.
The rake on this litterbox actually switches the direction it points as it moves to the front and back to the rear of the box. The net effect is that, unlike the Petmate, you don’t get a wall of litter at the rear of the box. The litter is evenly distributed along the bottom every time and the rake is able to return to its starting point every time unlike the Petmate.
As it sweeps forward, the purple part rises up and the rake pushes anything it has caught underneath it. Underneath the purple part is more Fresh Step litter, so when it closes down it traps the odor so the Fresh Step can absorb it. Simple!
Furthermore, this one is much more quiet than the Petmate. The Petmate sounded like a remote controlled tank but this one just has a gentle hum to it, and it completes the task of sweeping in about 1/2 to 1/3 the time the Petmate takes, too.
My 2 1/2 month old kitten took to it like a duck to water. She kind of thinks it’s a toy right now but she also knows what it’s there for.
We had mechanical problems with both self-cleaning boxes we had tried. They apparently just couldn’t handle three cats.
So far, the SccopFree box is working perfectly, with very little odor, for the same three cats.
It’s well and simply engineered, and although it has a higher ongoing cost than others, it’s worth that higher cost for us.
We have had 7 cats over the past decade (not all at once thank heavens!) and thats a lot of scooping. Right now we only have one cat, but he is incredibly sensitive to a dirty litterbox. It’s gotten to the point he wants it absolutely clean every time he needs to use it, which is an impossible task. He’ll actually sit outside the box and meow until someone takes care of it! We’ve been considering an easier method for some time to get the job done. So, we purchased the Scoopfree litterbox two weeks ago after reading numerous reviews of the different automatic litterboxes on the market. This one seemed to make the most sense because it does not use clumping litter, which I’ve read often sticks to the rake device and liquids pass down to the bottom of the litter, never fully drying/clumping. I had never used crystals, but after reading how they absorb liquids and odors I was willing to give it a test drive.
We paid $99 after price searching the web. The device arrives in a HUGE box, but in reality seems to be the size of a large litter pan. Setup was quick and easy. We placed the Scoopfree in the same spot as the old litterbox, removing that one out of the house. This was a bold step since our cat hadn’t used crystals and I was afraid he might be confused. He did notice the difference and inspected it completely, but has proceeded to use the device with no problems.
He’s a large cat (about 16lbs – and not overweight) and fits the box. The motor isn’t loud – we can’t hear it from another room in our house. The raking cycle doesn’t take long, only about a minute. The crystals are working terrific, absorbing the liquids and odors just as indicated. Another bonus is the freedom from the litter dust that gets scattered and tracked. I’ve only seen a few crystals kicked out in two weeks, so that’s saved on additional sweeping around the box. A few days ago the kitty blocked the optical sensor with a pile of crystals from his insane covering, so the rake didn’t scoop automatically. This was solved by pressing the button to manually scoop. Since then we give the box a quick look once a day to make sure it’s clean and working. The cardboard cartridge is holding up, although I have heard that some cats dig to the point of scratching the bottom, which may cause a leak or tear. Ours doesn’t have that problem, but before we placed the cartridge we covered it with a garbage bag for added protection. We then put it under the Scoopfree as directed and filled it with crystals. This hasn’t impaired the device from functioning and I think will lead to an extended cartridge life (which is a benefit since we are on a budget).
Two factors to consider with this device are that the hood and refill cartridges are sold separately. The cartridges are a little on the expensive side depending on where you can find them ranging from $12 to $17. A cartridge is determined to last one month for one cat.
Overall we are really happy with the Scoopfree. It does have a 90 day money back guarantee and a 1 year warranty. It has been super easy to use and has already saved quite a bit of time in terms of scooping and cleaning. Our cat is really happy and no more meowing at the box, which is a great relief to us. We would definitely recommend it to everyone.
Maybe I’m just doing something wrong, but honestly, I can’t understand all the rave reviews. I have a 4-month-old kitten and I am well aware that kittens will use up litter much faster than adult cats, but we’re still talking ONE CAT and I am only on day 5 of a fresh cartridge and the smell is already so intolerable that I can’t be within 5 feet of the box without retching. It literally smells like someone peed in a leather boot filled with oatmeal and then microwaved it for 15 minutes. Anyone that says they manage with one cartridge for 30 days is either a liar, criminally insane or lost their sense of smell in some freak, manure-huffing accident. To contrast, I had no odor problems with the scooping litter I was originally using (I’m talking a post-poopfest, pre-scoop, completely-thrashed litter box too). Also, even with the hood and the carpet (yes – I’m the sucker that bought all the accessories), the crystals get EVERYWHERE. Then there’s the price of the refills. $51.99 for three, or $99.99 for six. The audacity to charge over 15 dollars for a piece of cardboard and a pound of litter is breathtakingly criminal, and that’s even if they lasted as long as the company advertises. I bought a 3-pack of litter cartridges. With these, along with the one that comes with the box, I thought I would be set for 4 months of scoop-free bliss… how sorely mistaken I was. I am already on the third cartridge and I’m already about to toss it and pop in the last one.
On to the rake system: I will admit that it’s a rather ingenious design and I’m sure it’s a vast improvement over other automatic liter boxes (I really wouldn’t know), but I still think those boys from MIT need to go back to the drawing board. Maybe my threshold for noise is different than others, but I find this box intolerably loud and annoying. The raking itself is loud, but then at the mid point of its direction change, the rake pivots and falls to the other side making a very loud clunking noise. This, of course, is endlessly fascinating for a kitten and he will promptly investigate the noise and end up going inside the box again, setting off the infrared mechanism, ensuring that the cleaning cycle will happen 20 minutes later. I can’t really fault the manufacturer for a kitten’s curiosity, but I do believe it’s something kitten owners should be aware of. In addition to the noise, the rake spacing is still rather wide which will invariably lead to cat poop getting behind, and thusly out of the reach of, the rake system. Sorry, but I never had to scrape crap out of my old litter box with a butter knife. Just let that imagery float around in your head for a couple minutes. I haven’t had any problems with urine leaking through the bottom of the trays, but then again, I haven’t had a tray in the box for more than a week. However, I did notice that the corners to the tops of every box were broken at the seams; though I don’t know if this is from how they were shipped, or a manufacturing defect. Anyway, long story short: I’m switching back to the old box once I use the last refill cartridge… so that should be in about 6 days.
Edit (1/27/08): After browsing around for a solution to the smell, I tried one of the suggestions which is to mix the litter around manually and that definitely seemed to help, though ScoopFree recommends you just leave the box alone and let it do its thing (that’s what I had been doing). Someone else recommended using a small amount of baking soda on the bottom of the tray before pouring in the crystals. I’ll give that a shot on the next cartridge. Anyway, taking 15 seconds out of your day to mix around the crystals isn’t a big deal and if I can squeeze at least 2 weeks of use out of the cartridge, I’ll definitely bump up the rating.