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LitterMaid Elite Mega Advanced Automatic Self-Cleaning Litter Box | 
 enlarge | Brand: LitterMaid
Category: Pet Products
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $119.95
You Save: $30.04 (20%)
New (8) from $119.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  171 reviews
Sales Rank: 1370
Color: Blue
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15.8
Dimensions (in): 20 x 8.5 x 28
MPN: LME9000
Model: LME9000
UPC: 027043111821
EAN: 0027043111821
ASIN: B000H6AK7A
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Self-cleaning litter box for extra-large cats or multiple-cat households | | • | Infrared sensor detects and rakes waste away 10 minutes after cat leaves | | • | Timer automatically resets upon re-entry; paw-cleaning ramp; "on/off" switch | | • | 4 carbon filters, 4 waste receptacles, and ionic air cleaner for reduced odor | | • | Measures 28 by 20 by 8-1/2 inches |
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Product Description
37"L x 17.5"W x 8.5"D. New modern design is 15% quieter. Same great LitterMaid features as before.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 166 more reviews...
 Great Product October 10, 2008
I was received this as a gift from my Aunt. She owns two cats, I have three hefty male cats.
When I got it, I said "Problems" to myself. It was one of those moments that the voices are talking to you...lol. I have a job that deals with to much high tech stuff all the time, but I did not want to offend my Aunt with not using it.
Everybody knows what a pain in the butt it is to change cat litter. Being a computer geek, I just thought to myself, "Ah, what another high tech thing to call tech support on".
Well, I filled the unit up with Makall Mimi Litter and got rid of the old cat boxes and figured this was going to be a disaster.
After a week of usage, it was flawless!!!! And one of my cats (Boots) d hop's into the unit, then hop's out and waits for the rakes to activate and watches it.
This contraption does work, and has really saved me alot of time and money. And, it is a sense of enjoyment watching Boots go downstairs just to activate it.
I was using the Makall Mini Litter which worked very well. I decided it is just a tad to expensive. I picked up a 14 box of Scoop Away, dumped the whole box in, and the rakes could not get through it. I took out half the stuff, and it works GREAT.
Two tips....
1. You do not have to buy the Receptacles. I just pull them out and dump out the contents into the garbage and put it back into the collector. Just wash your hands afterwards if you are inviting me over for dinner.
2. The rake got stuck tonight when it was going back to the original start position. I pulled the rake out, sprayed a little WD-40 on the plastic contacts, good to go.
3. Be carefull of cat amuzement.
This product has made my life so much easier.
I have seen so many complaints on this product, I just do not understand why? It's really strange. It really works well.
 New littermaid a great waste of money, used to have the old type October 7, 2008
I previously had two of the old style littermaids, which weren't perfect but still much better than traditional litter boxes. I also got the littermaid cart (not by littermaid) which was expensive but very much worth it, no receptacle buying or touching, empty the trash can every 10 days for 2 cat household. Anyway, my old littermaids went on the fritz and were unrepairable and out of warranty, I had them for three or four years. New littermaid is defintely lighter material.
a) clumps get stuck behind the rake so you must still scoop them out.
b) as litter/clumps are scooped out, the litter falls to the side making a pile of litter for you to clean up. It's also a waste of litter.
c) this new elite littermaid only worked (for me) with the 'littermaid' brand litter, which is a small bag at $11.99 a pop at my local Petsmart. It says it is a 1 month supply but I go through a bag in about 5 days, I have two medium sized tabbies but also this litter box is a big litter waster. Lots of unused litter is scooped out with the clumps along with litter falling out in a pile to clean up. This is very expensive!
d) it is still noisy, a slight noise improvement but we can still hear the litterbox, located in our downstairs laundry room, hear it all the way upstairs in our bedroom.
e) shame on me, I bought two thinking that they'd be great. A monumental waste of money. I am seriously considering chucking these or giving them away to goodwill (that would be badwill though!) and getting the old style again. My cats like the fresh step litter and it lasted longer in the old style littermaid and you get a whole lot more for $11.99.
My advice, don't buy the new elite, buy the old style. It isn't perfect but it is an improvement, and use the fresh step litter with the old one. Only the littermaid litter worked for me with the elite.
Too bad one is the lowest rating you can give it! October 7, 2008
I am on my third version of this product. It is horribly designed. The motor is underpowered, and it cannot deal with 2 cats. The litter level cannot be above the lowest fill line level because the motor can't move more litter than that. It is extremely poorly made. Unfortunately, I'm stuck using it because my cats refuse to use the automatic litter box that uses crystals, which is a much better system. Please save your money. If you have just one cat, it is at least livable, but with two cats, it sucks! The old version, without the removable rake, worked much, much, much better. And as for the air filter supposedly built in, I've never once seen it clear any odors.
Couldn't Pay Me Enough October 3, 2008
That about sums it up. Couldn't pay me enough to ever buy this model again. Constant having to reset because it couldn't clear debris. Too much litter, too little litter, cat sneezed in litter box, you name it, this unit malfunctioned. To top it all off, less then 30 days of use, it dies, forcing me to order another working unit and paying for expidited shipping so my cat isnt without a litter box. Now I got to find a box to ship it back in, after all who keeps the boxes after you set up the thing?
I have to rate it by star, amazon.com listen up, you need to over ride that. Given a choice, I would give it a negative 3 stars.
Waste of money October 3, 2008
This product is awful! Don't waste your money. It stopped working the second day I owned it. I spend more time cleaning out this litter box than I do the old fashioned kind.
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