My cats were scared of this at first and now it's like a toy box! They will occasionally use it for it's purposes, but for the most part they want to go in and play and fling litter everywhere. This has to be near a plug obviously so the bathroom is not ideal unless you want a cord across the counter. The god news is, it self cleans so by the time they go play in it, it has been cleaned. Just pull the scrape box and empty it for easy clumping cleanup.