Great Litter - but a cloud of dust when you pour it
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2023 | Rating: 4/5 | Best Sellers in Pet Supplies
cat litter  i love and hate it  i love that i dont have to take my cat on walks and follow it around with plastic bags to pick up steaming piles of rank soft poo  so it is great that the cat can go when it wants indoors  on the other hand i never want my house to smell like a toilet so i am very particular about cat litter  i clean the litter box every day as part of my morning routine and dump and replace all the litter and sanitize the box monthlyi have tried all kinds of litter boxes from simple pans to expensive automatic selfcleaning boxes including decorative enclosed boxes hidden in nice looking wood furniture  i have a large 14 lb male cat and he is assertive with his digging and cover up  he also sometimes pees on the inside wall of the box so a high wall box is critical for us  we have found that top entry boxes are the best overall for containing waste smell and litter spray when digging as well as minimizing tracking  the basic amazon one is good but the petco brand is by far the best pricey but worth it because it has a larger walking area on the top to capture litter  this litter drops back into the box with a neat hinge when you clean it  this model is also the easiest to clean because the hinge top is very very convenient  with the amazon box you have to remove the top and put it aside  if you clean the petco box daily which is very easy to do it outperforms the expensive selfcleaning units by far in mess and odor control  cleaning daily is much easier if you keep a bag dispensing scoop handy and toss out the daily bag of wastewhen it comes to litter there are 5 critical factors imo ranked in order of importance to me as 1 is the most importantodor control  if litter doesn’t contain odor what is the point  that is its 1 jobhard clumping  scrapping a mushy litter paste off the bottom or side wall is awful messy time consuming and disgusting  plus it leaves your scoop all grosslow tracking  i don’t want litter all over the house  keep it in the box pleaseprice  it is a regular purchase so it adds up  price matterslow dust  i don’t want to feel like i am breathing in poison or getting permanent lung  damage every time i change the litter boxhere is my breakdown of some of the leading brands  note the best solution is lastdr elsey’s ultra total 19 pointsodor control  55555 stars i never smell waste even after 30 days of usehard clumping  4444 stars works pretty good for 15 days in the second half of the month i am occasionally scraping pasty off the walls but not always it is pretty good for most of the monthlow tracking  4444 stars  the granules are large enough that most of them stay in box however there is always some that sticks to his feet and gets scattered nearbyprice  333 stars not the cheapest but not really expensive eitherlow dust  333 stars always a cloud of dust when i fill the box  it settles quickly and i don’t see any more until i fill it next montharm  hammer hardball total 19 pointsodor control  55555 stars i never smell even even after 30 days of usehard clumping  55555 stars fast and hard clumping pee on the side wall comes off in a clean hard clump without pasty scraping … very nicelow tracking 22 stars  the granules are very small so there is alot more trackingprice 22 stars it is priceylow dust  55555 stars no dust when i pour no dust all monthfresh step total 16 pointsodor control  4444 stars i don’t smell much but odor control starts to fade near the end of the monthhard clumping  22 stars clumping is not that great plenty of pasty scrapping especially in the back half of the monthlow tracking  333 stars  the granules are smaller so there is more trackingprice  4444 stars it is cheap and readily available in bulk at places like sams and costcolow dust  333 stars lots of dust when i pour and some dust when the cat stirs itboxie cat total 10 pointsodor control  1 star started good but in only 3 days i had the very strong odor of cat urine  no odor control after a few dayshard clumping 22 stars started good but daily pasty scrapping after 3 dayslow tracking  22 stars  the granules are very small so there is alot more trackingprice  1 stars it is crazy expensive with tons of marketing you are paying forlow dust  4444 stars some dust when i pour not much after thatmixed  the best solution i have found is to mix ⅓ arm  hammer hardball with ⅔ dr elsey  this way you get all of the benefits of dr elsey with the added hardening from arm and hammer  total 20 pointsodor control  55555 stars no smell all monthhard clumping 55555 stars already good clumping from dr elsey beefed up arm  hammer’s hardball formulalow tracking  333 stars adding the arm  hammer adds a little bit more tracking that you would just get with just dr elseyprice  333 stars not crazy  mixing makes both last longer so pricing is moderatelow dust  4444 stars less dr elsey means less dust when i pour not much after thati hope this helps