PETKIT PURA MAX Self Cleaning Cat Litter Tray, 76L Large Capacity Automatic Cat Litter Tray, PURA AIR Odour Control, App-Controlled xSecure Robot Litter Box for Multiple Cats with Mat & Liners

Firstly kudos to MBA1413 who wrote such a detailed review. It's nice to see people actually review a product rather than say "Not what I expected - three stars", which seems to be common these days.I thought after 2.5 months of use I should finally write a review. It won't be as detailed as the aforementioned review, but it's my verdict.I really like this product. Yes it isn't cheap. But the quality of life for me is that I don't have to tend to the tray every day. I can generally get almost a week before the bin needs emptying and that just requires pulling out a drawer, disposing of the bag, and putting a new bag in. Simple.For my cat he gets a fresh tray every time. Of course it can't get rid of every speck of matter, but fundamentally the tray is clean each time. Which has to be nicer for him. He also as result kicks litter about less due to not trying to find a 'clean spot'. Oh he still gets it all over the place, he's a cat, but it's reduced.It also means it's constantly cleaning. So if he goes while my friends around, I don't have to worry about immediate action - the tray is on the case.There is also a mat in the Pura Air version. It’s fine, it catches some of the litter. I’m not sure if it’s just easier to vacuum as getting litter out of the mat then I find creates more of a mess. My cat also is using it as a scratching mat, so it’s already missing a chunk.It does require a deep clean every now and then, which I typically do once a month. This is a reasonably involved process, but I find takes me about 30 minutes (not sure how someone took two hours in their review). It does involve removing the old litter (you fix a piece of plastic inside, then it does it automatically) and ideally involves taking the main assembly off and giving it a good clean inside. I use wet wipes as they are quick and also disinfect it. You will find that there are smears that need to be cleaned away, there's no way around that and it is a bit cumbersome, there's no two ways about it. But again it's still better than doing this on a constant basis. It's now a focused once a month activity.You may wonder the two types, I found it confusing when purchasing. The one with N50 is a odour neutraliser that you install in the waste container itself. The Pura Air is a device that fits inside the main assembly so it should trigger each time it's used and you can schedule bursts too. Or trigger them manually. It's effectively like air spray, so a perfumed burst and the cat doesn't seem to mind it.I found smells a bit more noticeable when my flat was 32c, as you'd expect. Now it's cooler I can't say I notice anything. I find the air spray seems to work when it wants to, and has stopped working again. I won't be replacing the sprays in this as I don't really feel the need or that they’re reliable or effective. I will just get a reed diffuser and put it near the tray if I feel the need in future.I have very few grumbles with it really. Some litter doesn't go quite into the waste receptacle, so when you pull out the drawer there's always some debris to sort. But it's not a big bother. The sprays as I said not that effective. And the mat is really a toss up of if you want it or not. As such the N50 version may work for most people.But I can't really find much to fault. This is a well thought out product that makes our lives easier and more pleasant.

I had a raking litter, but it broke down. I was not happy going back to a regular litter tray for my 2 cats. I splashed out on the PETKIT it comes with bags and purifier- probably lasted my first 6 months plus. I’m fortunate that I have an appliance space in my utility room which is perfect. I love the app, I can monitor my fur babies, it identifies who the users are by their weight. Their special bags my seem expensive but a pack lasts me 6 months + and they are the perfect fit and make things easier. I buy the purifier - again lasts months …. So no smell, easy clean as just changing a bag once or twice a week. I know it’s expensive, but I feel it’s worth it. The litter is so clean, when I had a kitten join the family I had to dissuade her from sleeping in the PETKIT.

Updating my original review as the litter box has deteriorated quickly during the short time I owned it and my initial review is no longer accurate. I suspect a lot of the positive reviews were written under similar circumstances, so feel it is important to update it, especially given how important getting the litter box situation right is for cats and their owners, as well as it being a very expensive mistake if it doesn’t do the intended job.My biggest issue by far was that the non-stick base of the tray stopped being non-stick after a few months - I think perhaps due to the cat urine. As a result I was having to scrape the clumps off the bottom every day, essentially meaning the box was no longer self-cleaning, which was the entire point of it. I might as well have been using a regular box if i had to scoop every day.Other issues included, small lumps of poop getting through the filter, the seal of the lid to the bin not being great, meaning a little (but enough to be unpleasant) smell would always escape even when closed, sometimes the machine believing a cat was present when not and therefore not cleaning, as well as it getting confused and stuck if a cat returned to the litterbox. These problems all meant that the cats might refuse to use the litter box (going on the floor next to it instead) and/or meant that it could not be left unattended.I always cleared it as per instructions and while not the end of the world, this was still more work than a regular box because it needed taking apart etc. But the biggest problem was that the non-stick base took ages to dry, meaning I needed another litter box for a couple of days. And increasingly, despite my efforts I was worried about bits that could not be reached, as well as the non-stick base, which increasingly became difficult to fully clean off the litter/waste stuck to it. I was also worried that as the material base was absorbing liquid, and wasn’t easy to clean, whether this was becoming a hygiene issue.My cats hated the smell of the deodorizer, and as one often follows the other into the litter box, this means the second will not use the litter box (and may use the floor instead). Although it is nice for humans and is quite effective at getting rid of the poop smell.The shape of the tray is also an issue. It is deep in the middle, which means lots of litter is required but shallow at the edges. As the cats almost always pee at the edge, this exacerbates the issue of clumps sticking to the bottom. However, it is not possible to fill the box up with enough litter to make it deep at the sides, as this would take it over the limit line and this prevents the box from filtering lumps properly, as there is not enough space for it to do so.Between the initial filling of the box and regular top ups, which are needed due to a fair amount of both clean and clumped litter being lost with every clean, and to keep at least some cover over the edges, I find this box required about twice the amount of litter as a normal one.So aside from the fact it now simply does not work, also wasn’t a time saver and couldn’t be left alone for any length of time. As a result, after about six months of stressing over this litterbox I have decided it is not worth it at all and have reverted to a normal one and do not regret the decision. Between the additional cleaning time saved, as well as that for dealing with accidents, daily scraping of the bottom, dealing with issues I have actually saved time by ditching the box and my cats seem happier too!