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HomePet SuppliesLitter & HousebreakingLarge Framed Sifting Litter Pan CP5 (Assorted Colors) |
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36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
 Best non-automatic litter disposal system w/better directions! Jun 05, 2010
By L. HILL
"LadyWinter"
This is an excellent product, second only to my Litter Robot. Instead of inserting the sifter into the "in use" pan, I put it in the unused pan. When time to sift, I just pour the litter from the "in use" pan into the empty pan with the sifter. I lift the sifter, dump the sifted contents into the trash, pour the litter back into the "in use" pan, put the sifter back into the empty pan, and put the "in use" pan on top. All this in less time than it would take me to scoop! It is my opinion that the instructions would be better illustrated this way--no potential for clumps stuck to the sifter. Hope this helps!
25 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Great pans for wood pellets! May 10, 2010
By John Crichton
I recently made the switch over to wood pellets from clay-based litters. In doing so, I needed to buy some new litter boxes, and the Van Ness sifting pans seemed to fit the bill.
I've been using them for two weeks now and love how easy they are to use. I don't know how well they would work with clay-based litters - I never really liked the sifting litter boxes I had used when I used to use clay.
However, for wood pellets (which are biodegradable, odor absorbing, cheaper, and last longer) it works great. The sifting slots are big enough to let all of the sawdust fall through, but the solid pellets and solid waste remain on top. It's also nice that they give you an extra bottom pan to swap out when cleaning. The boxes themselves easily fit my cats (one is rather large at around 15 lbs.) and they had no problem adjusting to them from the XL Booda Domes we used to use.
I purchased 3 of these (one for each cat), and I would definitely recommend them to anyone else using wood pellets for litter.
24 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Don't buy for Feline Pine litter Sep 24, 2010
By T. Shepard
"stockbridger"
This would be a great litter box for some litters, especially with the double bottom trays that make cleaning easier. However, contrary to a previous review, I found this box bad for Feline Pine wood pellet litter. The slots in the top sifting pan are exactly the same size as the Feline Pine pellets, so pellets block most slots. In addition, the top sifting pan does not sit sufficiently high above the pan below it. Both lead to powder piling up very quickly in the top pan, defeating part of the purpose of Feline Pine.
If you use Feline Pine (and I recommend that highly) Feline Pine Original Cat Litter, 40-Pound Bags, buy the box made specifically for it, sometimes offered on Amazon but, if not, at [...]. It has the right sized holes in the top tray and the proper height difference and thus works terrifically. It costs a bit more but is completely worth it.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Best I've Found So Far Apr 03, 2011
By J. Beach
"Mwa"
I bought one of these and like it better than a standard scoop litter box. I read the review from the person who puts the litter in the box without the sifter and then dumps it into the box with the sifter to separate the clean litter from the doo. I tried this and it works better than the instructions that come with the box. I bought a second one and it takes me about 3 minutes to clean both with only occasional use of a scoop to loosen debris.
The elevated sides do not keep my cat from flinging litter everywhere. I think she knows it frustrates me and that's why she does it.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Works ok for pine litter Aug 10, 2010
By Eclectic Reader
I've only used this for pine litter not clay. It works ok. The best thing about it is that underneath the screen I line the bottom pan with 1/2 a kitchen garbage bag and some newspaper (the newspaper of the free weeklys fits perfectly) The cats can't tear the plastic or paper because it's protected by the sifting part. Clean-up is much easier. Also the second pan is super convenient and can even be used as a litter box independently of the hood in a pinch. Hood is nice for keeping litter inside when the cats are pawing at the litter to cover up. (It's obvious this thing is not meant to be picked up by the hood - as long as you always pick it up using the pan portion it will not fall apart or dump litter on the floor.)
Where it doesn't work great is that only some of the saw dust falls through. (Urine without sawdust will also fall through... but lining the bottom pan makes this less problematic) A lot of it gets stuck in the holes along with the pellets sometimes requiring a lot of tapping. It was taking me a lot longer to clean the litter than my other litter box where I use clay. I was going to give up on pine all together (my cats don't like it as much as the soft clay), but I altered my methods and after scooping the poop, scoop up the areas of "sawdust mountains" and basically sift it so the saw dust falls into the trash and the pellets stay in the scoop. Then I can get by without doing the whole tapping thing/change everything every day. (It's hot and pine does not have great odor control.)
Overall I think I can live with this system, despite it's imperfections. Less silica dust which is key for me. Litter box overall is cleaner. Pine pellet tracking is overall easier to deal with than clay tracking. Will get another sifting box for my second cat. My other cat is BIG and I've seen him use this litter box - it's a little on the small side for him. Still deciding whether to reorder this or experiment with a different sifting box to see if it works better.
DEC 2011 EDIT:
Since I wrote the review I've tried the x-large Van Ness sifting pan (highly recommend avoiding - doesn't work for feline pine at all) and the boxes specially designed for Feline pine (as well as the Litter Robot). It's definitely worth buying the litter boxes from feline Pine over this one even though they are more expensive. They do work so much much better than this that I ended up getting a second Feline pine pan despite still having this one. They do lack the convenience of that second solid pan that this one has - so I actually use my no longer used Van Ness pans to put the sifting part of the feline pine pan on while I'm cleaning out the bottom part. So I've downgraded this from four to three stars since while it is marginally acceptable for Feline Pine, it is considerably more bother than just using Feline Pine's. I have to admit though with a 100% Feline Pine household I had some issues of one of my two cat peeing outside the litter box. I ended up getting a Litter Robot (which gave me much pause because of the price) which has worked great (However, one must have clumping litter with the litter Robot so it is not compatible with feline pine pellets). The best thing is that the cats exclusively poop in the litter robot but do use my two feline pine boxes to pee sometimes. Since feline pine works great with pee but not so much with poop this is the best of all worlds and I believe both my cats are happier. I am definitely happier and spend a lot less time dealing with the litter boxes. Bottom line: it's worth paying more for the Feline Pine Pan over this one if you use the pellet form of Feline Pine.
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