Purina Tidy Cats Breeze XL All-in-One Odor Control System

Ich hab das Klos für meinen Kater mit Niereninsuffizienz gekauft, weil er erkrankungsgemäß viel pinkelt. Da muss ich die Einlage natürlich häufiger als 1x pro Woche wechseln, aber das war ja die Idee, warum ich das Ding gekauft habe, um Urin und Kot getrennt zu entsorgen. Bin mega zufrieden damit. Klare Empfehlung.

This system arrived and needed to be assembled. It snapped together, no need for tools. I followed the directions and placed it beside the existing litter box and placed some of their feces in the new litter box. It only took 2-3 days and they were using it. What I really love is how easy this litter system is to maintain! The pool and the pee never get mixed together and form sludge in the bottom. I have 2 neutered male cats and they urinate a LOT. I have found that I need to change the pee pads once a day. BUT I also have learned that it’s not smart to be cheap. I use the Amazon Basics pee pads. They work wonderful ly. Cheaper pads are not nearly absorbent enough, and you will end up with liquid pee to clean up in the tray. Cleaning up feces is much easier since the pellets dehydrate it to the place that it looks like small dried sticks. And the absolute best part: There is NO odor! People have come to my home and we’re shocked that I had 2 cats! Very good but for you AND your cats. I HIGHLY recommend it!

I have been using the Breeze XL System for one month. I share my home with five cats, so bear in mind that my review is for a multi-cat household. I have one Breeze XL System for all of my cats and it’s working amazingly well. I will give you Pros and Cons.

Pros:
*All of my cats took to the Breeze litter system right away. They checked it out (sniffed, touched), then walk right in and used the box. They slipped around a bit on the pellets, but soon got used to that.
*I purchased one XL System and will use it for two months. At that time I’ll buy another system. The reason I’d buy a new system is because the plastic gest so scratched up, and I’m concerned that tends to hold bacteria. This is a big $$ savings because I won’t have to buy 2 new regular litter boxes, a new scoop, a new mat, and several jugs of litter each month.
*The Breeze System is so clean! At first, I used Breeze pads but I find that the pads made by Amazon work exactly as well and are much less expensive. Since I have 5 cats I do have to change the pads twice/day.
* I am saving money and space because the only mat I need is a small one in front of the entryway into the box. And the only reason I have a mat at all is because a few pellets do get kicked out and the mat catches most of them.
*Cleaning the box is easy. I keep disinfectant wipes on hand and when poop gets on the plastic I wipe it off. Once every 10 days I take the box apart, use the disinfectant wipes to wipe off the entire system except the actual litter (pellet) pan. I wash that in the bath tub with antibacterial dish soap and paper towels. Refill with pellets and the whole box is nice and clean!
* I do not notice any smell from the box, with the exception of fresh poop, of course. I scoop out poop as soon as I see it.
*The pads really are very absorbent.
*The little scoop that hangs on the box is really convenient.
*The system is so much easier on my back, it’s much less time-consuming than regular boxes.
*HUGE: there is NO dust! I’m not breathing dust when I scoop and neither are my cats when they use the box. So important!

Cons:
*For some reason the pee tends to go on only the left side of the pee pad. I wish the grill was centered, rather than set to the right of the pellet pan.
*Any kind of poop except VERY solid does get on the pellets, and often smears a bit on the plastic. It definitely tends to get on the scoop that comes with the system. I have to keep disinfectant wipes handy to wipe the poop off a few times/day. It’s impossible not to have to throw some pellets away when I scoop out the poop.
*I know a lot of people claim that pine pellets work with Breeze. Well, I tried pine (horse bedding) pellets and they did not work at all. I cannot see how they’d work with a multi-cat household. The peed-on pine dust does fall through to the pad underneath, but it also falls through to the tray and makes a mess. There were pine shavings all over the inside of the system, and that stuff was difficult to wash off. And the pine pellets simply are not as effective as the Breeze pellets are. Also, the scent of pine is strong! I live in an apartment and the scent was so powerful it made me feel nauseous. Now I’m stuck with a huge bag of pine pellets that I have to dispose of.
*The MAJOR CON with the Breeze System is that I have one cat who likes to play with stray pellets that end up on the floor. No big deal, BUT he tends to put pellets in his mouth and bite down on them. I can understand why a cat would do that because the pellets are the size of kibble. Whenever I see him playing with a pellet I immediately pick it up. That he might swallow a pellet is a scary thought. I don’t think he will, but it does cause me some stress.

That’s about it from me! Overall, I am delighted with the Breeze System and will continue to use it. Buying Amazon pads and pellets costs something, yes- but really, I don’t think I’m spending quite as much as I would be using traditional litter boxes. And the convenience of the Breeze System is exceptional.

This is the best litterbox I’ve ever used. It’s really big and roomy, which, in my opinion is essential for cats of any size to be able to move around comfortably. Ever since switching to larger litter boxes, it has eliminated accidents outside of the box.
Initially I was using the XL high sided scatter shield litterbox, which I liked. However, I use paper pellet litter, and I was having to waste litter every week because the wet litter kind of disintegrates into “dust” and holds onto odor. Though I scoop the solids and as much wet litter as possible daily, I would still have to dump the whole thing every week because it’s impossible to separate the dusty stuff from the pellets and scoop out, so I really wanted to try a litterbox with the the holes in the bottom for the dust and excess urine to fall through. The breeze system is perfect for that.
I was hesitant to try this litterbox for a while because the sides of the litterbox rest on top of the base. I have a male cat who is a high pee-er, and I was worried that the urine would trickle down into the cracks between and leak. But when I finally decided to give it a tey, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the edge of the sides that rests on the base has a groove, so the edge of the base sits between the groove, so it does not leak! I was also pleasantly surprised that the side of the litterbox are not straight, but curve inward slightly, and so this seems to have eliminated my cat from peeing up over the side like he would sometimes do with our other high sided litterbox. So the Breeze system has eliminated all our problems, and I go through so much less litter. I still scoop solids and wet litter daily because I just like a clean litterbox, and feel it’s more sanitary. I never have to dump my litter anymore, I just scoop what is dirty out, and the rest falls through the holes in the bottom. The remaining litter is clean and has no odor. I do not add more litter until its time to sanitize the box itself. To sanitize the box, I wait until the litter is low, move it all to one side, spray a paper towel and wipe down that side. Dry it, and move the litter to that side and clean the other side. Then I I add more litter to fill it. I’m never wasting ANY litter this way. I find this litterbox fairly easy to clean, too.
There are some cons, but the pros by far out way them for me. The cons are
1. You do have the extra expense of buying the pee pads for the bottom. However, the Amazon ones are cheaper and good quality, and they the size fits pefectly. And I only have to change the pads once a week, so in the long hall, the cost of per pads is far far less than what litter was costing me every month. I bought the pack of 40 and only using 1 a week, I will not have to buy more them for quite some time.

2. If you’re using pellets litter, wet litter does sometimes gunk up in the holes. Not a ton. And sometimes small pieces of broken litter get caught. This is easy to clean, I just take toothpick and punch everything through simple, bit can be time consuming so I stay on top of it every time I clean so that it doesnt get bad.

3. My cat senior cat had stones in his bladder causing UTIs, and his urine wad smelling insanely strong of ammonia. I was having to change the pads every other day to keep the odor down until his UTI was treated and gone. So I obviously had to buy pee pads much more often at the time, still worth it. BUT, normally, as long as your cat has normal urine, there is no odor until a week when the pee pad is full. There may be the slightest smell of urine, of course, but only when you’re taking it out. It does not make the room smell.

4. It is quite large and does take up space. It’s still worth it to my to have my cat be able to go comfortably and not have accidents. There are small versions, but they ate not suitable for large cat breeds.