CatLink Scooper Self-Clean Cat Litter Box Luxury Pro

BOTH CATS REFUSE TO USE THE LITTER BOX. I can't tell you about litter spread... well, I guess I can, IT'S ZERO which should get 5 stars BUT it's zero because they WON'T TOUCH IT, so that brings it back down to 0 stars if I could, but I can't, so we'll make it 1 star shall we? As for dust production, it's zero, which should earn 5 stars... BUT that's because they won't touch it, so again, that's 0-1 stars.

As for disposing of and replacing litter, I can't tell you as we haven't done it cos the 2 cats WON'T USE IT. Again, ZERO STARS cos we should've replaced this several times from November to February, but NOPE, NOT ONCE. No cr#p, no pee so no need.

Does the litter absorb odours? No, not at all because they're trashing in the old litter boxes and the Luxury Pro doesn't have odour absorbing ventriloquist powers, as far as I can tell, so any odour absorption is due to our very expensive walnut litter, which we're still having to buy because we can't use the luxury pro. So luxury pro ZIP, walnut litter 4 stars.

PS We got the expensive extras, wanting to MINIMISE OUR TIME SCOOPING THE POOPING but, alas, NO. Expensive extras also get 0-1 stars because we haven't used them cos the kitty cats refuse to.

On a serious note, with the cost of living, we saved and splurged on this BEFORE CHRISTMAS as a treat, cos this thing is expensive. Well MERRY POOPY CHRISTMAS to us!

Reasonably happy with the litter box to start with, but after a year or so we started experiencing glitches and it has became increasingly unreliable to the point (3 years on) we now check it every time we walk past, often forced to manually initiate a cycle The unit also has lots of nooks, crannies and separate internal panels that trap (dirty) litter, making it almost impossible to properly clean and our cats become reluctant to use it.

The kicker dragging down the score is the cost associated with even the smallest/simplest of spares: $100 flat rate shipping applied to EVERYTHING! So the light plastic $25 clip-in sifting screen, with delicate easily broken clips (if you clean it as recommended) becomes a $125 purchase!

A side issue was our dog took to snuffling for “cat truffles” in the litter box, and opened up her head on some sharp brackets on the inner edge of the litter box entry. Not really an issue for cats but it’s just a poor design.

Bottom line, we’re investigating OTHER options and cannot recommend this product.

Cheap product, short life span – Stay far away from this brand. As you don’t have to scoop 5-6 times a day this is a great product for your convenience. But Catlink Australia is a terrible brand and also unreliable. I got myself pro luxury one. Only lasted for 28 months. I notices few things about Catlink scooper is that start smelling after 2-3 days. Too expensive as well. Shouldn’t be more than 400 dollars. Quality of the product looks cheap. But does what it supposed to do. With the price tag they have, should have provided the stair way with it. Which you have to buy separately for over 100 dollars. * New updates after using 2 years, the automatic option stopped working. The sensor above the trash malfunctioned. Keep saying the trash box is full. Error sign is on. Only manual function is on, that’s how it is still usable. * contacted Catlink Australia. They asked me to do few things, which I have done exactly but still not working. As the warranty is only for 1 year. There is no other options to fix it now other than using the manual option. * As 700 dollars I spent on this Catlink automatic litter including the step I had to buy separately , I am now trying to figure out if it worth the money. May be.