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LitterMaid LME9000 Elite Mega Advanced Automatic Self-Cleaning Litter Box | | |
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| • | Self-cleaning litter box for extra-large cats or multiple-cat households | | • | Infrared sensor detects and rakes waste away 10 minutes after cat leaves | | • | Timer automatically resets upon re-entry; paw-cleaning ramp; "on/off" switch | | • | 4 carbon filters, 4 waste receptacles, and ionic air cleaner for reduced odor | | • | Measures 28 by 20 by 8-1/2 inches |
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Product Description
Litter pan size: Elite Mega Waster receptacles: 4 Carbon filters: 4 Ramp Ionic air cleaner Sleep timer Removable rake Scoop AC adaptor Operates with batteries Unit color: white Accents: blue
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| Customer Reviews: Read 192 more reviews...
 Wasteful Awful Machine January 9, 2009
Richard Hohn (Miami, FL USA)
I had been using two Littermaid boxes for over 4 years, then last year one box died so I decided to get this new model. Amazon was great they had to send three, yes three, before I could get one that worked. It lasted exactly 16 months before the mechanism went crazy and started grinding gears at 4AM. In that period of time I was going through 40 pounds of litter a month for two cats because this device drags the waste through the litter and into the bin and by doing that takes a good deal of clean litter with the dirty. The older models lift the waste out of the ltter and drop it into the bin. If you gain any help from this review let it be this...do not waste your money on this model buy the older design, hey buy two and you'll still be ahaead.
It stinks worse than what it doesn't scoop January 8, 2009
Imn2bbq (kansas)
We had two of the older basic models which worked pretty good...This new elite STINKS.....If you buy one make sure to train your cat to pee toward the front of the litter box. If they are like ours and pee toward the back the rake will not lift out the soiled litter... The litter will turn to drywall mud and stick harder to the bottom than gum on your shoe. The other gripe is it seems to use more litter than our old models,,,I think most of it ends up under the loose fitting poop trays...
We e-mailed LitterMaid the company and thus far have gotten the run around. We have had it for about 2 months..
 Very disappointed January 6, 2009
Blair S (MD)
I had an original Littermaid for about 6 years and it finally quit on me. I purchased the Elite thinking it was the same thing - NOPE! Very poor quality....I've had this for 4 1/2 months now and I am constantly having to clean up litter UNDER the litterbox. Also, the part where the disposable container sits is really flimsy and keeps coming off anytime you move the box. The rake doesn't always catch everything either. I am so very disappointed - I used to recommend my Littermaid to everyone but this new model sucks. Sorry!
Do not buy this piece of junk! January 2, 2009
Mary T. Ryan (NYC)
I wish I had read the reviews on Amazon before I purchased the Elite 9000 and 9250. The noise it makes is unbelievable - it sounds like a jet taking off a JFK. It interrupts conversations in other rooms, and requires you to turn up the TV in the living room even though the box is inside a closet in the foyer. Try explaining to dinner guests what the racket is all about. Appetizing, no?
Further, the litter clumps tend to get trapped BEHIND the start position of the rake and so can never be scooped by the rake. You have to manually scrape and scoop this area daily to maintain function of the rake arm if your cat pees in that direction.
The rake arm tends to toss litter over the sides and there is no side retaining wall, and it is difficult to correctly thread the waste receptacle box between the box base and motor unit top as required, so there is often gapping, which spills out dirty litter and clumps between the box and receptacle - an area that is very hard to clean - and the build up of the stray litter makes it impossible to position a new receptacle even beyond the usual threading difficulty. The receptacles themselves are flimsy, and if you try to pick up a filled one with one hand, they will rip apart and deposit litter everywhere, including shooting it into your face.
After the first week, the rake arm decided it would rake with not one pass, but with FIVE passes, for no apparent reason. I could not get it to reset. It is absolute TORTURE to hear this thing start up and wonder during which of the five passes the thing will die. I have to turn it off an night, because the noise wakes me up, and I find myself in bed, counting each rake arm pass, praying it will not jam.
I finally realized I was spending more time fixing, unclogging, scooping and scraping this box than I would if I had a manual box. I got to be rather good at diagnosing problems, as virtually every Saturday I would be on the floor with the whole thing disassembled. This thing was taking over my life!
I finally woke up to the fact that this was no way to be spending my precious time when it broke again this Sunday; this time it was a piece of plastic integral to the rake arm's function that shattered and I cannot repair it. I could probably order a replacement part and keep on fiddling, but I'm DONE after 3 months of this lunacy. Now, I have the world's most expensive manual scooping litterbox. What a waste of time and money!
I have had the earlier Littermaid models - I think the 500 series - and I remember them having quirks, but being fairly reliable at least, although they do only tend to last a year or so before you need a new one. They were quieter, too. The older plastic litter receptacle used to be of heavier plastic, too, so you could actually reuse them without them falling apart. The new model is of flimsier plastic. I am thinking of purchasing a Smart Scoop box, or perhaps upgrading to a Litter Robot (litter-robot.com), which seems to have a better track record in terms of longevity and customer satisfaction. It does cost over $300, but may be worth it in the long run if because it does not have the same obvious design flaws as the Littermaid, and it does have an 18 month warranty, so it will probably have a longer life than the Littermaid usually does. I'll keep you posted.
Cleaned my wallet, but not the litterbox! December 29, 2008
Hound of the BookServile (Central, MN United States)
The items(s) were not purchased on amazon, so before the purchase I did not see or read the many negative reviews this product so appropriately deserves. I purchased two new littermaid elite mega litterboxes to replace older versions that had failed. You would think that a newer design would perform well or be an improvement. Nix that thought as the littermaid elite mega is a major step backwards. Both of the new littermaids have failed to operate new out of the box. One will not move at all, the other does not complete a cycle. Neither of the two new elite mega littermaids has performed a single cleaning cycle. I rate these littermaids a big fat zero. The company website page to get contact information or support will not load, the error message is: The page cannot be found. The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Calling the telephone number in the manual for customer support has so far been a dead end. There is not one there to answer your calls, just a message system. The company does not return phone calls when I have left contact information as instructed in their message. I'd just have to guess they know they sell junk and are avoiding overwhelmingly negative customer contact. Don't buy this product. If you must, choose a different model, different product, or simply do it the manual method with a plain old scooper and litterpan. I now have two rather expensive electrically powered litterboxes that must be cleaned manually. I will be calling the credit card company on this one for a defective product claim since the reseller nor manufacturer are neither available or willing to stand behind this shoddy product. The product is what it contains, a box of manure.
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