Cat Genie Self-Flushing Litter Box Review (We Tested it for 3 Weeks) 

I think she is the only one who tries everything Instead of just creating thumbnails

The cats walking around with paws wet with urine seems like a complete disqualifier.

Your videos are amazing! I really like that you add the navigation to your videos. Very few youtubers seem to use that.

I’ve had a cat genie for 8 years and I’m on my 3rd variation, the Cat Genie AI. I will say it is by far the best of the 3 versions. Setup is a breeze. Cooked poop is much less of a problem. I have 3 cats and 2 Cat Genies and I will never go back to any other litter system. I’ve never had the wet paws issue, mainly because I have it on cat activation so it’s cleaned after every use. One tip if you continue to use it, move your drain hose so it exits out of the back. Having the actual unit crimping the hose like that could cause a clog.

Thanks for this awesome review! You gave a lot of great info!!! Love watching you guys!!! 💕

Thank you for your honesty and review!

Thank you for this review it was extremely helpful. 👍 Sounds like you were really trying to give a polite yet honest review. This really helped me to decide whether this would work for me and my kitties.

Thank you for making a review without any annoying carry-on!

THANKS A MILLION FOR YOUR VALUABLE EFFORTS. ALL THE LOVE SIS

Another great review, I had been thinking of this but guess I'll be sticking with my Petsafe litter box for the scooping and I'll keep changing the litter itself, thank you!

Thank you for this video. You're very informative, and I appreciate this.

I love my cat genie; couldn't live without it!

Thanks so much for the vid saved me from a unwanted expensive headache.

I have one of these and cannot fault! No odor! I haven't replaced my granules for 18months with 2 cats! Also.. There is a mat which is available which stops the scatter.. The bowl is ample and I have no issues with odor or loss of granules.. The system saves a lot of money purchasing good litter.. The best thing ever invented!! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️

I really appreciate you testing this out and giving your review of it. It was very thorough and informative. Personally I think it's too much work and if you have a multi-cat household where one cat wants to use a litter box right after another one if it's going through the wash cycle the second cat is out of luck for a while! Thank you again much appreciated

I worked out after 3 years it costs $19.50 AUD a month for 2 cats if you only run the cat genie once a day. the original cat little i used to get was $30 a bag and we had to get a new bag fortnightly. We also have the dome and a newer version mat that stops bead spread and we also keep it in our laundry room and we have a cat flap on the dividing door to keep the smell out during cleaning

best cat related reviews ever. thanks for being so thorough about the pros and cons of products while remaining mostly unbias/objective. i like how you can give your opinion but it doesnt sound like you strongly like or dislike the product personally. it makes it easier for people contemplating purchasing something

Wonderful you were terrific in explaining every thing. Thank you♥️♥️♥️

It's a great concept. The person that put this unit together is a genuis. Love ours .

Thank you for your video! I loved the idea of a self flushing/cleaning litter box, but getting the inside scoop on the product helped me to make a better informed decision.

Love your website. Very thorough information.

Great review! I like to see how other cats experience goes with it. I got a cat genie in 2012 and have had a good experience. I have one cat, he used it right away, I can mention he was flunking citiKitty training at the time, he kept going doing his business in the sink or tub. I set the machine to cat activation mode so I have never experienced the wet paws issue. That cooked poop smell during the dryer cycle is horrible, horrible, horrible! I nearly returned it just for that. But I discovered leaving the bathroom fan on all the time is enough, besides once the dryer cycle is done there is no smell at all. Being kept in a guest bathroom one time a guest didn't know why the hose was in the toilet bowl and removed in putting in on the floor without telling me. Horrible cat sewage water was all over my floor when it ran it's next cycle, so make sure anyone using your toilet are aware do not remove that tube! After that I actually ended up putting the machine inside the bathtub and adjusted the wastewater tube over a funnel into the tub drain. I just run clean tub water briefly each day and the drain doesn't clog. This is a guest bathroom which the tub wasn't being used anyway so this set up has worked well in my home for years. I like the peace of mind knowing if the machine ever breaks the sewage is confined to that tub. Catgenie has stopped working a handful of times, it gave specific alarms, the user manual describes what each alarm means and every time I was able to fix the problem on my own and get it working again. The granules would track out on his paws a lot but having in the tub helps, now he has to jump over the edge so more of them tend to stay in the tub. The expense of the cleaning solution, maintenance cartridges, and occasionally buy more granules honestly cost about the same as traditional litter. But the convenience of never scooping or lugging dirty litter around is well worth it to me. But yeah same machine for 9 years running pretty amazing imo

Very thorough review, as always! Thanks! I think this could be a good idea but still needs a lot of development and years before I puchase it🤷‍♀️

This was very informative. I wanted this liter box at one time . This is not for my cats. Thank you for the details.👍🏽

Hey guys! Hope you found this review helpful. We also have some more information that may help you to decide whether or not you want to try this self-cleaning litter box. Petnovations Ltd., the company behind Cat Genie, contacted us and requested that we clarify the following details: 1. It is not recommended that you use an extension cord with the Cat Genie. The Cat Genie user manual discourages this practice due to fire hazard. 2. While it is normal to see some waste lingering in the toilet after one use, your toilet will self-level, eventually resulting in a full flush. The toilet bowl should be 98% clean after three uses. 3. In Cat Activation mode or when flushing after each use, there should not be any risk of your cat stepping in their own urine. 4. According to the company's sales data, users typically purchase no more than 2-3 boxes of litter and 5.8 SaniSolution cartridges each year.

I love the cat genie. The main problem is taking it apart for cleaning but after a few times, it gets easier. My cat genie is hooked to my my washing machine plumbing. Cats adapted well to using it.

Very informal and personal. Watching your video definitely helps me decide.

thank you for the honest review! It really helps to make decision

We love ours. Bought two, one is hidden inside a large cabinet in the laundry room, the other inside a bathroom tub that we don't use. Not having to scoop or dump and having it dispose automatically is great.

Excellent review. Thankyou. Absolutely LOVED kitty 'sticking it to the man' with protest poop

Very, very informative and helpful. Thanks.

this was such a thorough review! really appreciate it. i'm still debating if i want to try this, but i and my husband suffer from medical issues so it might actually be helpful. however....we have a multiple cat household so ew...don't know if this would actually be a real option for us. thank you so much!

Great review. God bless You!

EXCELLENT video - thanks very much! I'm 'investigating' owning a Cat Genie. My circumstance is my new (rescue) cat drinks a LOT and I've been cleaning his litter box twice a day. I used to be able to leave town for 2-3 days, and my (former) cats were just fine... this one requires more oversight. The Cat Genie does offer a hands-free advantage, but your video answered MANY questions I had about it. Now it's almost $600 to get in, and the supplies are more expensive than when the video was produced. Maybe the next generation Genie will be more attractive. Thanks again!

This was super helpful, thank you.

I just love your cats! They are the best product testers. My kitty hates any change.

Thank you so much for this video. So helpful.

This wouldn’t be for me but I love your reviews on products!!

Thank you. Your review was super helpful. I was suspicious of cat genie because the website has hundreds of obviously fake reviews.

Excellent video! Thank you!

This is an outstanding review. Because of this review I understand that I am the perfect candidate for the CatGenie.

Appreciate this was an actual (honest) review. Unfortunately YT is full of paid fake reviews. Good job. This was the first video i saw on your channel and will now watch more because of your trustworthiness!

Oh man, you just broke my heart. I'd just heard about this and wanted one so badly. But who wants heated up Pooh??

We were pretty turned off when we realized how long the cycle was. We're VERY happy with our Litter Robot, though! We've been using it for two years now and it's great.

Very helpful. Thanks!

I love the Liter Lou!

Thank u so much! I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT CATS AND FOR CATS! So thank u really

Yes, good video, well done.

Thanks for saving me the money on this product. 😁

Our experience has been much different -- Ours gets all solid waste every cycle. The only odor has been the laundry-like scent of the Sani-solution. Our cats seem to love it. We bought the AI version, so I get daily usage reports on my mobile device. Generally, it seems to be about 7 visits, and 5 cycles per day, and the max was 14 visits and 11 cycles. Scatter and tracking is far less than the Scoop-Free it displaced. We retained the Scoop-Free as an alternate, as well as two conventional boxes using Feline Pine. Since introducing the CatGenie, the pine litter gets used less frequently, and mostly for urine. The Scoop-Free is seeing less traffic as well, however one cat seems to still like it. Our users are four female cats.

You are a wonderful narrator

Thank you for the video, really appreciated your thoughts, the closed captioning is off in timing though!

Best review.

I had 2 of these - and with an elderly cat who leaves small pieces of poo, the smell was HORRIFIC when it went thru the dry cycle. I still have the unfortunate smell memory of that. Was so disgusting I got rid of them both. Then tried the Litter Robot - loved that for years but got sick of the pita cleaning of it. Was pretty gross to clean. Finally got rid of that and went back to scoopable plastic litter boxes that I can toss/replace when they get gross. (and yes, I clean them monthly)

I just purchased one, after seeing at a friends house. If someone have 1 cat okay, but I have 5 cats, it took a little be ( same day) but, all 5 cats used the cat genie, for me I found the machine awesome but, again for 1 cat . My machine I have it for 1 week now , it cost me $500 it’s a different model as far as the settings, there is only 1 option cat mode on or manual. Now what I see bad is the amount of water that it’s consumed in every cycle, once again, I think ideal is for 1 cat otherwise is a lot of water it washes twice, also 38min every cycle . Thank you for the video.

J'ai hâte d'avoir cette litière mais j'ai surtout remarqué que la propriétaire était vraiment très mignonne !!

I've been using the catgenie for 5+ years never had a issue. We got 3 cats all used it well.

I've had several CatGenie litter boxes for over 10 years and have been very happy with this product. There are a lot of negatives in this video that seem a bit unfair - like not mentioning that the granules are biodegradable, the cartridges are recyclable, it is safe for septic systems, uses only a small amount of water and electricity and is cost effective compared to buying clay/oil based cat litter for the life of your cat. Also, this box saves TONS of cat litter from going to the landfill (and their respective containers). You no longer have to transport, fill, scoop and remove waste using clay based litter. The convenience alone is worth the price - not to mention your cat will always have a clean litter box (it doesn't have to wait on you to clean it!). Everyone I have talked into trying one of these still has it today - don't judge something without trying it first :)

We love our cat genie! As she said, it's certainly not perfect, but it's a great appliance for our household. We have several litter trapping mats outside the box.

Urine wet feet sealed the deal. It's going to be a "No" for me. Thank you for doing the legwork on this for us!

My husband and I had this for 2 years and finally switched to a different box. The one thing we didn’t even think about is the maintenance of the actual hardware. There’s a proprietary maintenance solution you can use which completely messed up a box of granules for us, so we decided to just take it apart and clean all the necessary parts. It was DISGUSTING. Think about all the waste that runs through it for the duration of 6 months getting caked up in the bottom. There’s a little plastic sensor stick thing that you have to take the whole thing apart to get to, and if it gets too much waste on it, you have to dig it out and wipe it off. All in all it just required too much work to keep up with. We just ended up getting the Scoop Free box, and it’s been so much nicer. We use the reusable pan and just hose it down when we have to change the litter. We also like that it doesn’t wake us up in the middle of the night.

I have owned 3 variants of the Cat Genie. While I wish they would just sell the control unit, I have not found a better liter box. Our cat used to clog the clumping liter box robot cleaners due to his diabetes. It was never an issue with the cat genie. We have ours connected to our clothes washer in the laundry room. We put a mat below it so any lose granules are rubbed off when the cats exit it. We have never had an issue with wet paws. It is a much cheaper, odour free and relatively maintenance free solution then paying $40/month for clumping liter.

Thank you for this thorough review. I definitely don’t think this is a worthwhile investment for me and my sanctuary- maybe when it gets some significant improvements. One concern that alarmed me is when you said that plastic pellets were being dumped into the toilet. That sounds like a big concern. I would think an expensive plumbing problem would develop.

I love your videos!

We have had a cat genie for either 11 or 12 years now. We just got the genie AI and it's far far much quieter then the 120. My daughter and I have asthma and the cat litter itself was causing problems for us. However, the cat genie ended all those problems and we were able to keep our cats. By far it's the best cat box out there. We have two cats and haven't had any problems. I have installed it, relocated it and moved it to two new house.

I love mine!

Thanks for making this review. I was seriously thinking about getting this litter box, but the wet paws, the lack of full cleaning and the length of time it is unavailable for use changed my mind about it.

We just got Nina a Tidy Cats XL Breeze because she wasn’t fully get in her old Arm & Hammer sifting box. That system is working pretty darn well,please and thank you. And this thing wouldn’t fit in either of our bathrooms!

Based on this review I'm going to pass on purchasing this unit. Thank you for your honest review of this product. The negatives for me outweigh the positives. Especially since there are so many issues that can arise. Cheers!

this is awesome!!

I bought the Cat Genie for my cats. I installed it in my laundry room. The waste tube is in the drain of my water heater. THe plastics pallets are BIODEGRADABLE. I love it! The 2 things I don’t like is the pallets all over my condo, including in my bed!! And the second is that once in a while, tiny pieces of 💩 don’t get caught in the basket and when the drying cycle is on, it smells 💩. Considering everything, it is a very good product!

I just bought 40L plastic boxes, loaded them with wooden pellets. Showered the pellets with baby powder every 3 days and change the litter once a week. I have 2 X 40L boxes.... For 6 cats (5 Burmese show cats) and 1 domestic ginger. No odour, no plumbing, no hastle.

We had one and the mechanism that was there to break up the solid waste needed to be taken apart and cleaned manually from time to time.

I have owned the Cat Genie now for 3 + years. I will never have a regular litter box again. The Cat Genie has been amazing! It works great! Plus it is healthier for your cat! Yes it makes noise but generally it is not in the same room as you so truthfully it should not be an issue! You can also set the Genie to manual mode. This way if your worried about your cat not being finished going to the bathroom, you can solve this issue by manual mode and this way when you know your cats sleep schedule have it go at that time. You also can set how many times the genie runs. My genie has already paid for itself. Think about how much you keep paying for litter by changing it and throwing it out. I buy solution twice a year and in the end it is still less than what I paid for litter in a year. My cat has never not once had wet paws either! The genie dries the litter after each wash cycle. Also as a heads up, Cat Genie has an amazing customer service. So if your machine is having an issue call them! I highly recommend this product to every cat owner!

Thank you

Fantastic review thank you! 🐈

Probably getting one.

One item not reviewed that may make the thing more cat-cozy is a two-part snap-in dome attachment for the box which creates a very cozy poop igloo that might also help contain odors. Would've been nice to see you try that out here. Otherwise, very good review.

I think for a little extra money, I’d rather get the Litter Robot. Great review, though!

I’ve been going back and forth between getting this litter box or the litter robot. I thought I would way prefer this one. But I think now I may actually like the litter robot more. Too bad that ones more expensive lol

I completely appreciate this video this video has saved me lots of money by not buying this device because the cleaning cycle is 17 minutes long along with drying the granules and I have four cats and when I called the company they said you could use up to three cats and what are the other cats going to do during that 17 minutes as you still have to use a litter box

Note that flushing litter is strongly discouraged if you live near a coastline, as some feline parasites end up making their way into the water system. California law actually requires litter to have a statement telling consumers not to flush it ( FGC § 4501 ) .

When I’m able to get a cat I plan on getting one of these

I have a drain and water connection in my garage where I keep my cats at night. So no issues with noise or smell. If my main priority is urine flushing, (I’m happy to scoop solids), then this should be pretty good for that singular purpose right?

Do you plan on reviewing the ChillX AutoEgg Self-Cleaning Litter Box?? There aren't very many thorough reviews on it yet making it difficult to decide whether it's worth it or not!

Yep, thanks for this reviews. I saw their video and suspected this. Without cleaning the granules and removing all material from the granules there will always be wasted granules. I have not created my self cleaning box yet but also , ALSO doesn't this thing have to be hooked with plumbing to a drain of some type ? What if your pets are not by a drain ? That is another problem I see for many including rescue groups.

I cat sat for people that owned 2 of these and had 3 cats. The only problem I have had with it was it was CONSTANTLY running with all the cats using it. That grinding noise it makes is ingrained into my brain forever, much rather spend a couple minutes to quietly clean by hand personally. It also clogged during one of my stays and was a nightmare to fix. I've been sitting there for 5 years now and it has only clogged during my stays once so take that as you will!

I love mine i have mine for a year now love it

Im just wondering with all these automated systems, is it only so people don't have to scoop anymore or are there other perks to it as well? Personally I dont mind the twice a day scooping, its maybe 5 minutes a day in total. I've got 2 cats and 2 very large litterboxes. One is in the backroom in my house and the other in the shed. (My yard is catified, they cant get out) I never have odor issues either (I also use petadore air eliminator with the one in the house)

Can you do a review of the Catit SmartSift litterbox? I literally just learned about it and it seems like a pretty good product, so I was naturally curious about what you'd think of it.

Shes the only one who has negative things to say about the cat genie, I have 5 cats, and have fostered over 170 cats and kittens, and its the best thing ever!!!! I have tried everything out there that could make my life and litter routine easier. The cat genie is the best and only one I would purchase again!

You should do a “Lams” cat food review

Your ginger cat seems quite spooked by it too

Definitely not getting that. That whole process is too much

The time the granules last is based on 1 cat 2 cats they won't last as long. I also noticed that you had the Catgenie sitting on the hoses. Hopefully you will rectify this. We just set one up so will see how it goes. Looks ok so far

My husband forgot to turn off the auto cycle and our cat was terrified with the cat genie after one experience getting caught near that noisy thing when they needing the litter box. She never came near it again. Very expensive experience

Fire! Extension cord must be 15 amp rating the heater/blower pulls as much power as a hair dryer

Have you ever tried the chillx auto cat litter box would love to see your review on it.

Thanks for this. I'm interested in these but suspect it wouldn't work for me. I want it to work but as you said the size of the bowl is so much smaller than even our smaller cat pan. Also the non absorbent litter would be an issue for our coon and Siberian. It's a shame. Our main box is in the bathroom already and the cats are fine with it there. I would be willing to plumb in a water feed, electric and a dedicated drain so it would avoid a lot of the things I can see that would prevent people from getting on board.

I bet there’s an associated sticker shock due to the amount of power this thing must use. Imagine running a hair dryer 17 minutes at a stretch multiple times a day. And I wonder what kind of testing they did on those plastic granules regarding their impact when they inevitably end up in sewage systems and in rivers and lakes. I could swear stuff like that was banned here in Illinois.