Sunday, June 15, 2014

Litter Genie Sample and Share


 

I have been eager to try the new Litter Genie ever since I saw this product on Crowdtap and I was very excited to be selected for the sample and share opportunity. I have two cats and while I love them dearly, I do not love their litter and the smell it leaves after they do their duty (doodie is more like it). I was excited to try anything that would make the task easier and help keep the smells in check. 

Before I get started sharing about the Litter Genie itself, I want to introduce the two bundles of joy that make all the stink my house.

Smokey




This is my first cat Smokey. She is enjoying a nice morning nap on a freshly cleaned blanket. Her pastimes are sleeping on our blankets and clothes, eating and smelling grass, and ensnaring my hands into her bear trap of claws and agony. I'm not kidding, she goes into the position showing me her belly to invite me in for a belly rub and then BAM....my hand is under attack! Look at those eyes and you know she has MURDER on her mind.

Bandit
My boy cat Bandit spends most of his hours in his special place.....the dirty clothes hamper. The hamper is in a dark closet and he was pretty upset that I had to turn the light on an interrupt his many hours of napping. When he is not napping he watches out the window patiently waiting for a bird or lizard to come by for him to attack. He forgets the window is there and comedy ensues. Watching that cat jump into the window just never gets old.

Litter Genie

So I was pretty happy when the package arrived so I immediately started work to get the genie setup.

 


I got a bit tripped up by the bag at first but with a little effort I got it setup and began scooping some of the fresh turds and pee into the genie....and there are always fresh turds and pee in our litter box!!! I get to scooping and then pulled on the trap door thingy and WHOOSH....the pee and turds were gone!!




I have two cats so there is no shortage of dirty litter to scoop, but I was kind of sad when a days worth of pee and poo filled up the bottom storage area. I was really hoping the genie would be a bit larger and store more than 1 days were of litter from my cats.

Despite this setback, I go on with my day running errands and 8 hours later I come home and notice NO pee or poo smell!!! This thing really works well to lock in the odors! We have purchases several of the larger dome litter pans to try to help with the smell issue and nothing has worked as well as the litter genie.....kudos for coming up with a way to truly lock in the odors. Call my impressed!

One last test.....does my cat approve of the litter genie. Smokey was curious but as you can see I think she approves of the genie. I may have cheated a bit by spraying cat nip nearby but we do what we have to do to please our kitties!!!
 



Final Thoughts
I was a little disappointed in the size and find that I would go through bags quickly with 2 cats. However, the genie truly does lock in the odors in a way that no litter box ever has so I am inclined to deal with changing bags often to improve the odor issue in our home.

To welcome the litter genie into the house we tagged with our kitties names so everyone knows that Smokey and Bandit's poo goes here!