Neakasa M1 Plus Open-Top Self-Cleaning Cat Litter Box, 360° Safety Sensors, Advanced Odor & Leak Control, Automatic for Large & Multi-Cat Homes, Litter Mat & 2 Rolls Refill Bags Included

New (7 months): This is such a glitchy machine. Just look at the support group on Facebook. Recently, mine and apparently many others’ has started giving a “bin full” error despite the bin being empty, sensors being clean, bag smoothed out, etc. Support is useless and won’t provide a useful solution. I am a week into back and forth emails, to no avail. There is no way to hard reset this thing. So it’s useless because the programming is bad. On the day-to-day side, the liner is hard to clean. Mine has litter cemented to it. It’s otherwise in fine condition. I feel like a hard plastic liner would be just fine instead of this flimsy silicone. It works well enough for old style litter boxes. It’s a pain to get balanced just right so it won’t dump litter. The weighing feature is useless if you have cats of similar weights, and it sometimes gives totally off-kilter weights. There isn’t a way to view cat data over time, so it’s more novelty than health monitoring. You can see use throughout the day but it’s not graphed or anything to show trends. I’m just going to get the original Litter Robot I think. The physical design of this is great, but the programming and support are abysmal. Old: I have four cats. This is a lifesaver. Very pleased. Just wish the waste drawer were redesigned a little bit so the bag feels more securely tucked in. - The title was basically my biggest concern buying one of these: will my jumbo children fit? And they do! I have one maine coon-looking rescue mix (16lbs lean and super long/tall) and one that’s just lorge (16lbs fat but also long and tall). I’ll admit it’s not the same as the massive traditional litter pan I have as their backup, but this does cut down on the litter labor by a lot. If I go a day without cleaning the old pan, they’ll happily use the Neakasa because it’s clean all the time. My smaller/normal sized cats took to it without issue. One was a bit nervous, but I just topped the Neakasa off with some of the litter from the old pan. It brought the familiar stank to the new pan, and now everyone’s using it. On the note of cleaning, I love how the schedule can be adjusted. My cats tend to potty one after the other; it is a family affair to them. So I set the self-cleaning to occur 30 minutes after a cat exits. My one semi-gripe would be the waste drawer. The waste tends to pile up on one side, so it’ll alert as full when it’s really not. Just shake it and it’s fine another couple cycles. Personally, I’d like it if the drawer were a little deeper, as there’s plenty of clearance with the legs in place. The rim is its biggest pain point; it’s a grippy rubber strip that the bag folds over, and it’s a little awkward to handle. I’m always nervous putting the drawer back in that the bag is getting pushed off the rim. It would help if the bag were more recessed into the rim of the drawer, with the slider edges set above the bag attachment. Or maybe a clip on the far end to hold that more securely. I may play with it and see if I can easily DIY something there. Calibrating was hard because I couldn’t really see the measurement lines on the inside of the machine to measure out 100% capacity. But I improvised and it works. The app is not especially well translated, but it does the job and tracks usage very nicely. There are a couple instances every day or two where it seems to measure a cat weighing only a few pounds using the box, which is much smaller than any of mine. I assume it’s just the cats only going half inside to check it out though. They’re fascinated whenever the clean cycle runs. No major complaints, though. It makes my life easier and accommodates my big babies.

Wonderful product, I received the one without the trap door and I thought it would be an issue for odor but I am pleasantly surprised that there is no odor! My cats love it, they had 2 regular open top litter boxes and immediately started using this one without hassle. There is plenty of space for a 12lb cat. It’s a solid machine that’s super easy to put together and super easy to operate. All together, worth every penny! I would say it’s changed our lives, no more cleaning litter boxes every day, I empty the rather large bag every 4-5 days. As for the bad, the gray gets dirty so fast from litter dust but wipes clean rather easy. This company makes stickers to seal the bottom pad where the litter sits but you have to contact them to get the stickers rather than coming pre-installed or in the order itself.

So far is perfect.

Wow, this item is great. Four cats using it, saves so much time!!

So far so good. Cats are still adjusting so time will tell

I LOVE this litter box! In the week that I have had it set up it has already improved my and my furry family’s lives and home in many ways. I have a young cat and an elder cat. I took the advice from other reviews and placed some of the used litter from the previous litter box into the automatic cleaning box. The youngest took to it quickly, within an hour. The eldest took several days to actually use the box. Thanks to the app I saw that he was checking it out but not actually using it - leaving after barely stepping in. The box is quite tall so I bought an adjustable step and I think it made the box more approachable for them. 1. No smell- all poo is covered in litter and swept into the holding compartment 7 minutes later (you can set the amount of time you want the box the wait between your cat exiting and the cleaning to begin.) 2. Super quiet. Like, seriously quiet. 3. The box is always clean and ready to use free from the other cats leavings. This has stopped the elder cat from going outside the box. Despite having multiple litter boxes, he did not seem to like to share. 4. No more finding the dog’s forbidden ‘treats’ on the floor when I return from work. If you have a sneaky dog living with you then you know what I’m referring to. 4. No more barriers, gates, and mazes around the cat box to keep our beloved sneaky dog away from the litter box. This has given me such joy because now my home looks much better. 5. It saves me time, hassle, and feeling badly about forgetting to clean the litter boxes if I forgot to scoop the regular boxes before rushing to work or when I’m working late. 6. The motion sensors work perfectly! Such relief knowing that the cats are safe. It stops cleaning immediately if they approach it. 6. I have since bought a second automatic litter box but a different brand that was on sale. It offers all the same features however it is not as great as this box. This one is quieter and I feel it is safer while in cleaning mode. It is enough difference that had I seen the difference before hand, I would have spent the additional $100+ and bought another of this brand.

Finally, a decent cat litter box that doesn’t break after a month highly worth the investment! A bit more pricey however, after wasting money on two other ones that were actually manufacturer buy another company that just renamed differently they were horrible and I sent them back!

This has been a game changer for us with cats. I have looked at these for several years now and just could never justify the cost, which is near prohibitive. However, due to various circumstances, my frustration with having to deal with regular litter box due to nagging the actual owner of the cat - a teenager - to clean the litter every day, and finally going upstairs to a room that reeked of ammonia because the litter box was simply being ignored, was the last straw. I calculated what the litter box would cost me per month, of it cost $500 and only lasted a year, and decided that monthly cost of roughly $40 was worth it to not have to deal with it anymore. I had no idea how much it would positively impact cat ownership for us. We've gone from a daily hassle and headache with stress due to having to constantly nag my daughter to keep up with the litter, along with the scoops, trash bags, little trash can full of overflowing poop that flies love to make a beeline for, to a hallway and room that you can't even smell that there is a litter box, no scooping, no hassle, no making my teen boys stand with the kitchen trash can open while I pour the soaked litter crystals out. No kore nagging my daughter, no more mess surrounding the litter box from all of the accessories required to use a conventional one, and no more hassle! It works perfectly, app is seamless, litter is always clean, and cats and humans are happy! If I'd known it would be such a life changing device, I would've bought one three years ago when we first got the cats. My only gripes are that the rubber tape on the inside has already started to come off, and litter is getting trapped in the space between (small gripe) and the trash can thing below registers full and litter box stays upside down until fixed LONG before it's actually full. It requires that we show it up so the contents settle, to make full use of each bag, but those two issues are far less bother than what we were dealing with before we got this. I just wish it would jiggle the box below by itself so it would reshuffle the contents and not flag it as full before it's actually full. Other than that, it's perfect!