Purina Tidy Cats BREEZE Litter Box System Starter Kit with Odor Control - Includes Litter Pellets & Absorbent Pads for Cats - Perfect for Small Spaces & Multi-Cat Homes

Update: Later Jan 2023I wanted to update on the actual Breeze product as I'm doing the full on clean and refresh right now. I do NOT like it. There is something about using the huge pine pellets that turn to saw dust that lessens the ammonia smell that transfers to the plastic and transfer it does, regardless of which product you use. BUT, I'm cleaning the box that had the Breeze pellets and the breeze pee pad and my god does the plastic SMELL SO STRONGLY of ammonia. Since the pee just falls through the pellets it's just straight up pee on the plastic grid and straight up pee on the pee pad. Our larger box w/ the pine pellets also gets some urine on it but not like this and it does smell of cat pee a bit and I still hot water rinse, 409, rinse, enzyme, wipe and it's good to go but w/ the Breeze pellets I'm needing to do 2x the wash and 2x the enzymes. Also, you don't lift the full lid until you're going to do the full clean, which I just did, and there was a good few table spoons of dried/drying urine that fell OUTSIDE the slide out tray and onto the base of the litter box instead. The tray slid in properly so I'm not sure how that happened so I'm triple cleaning the base of this thing. So, i don't think they are worth the cost based on this and my own priorities with a litter solution. Still using the box but putting pellets into it when i'm done cleaning it.Update: Jan 2023So I've been using the below method for a few months now AND I actually did use the full Breeze System for a hot minute so I want to update everyone.First - the below system I will continue to use but if I still lived in a small apartment on the 3rd floor w/ just my one domestic short hair, I would NOT! The Modkat litter box w/ a clay + Litter Genie and the Modkat litter liner I changed every 4 months was MUCH easier to do. MUCH! I also had more money back then and the one cat so I'd prob also consider the actual Breeze system as it is sold (see below for my thoughts on that).I feel with figuring out a litter situation you need to choose what your priorities are because there is always going to be some sort of give and take. For me, now, with a 16lb beast of a ragdoll kitten and my mature 10lb 7 year old calico short hair, my priorities are no litter sticking into booty hair (ragdoll), no tracking and odor elimination. Bcs of that, the pine pellets w/ the breeze boxes + large honeycomb litter mat is superior, even if it's kinda high maintenance. Both cats really prefer to use the one large box in our "cat closet" in our bedroom so I need to dump the pine shavings into our compost, which I've placed tucked away by a garage door close to our house for easier access. Once the pine shavings come to the top of the plastic grate, you're too late, you'll leave pine shavings behind that fall to the floor below. Because of this, DEFINITELY use a large litter mat! You do not want pee pine shavings on any raw floor, esp not on hardwoods or tile w/ grout, which all of our litter boxes are over. Even when I'm diligent, which isn't 100% of the time, some pine shavings do end up on the litter mat. I drag the full box off the mat 1x a week to vacuum up any of the shavings, which isn't a lot now that I'm more diligent w/ dumping them after each pine shaving swipe.Since having my house NOT smell like I have cats is a top top priority, once every month to month and a half I will do a FULL clean of all the plastic and refresh all of the pine pellets. I'll vacuum off all the shavings that made it to the base of the box, I'll clean and disinfect everything w/ 409 and then use Nature's Miracle, including the top, and both between parts of the honeycomb mat, to get rid of any residual pet smell. Since the cats highly prefer 1 box I really only do this to the 1. If they spread out their usage I could probably get away with doing it once every quarter or so but then I'd have to do this w/ all the boxes. All this said, I still very much prefer this method.I like these carbon pee mats I'm using bcs they are more sturdy and when I dump the pee shavings into the compost the mat stays put. I'm trying a diff brand of carbon mat in hopes to cut costs ever more bcs the ones I'm currently using are $1/mat. I can update later which brand I prefer. The Breeze mats are FLIMSY and flop around and I got pee mat on my hand the only time I used them for my process. GROSS! Also, pine pellets from a farm store really are superior for minimizing litter tracking. The big downside w/ the farm store pine pellets is if you get a kitty w/ a sick belly and liquid poo. I basically sat near the box all day and IMMEDIATELY went to scoop everything in and around the poo place. This was unfun and I missed clay clumping litter during that moment of my life.The ACTUAL FULL Breeze System:Our ragdoll had some poop issues so I decided to try out the Breeze pellets in our smaller box since it said it would dehydrate poop in the process of letting pee go through the pellets to the mat below. I wanted to do just the clay I had used but he thinks it's a place to sit so anytime I'd bring that out, he would go straight to it and lay in it. He never used it but my Calico likes to use it. The pellets DO dry out poo (unsure how it does w/ liquid poo), which is great but she also poops hard tar turds as it is so this wasn't really necessary for her. It IS definitely less work than the pine pellets but the Breeze ones DO track more than the big pine pellets and when you step on them, it's like stepping on a tiny lego, it SUCKS! The carpet outside the bathroom this box is in is the same color of the Breeze pellets so I've stepped on quite a few. Also, as I've mentioned I'm a diligent steward of the litter but there's still kind of a pee smell w/ the Breeze pellets. Not terrible but I just like the pine pellet situation more. Also, you def need to use 2x what Breeze recommends bcs 7lb for a small box and 14lb for the big don't even cover the entire green area. If you're into and can spend 4-5x the amount and want less stress and hassle, I would say the Breeze system, as they sell it, (box, pellets and mat) are pretty great! It def tracks less than anything else I've used, BESIDES farm store pine pellets.-----------------------------------------Original Review:I've had my one cat for 7 years and we had a great routine going w/ her litter. My house NEVER smelled like I had a cat, her box and litter catching pad situation was perfect for minimal-ish tracking and all was fine. I was using the Modcat top entry with clay (until I realized it was bad for lungs) and the large honeycomb litter catching pads.Then... we got a long haired rag doll a few months ago and our litter box world was flipped. I'll save you the woes of all we tried but let's just say this trial and error period left us vacuuming and washing things perpetually and wiping a lil backside WAY TOO MUCH! NO ONE wants poo on the sheets!A friend recommended this system and full disclosure, I read and watched some reviews and I NEVER tried it w/ the Breeze Pellets. We have been using the OKO long pellet cat litter, which clumps, and I saw you could use equine pellets with this. I live in the sticks and near 3 farm stores so I can get 40lb of equine pellets for $6.50 and that is enough to fill our 2 large and 1 small Breeze box for a month. I wasn't sure about non clumping because I've ALWAYS used clumping but that was also an appeal because I use the Litter Genie and when I went from clay to a more natural material I was burning through bags SO FAST!I DO use the pee pads because the pellets don't catch everything but 2-3x a day (the smell of poo usually has me running to it immediately) I check the 3 boxes we have and scoop whatever poop is in there, throw that into the Little Genie and use a pretty hefty metal litter scooper to swish the pellets that turned into saw dust down through the... filter? What ever you want to call it. Because we have 2 cats and they do tend to prefer one box I do need to empty the saw dust from the tray into the garbage every other day. So far we make it almost a week before the pee pad starts to smell like pee (I love my cats, I do NOT want our house to smell like we have cats).The equine pellets are the most superior thing I've found for tracking! OKO long pellet was OK but they break up and still get stuck to the kitty toes and def won't work in this system. I don't think I've had to vacuum up a single piece of litter since we switched. Also, it does NOT stick to my long haired cats lil tush! We have started to shave his back side too just to help w/ things. I can't comment on the breeze pellets because I knew it wasn't sustainable financially long term so what's the point of changing things up so drastically so quickly w/ the cats?I feel I need to make a note too because I feel like some people get this so they don't have to scoop as often. This does not save me time, this saves me from stepping on litter, money on litter and litter genie bags and any risk of pee smell. This is NOT a magical box. You can NOT expect to let your cat do its business in it for a full week or... *gags* 2 (I've seen some of your reviews and I AM judging you) and not scoop and have it not be absolutely disgusting. I've seen some people give awful reviews and they post pictures of their boxes and it's COVERED in cat poop! Do you want to step on a bunch of poop before you get to a toilet that has poop on the lid before you do the 2? NO! If you do, just know your cats have MUCH higher standards for cleanliness. Litter boxes should be scooped NO LESS than 2x a day people. TWO TIMES A DAY! THIS WILL NOT LET YOU NOT SCOOP LITTER EVER AGAIN!That said, I love it. I love the box, the pads are great and who knows about the pellets but equine bedding is the jam! I DO recommend this!Note about the second picture. That is not pee sawdust in the tray but just the small bits that fell through the filter when I put the equine pellets into our new 2nd box but it gives you a good idea for seeing how the full system I use works.