Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I really liked my Breeze litter box, but now I LOVE it. Seriously, this hack is life changing. I have to share it with the world. With my regular Breeze system, there was still rank urine odor I just had to live with. Also, my cats pee a lot and that pad would get pretty soaked and smell even more. This new method, dare I say, is perfect? Why you need to do this. -It's really easy to do. -There is zero pee smell. ZERO. The only scent you get is fresh pine. -It's sooo easy to clean. -As long as you scoop out the solids, the litter is like fresh liter. Every. Single. Day. Forever and ever. -It's so inexpensive. I found the hack on Youtube (Thank you Victorian Gardens Cattery). Here is what you need: -Puppy pads 30 x 23 -Equine pine bedding (about $7.50 for 40 pounds) or pine litter (more expensive) -So Phresh plastic cat box from Petco 19.25x13 x 5 (or other plastic bin with the same dimensions) *Note: If you have the older version of the Breeze litter box, use Petmate large litter pans. -Standard or hooded Breeze cat box Step 1: Put a puppy pad in the Petco litter box Step 2: Take out the tray from Breeze litter box (you don't need it anymore) Step 3. Place the Breeze litter box inside Petco box. It will fit snugly with room underneath to catch the sawdust Step 4. Place a generous amount of pine pellets in the Breeze cat box (ah, pine smell) Now all you have to do is scoop the solids and give it a stir with the scooper when your cat urinates. The pine absorbs the pee, turns to sawdust and falls through the Breeze slats. To clean the sawdust, just get out a new pad, lift the Breeze box off and place on the puppy pad. Take the corners of the old pad, draw them together and toss it in a bag. Now all you have to do is pick up the pad and Breeze box and place in the Petco litter pan. That's it. There is something so satisfying about stirring the pellets and seeing the sawdust disappear, leaving only fresh pine behind, that it stops being a chore. Original Review: This litter box has changed my life. The worst part of cleaning the litter box were the clumps of urine. Yuck. Now there's no smell, cleaning the box is a -pardon the pun- a breeze, and there isn't litter tracked all through the house. Being the frugal person that I am, I came up with my own pellet and pad alternatives. I tried both and they work just as well for odor control and easy clean up. Everyone knows about the puppy pads. That's an easy one. But replacing the pellets wasn't as obvious...until I found a package of dried navy beans in my pantry. Epiphany! They worked perfectly. They were cheap, didn't absorb the urine (if you've ever had to soak beans, you know it takes a long time for them to absorb water), the right size, the right texture, biodegradable and white like the pellets, so aesthetically pleasing. The cats took to the mixture of navy beans and pellets with no problem. Pinto beans are even cheaper, but I liked the look of the white navy beans. The cost breakdown is below. Pellets $2.27/pound (Walmart online 3.5 pounds/$7.96) to $2.28/pound (Amazon bulk of 21 pounds/$47.94 Navy Beans-$1 to $1.30 a pound (grocery store) Pinto Beans- 74 cents a pound (Walmart 4 lbs/$2.98) Regular Breeze pads- $1.05 a pad (Amazon bulk of 60 for $60) to $1.34 a pad (Walmart online 4 pads/$5.36) Puppy pads- 15 cents a pad (Costco 100/$15 ) to 28 cents a pad (Walmart 14 pads/$4) Hope this helps others because the cost of the pellets and pads kept me away from this litter box for years. I'm so glad I made the switch. I added a photo showing 2 pounds of navy beans added to the pellets.