SmartCat All Natural Clumping Litter, 5-Pound

In manufacturing, there is a desire for fast, high quality and cheap. You can only ever have 2 out of 3.Cat litter is like that, too: Clumping, tracking, dust. You can never have all 3.I gave this litter 5 stars because it gave me the 2 that I had to have: clumping, and no dust. And I don't mean "no dust" like the "99.9% dust free" that I see on litters that, when I stick my head in the pan to scoop, choke me, and make me wipe all surrounding surfaces to get that sticky non-dust off.I mean, "no dust" as in:- none in the air when I vigorously scoop (I get the faintest whiff of a grain-like scent, though, but it's a faint, natural, outdoor smell (this is UNSECNTED - yay!).- so close to none on the surrounding surfaces- even wiping the litter mat after a month had only a minor amount of dirtPreviously, I have used "Dr Elsey's" and the walnut litters (usually combined). Both are great litters, and do their job, and I would love to use them if the box was in the garage, but not in the house.They clump well, track a bit, swear there is no dust, but my experience was dusty. Maybe my cat is a digger and a litter-shuffler (she is), and she will repeatedly go back and elaboratley mess around in the clean litter until someone cleans it.If your cat goes in, does its stuff, covers discreetly and gets out, they are probably fine.CAVEAT on the clumping: give it a few minutes. Try to scoop immediately and it is a sticky mess (but I think this is normal for all litters).Other reasons I love it:- UNSCENTED (healthier for me, healthier for my cats)- good, very faint, natural smell- unlikely to damage any hardwood floors (the litter consistency is more like flakes of uncooked cream-of-wheat than grits/sand)- vacuums up easily (I can't tell you how annoying it is to have the stick vacuum just push granules of tracked clumping litter around in front of the vacuum head as you try to clean it (I'm looking at you, "Dr Elsey's")! Not with this...just gets sucked right up).- no odor (okay, if my cat leaves a stinking bomb - nothing will work, not Poo-Pourri, Febreeze or a 14-year-old boy's dosage of Axe body spray, so I don't use that as a litter odor metric, ever...it's just got to go). But I stick my head into the top if the litter box enclosure and dig around, even after a month, no pee smell ever, no lingering poop smell (assuming none is waiting to be removed), smells fresh as the day I washed the box.- no rock formations cemented to the sides: "Dr Elsey's" was prone to this, but this litter almost seems to protect the box. Scoop stuff up and it rarely leaves anything stuck on the box.- less weird feeling on the hands: you know what I mean, that tacky/slimy feel on your fingers when you wash them after you get some the dust on them...guess because there is really virtually no dust.- I use a jumbo litter boxhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075WX7BPD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1and shield, and I pour one bag of litter in at the beginning of the month. Occasionally, I have to add a bit more at the end of week 3, but I am more generous because I have a digger.PHOTOS:- photo into the litter box, lid removed - I wiped. the sides inside with the black cloth- "dust" on black cloth - I wiped the inside of the litter enclosure after 3 weeks, using a fleece cloth.- Tracked litter on litter mat- wet wipes from wiping litter mat after a month of use (there are two, because my scrubbing caused the wipes to shred)

So I used to use the Costco cat litter and if anyone has ever used it, they know that it isn't terrible but it's also not that great.Since then, I've been playing around trying to find the best litter for my buck.After seeing a million ads for pretty litter, we tried it. My boyfriend swears by prettylitter, but there was something about the scent that comes after the 10th day. Sour urine scent that fills the air. It's awful I hate it. And the dust is rough.After some research, I read about smartcat and decided to give it a shot. Its almost half the cost, so what did I have to lose?My boyfriend immediately hated the scent of, well, I guess, fresh hay?We both noted it's scent, especially compared to pretty litter, but it wasn't bad.I switched over on October 28 and today is Nov 12 and it is holding up pretty well, especially for two cats. There is no sour scent in the air, especially compared to prettylitter. I'm actually surprised. My boyfriend wants to switch back but honestly, I'm gunna order another bag of this and keep going.I absolutely love that the smell of cat urine isn't lingering here and there, the clumping is fantastic but you have to be consistent with cleaning because it can stick to the bottom and is tough to get off, but it doesn't break apart and get disgusting when you're trying to scoop it.I also love that there isn't any dust when you're scooping or pouring it. I couldn't breathe when using pretty litter, and I was starting to worry about my babies.Would recommend, especially to all you flat faced cat owners !

have been trying to find an alternative to the good fine clay clumping litter I have been using as getting to heavy for me and also wanted something more environmental friendly. Have tried, wood,silicone, corn and walnut but either my cats would not use or the clumps fell apart. Discovered this litter on amazon ( but difficult to find even with the exact title) thought I would give it a try. Well,it's lovely and fine and soft for cats paws , not dusty. really light to handle. and has no smell . even after the cats use it if they don't cover quick enough, they can't find were they peeed! it clumps into a rubbery clumps which holds together so easy to remove. I just shake the litter tray and they come to the surface and be picked out . ( no experience of poo as my cats only pee inside but go out to poo. ) The only down side of this litter is the price which I expect is because it comes from American. just hoping that some pet company will buy in bulk so we can get cheaper and easier in the UK. highly recommend

This stuff is magical. Seriously they must have made sacrifices to Ancient Egyptian cat goddesses or something.First off, it's lightweight, but lasts for ages. It took me 2 months to use up my first bag - after the first fill which took maybe 1/3 of the bag for my large box, I've just had to top it off a few scoops at a time to replace what got scooped.It smells awesome - it's like wood shavings in my grandpa's workshop. And it KEEPS smelling good even when the cat has been using it. I barely notice anything unless the cat has JUST pooped.It clumps better than clay litter - the pee balls are SOLID so you don't end up with tons of tiny pee pebbles too small to sift out. This keeps all the rest of the litter from getting polluted so you don't have to do a full dump and refill as often. They also are fairly easy to scrape away from the sides since they stick together more than to the plastic. Because of this the box itself stays much cleaner.I've used a variety of litter types over the last 15 years, and this is hands down the best I've ever tried. This took cleaning the litter box from a huge pain to something I barely think about. It takes less than a minute to scoop through the box, dump the clumps into a dog waste bag, and toss in the pail.Just get it! It's amazing!

Litter bag was damaged and litter was all over the place. What a service!!