Does this item tie off the bag or twist the part of the bag that has the dirty litter in it? Just curious if the soiled litter is sealed off ?
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YOU tie off the bag... but you are not exposed to the soiled clumps inside. There is a spring loaded slide clamp closer that keeps the smells and dust inside. When the bottom is full you just pull down the inside lining of the litter locker refill, give yourself about two inches to twist a knot, cut it with the inside cutter and tie it off. No smell, no dust, no dirt gets out. After that you tie off the bottom of the "clean" bag with a knot that will be at the bottom of the NEXT bag of soiled litter.
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It has a cutter in the bottom to cut the bag when you want to dispose of the part with the dirty litter in it. I use scissors though and cut close to the soiled part to conserve the bags. (I wear rubber gloves) You could twist the bag with the used litter in it though so you would never have to smell it and then cut it and throw away. It would just use more of the bag. The bag feeds into the bottom from the refill in the top part so after you cut and dispose of the used litter you then pull the bag down and tie a knot in the bottom to fill it up again. Hope that makes sense and answers your question. It has a cutter in the bottom to cut the bag when you want to dispose of the part with the dirty litter in it. I use scissors though and cut close to the soiled part to conserve the bags. (I wear rubber gloves) You could twist the bag with the used litter in it though so you would never have to smell it and then cut it and throw away. It would just use more of the bag. The bag feeds into the bottom from the refill in the top part so after you cut and dispose of the used litter you then pull the bag down and tie a knot in the bottom to fill it up again. Hope that makes sense and answers your... » Read More It has a cutter in the bottom to cut the bag when you want to dispose of the part with the dirty litter in it. I use scissors though and cut close to the soiled part to conserve the bags. (I wear rubber gloves) You could twist the bag with the used litter in it though so you would never have to smell it and then cut it and throw away. It would just use more of the bag. The bag feeds into the bottom from the refill in the top part so after you cut and dispose of the used litter you then pull the bag down and tie a knot in the bottom to fill it up again. Hope that makes sense and answers your question. « Show Less
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Actually, it uses a trap-door style design. The litter drops through while you pull out the drawer handle. When you hear/feel the litter drop through, just let go of the handle and the trap door springs closed (powered by a spring inside) pinching the bag shut. So simple but no smells get out...it has been a couple of years on the same one, 20 bucks and zero failures to date.
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No, it doesn't tie off or twist itself. You could put a twist tie on it first and then cut it off to keep all the smell in. There isn't much smell when cutting it off, then putting a knot in the bag though.
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I save plastic shopping bags. I slip the entire bottomdrawer into the bag, let the pad slide off, tie up the bag and put it in the trash. I rinse off the bottom section, spray it with Lysol put in a new pad. Good luck This has really been great for me as my cat moved into my armoire and it was difficult moving the litter box filled with heavy litter to the floor to clean it out. The Tidy Cats set is light weight and much more sanitary.
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I use Natures Miracle intense defense clumping cat litter (PetSmart). It comes in a 40 lb bag (It may come smaller-- havent looked). I saved back a couple of Tidy Cats jugs (Tidy Cats DOSENT Work for me) and put the Matures Miracle in them for handy use. I have 2 litter boxes 1 upstairs and one downstairs and the stuff really works! if the hopper is stinky just put a cup or so of the litter in it the Contious Clean does a very good job of sifting out unclumped litter and only a bit of the loose stuff ends up in the hopper. Sometimes thats not enough to control the stinky stuff. Also I have the boxes on timers that runs 2 hours twice a day. I got those at Home Depot the 2 pack of GE times was only about $10.00. I think having the box run 4 hours a day instead of 24 hours a day will help extend the life of the things and having the waste sit buried with litter may help kill the odor. (Dosen't keep things stirred up all the time.)
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Odor is minimized after bags are tied. Bags are thick enough and does not leak. Just dont let it sit in the trash too long!
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I've had it for about 4 months with no issues. There is usually only an odor when its been used, waiting to cycle. Not sure if it's litter related but I have 2 cats & use Arm & Hammer Clump & Seal litter, it works great. Could there be feces stuck somewhere inside that needs to cleaned out... Good luck!
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There are locks on either side of the lid. The lid then comes off the top to scoop. I love this litter box and it definitely will not leak urine.
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It is basically like a baby's diaper pail. It has a circlular ring of plastic that you tie in a knot in the bottom to form a bag. You lift the lid, scoop the kitty waste in the top, open a lever/door that is approximately a 1/4 ways down the container that allows the waste to fall to botoom of the container. When it is full, 1/2 way down the container, there is a push button so you can lift 1/2 of the container up, slightly pull a part of the plastic down from the ring at top, it has a self-=cutter, and you tie the top of the bag as you did the bottom. Then you start all over again and pull more plastic down from the ring, tie a knot to form a new bag and start all over again. I hope I explained this ok.
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It doesn't close. I use mine in a tall kitchen trash can. Once full I grab the whole thing and toss in the wash with the diapers. With smelly diapers you don't want it closed any way.
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No the tin itself was not sealed just closed. The detergent is inside of a plastic bag inside and the scoop is in it - it may just be so far down in the power you don't see it, it's probably there. If the tin is full and you aren't missing product I don't think I'd return it just because the little plastic scoop may not be there - you can use a scoop of anykind to dip it out with. The scoop that comes with is the right size which is much smaller than the scoop that comes in regular powered detergent. If indeed it is not there, I'd just email Amazon and they will have the vendor mail you a scoop. I've found that vendors on Amazon are very eager to please to keep customer reviews high. Personally, I love the stuff and I'd keep it but that's just me.
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Alice, I would only use the litter genie... mainly the bottom seal is what keeps the odors down. Without that you may as well use a grocery store veggie bag and call it a day. Litter Genie is pretty well engineered piece of plastic and we've bought about every one of them out there as well as making our own... hope that helps !
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The lid doesn't do much to keep odors in, its just a piece of plastic that lays on the top, it doesn't seal. What keeps the odors in is the spring loaded piece in the middle that pinches the bag closed. It works pretty well. I assume better with the lid closed, but I've never left the lid open. What happens is you scoop the litter into the top half, then pull out the spring loaded portion and the litter goes to the bottom half. The spring closes the bag, and its pretty closed off. I've been happy enough with mine that I got another to give someone when they get a kitten or cat new to their household. The lid doesn't do much to keep odors in, its just a piece of plastic that lays on the top, it doesn't seal. What keeps the odors in is the spring loaded piece in the middle that pinches the bag closed. It works pretty well. I assume better with the lid closed, but I've never left the lid open. What happens is you scoop the litter into the top half, then pull out the spring loaded portion and the litter goes to the bottom half. The spring closes the bag, and its pretty closed off. I've been happy enough with mine that I got another to give someone when they get a kitten or cat... » Read More The lid doesn't do much to keep odors in, its just a piece of plastic that lays on the top, it doesn't seal. What keeps the odors in is the spring loaded piece in the middle that pinches the bag closed. It works pretty well. I assume better with the lid closed, but I've never left the lid open. What happens is you scoop the litter into the top half, then pull out the spring loaded portion and the litter goes to the bottom half. The spring closes the bag, and its pretty closed off. I've been happy enough with mine that I got another to give someone when they get a kitten or cat new to their household. « Show Less
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I have not had a litter genie, but I have other products very similar to this. This is much bigger than anything I have used before. The bag is a single ring which you tie off to size - it has a handy built in razor to cut the bag loose when the chamber is full. I clean my box twice a day for one cat & find I have to empty the chamber about once a week. It is easy to shop around for the refills and have found pretty good prices for them. It is also nice the these bags are biodegradable plastic - still sturdy enough for their purpose here.
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It has ridges so litter gets caught in the lines. I do the vacuum back and forth and up and down and can get about 90% of the litter. Every couple of weeks I have to pick it up and shake it. But it is flat fiber so it does not snag in the vacuum. Hope this helps. :). I have a Dyson rollerball vacuum that I use.
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I use a walnut litter and it works great. The pee clumps do stick to the bottom of the pan base; so as you turn I just use my scooper to jostle it loose a little. I can't seem to find the bags for the base anywhere :[
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You put in the cartridge, tie a knot end of open bag, close the top. Very easy. No touching dirty mess. It's not multiple bags, it's a continuos long bag you start by pulling over cartridge, tie knot at opening. When bag gets full, open top. Cut using built in razor . Tie knot in bag to be tossed and tie knot into new start bag. Close top. That easy.
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We usually try to clean it every three months. If you use a premium clumping litter, it should work well. We only use for one cat in our household. No, the cover doesn't interfere with the waste collection. Our only issue was the turn table motor on the first unit died after a year and a half and we replaced the entire unit. This really has reduced the box odor. We dump the collection bag every three/four days.
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The bags that it comes with are heavier & infused with odor control. Compost bags would begin breaking down before you were ready to empty the unit, leaving dirty smelly mess all over the floor if the bag broke open.