Litter Genie Refill (1 Pack)

These litter genie refills definitely work as planned. Super easy to peel off the plastic tab, tie a knot on the bottom and pop in the genie and you’re ready to scoop. Plastic is durable so the litter stays contained and never rips open. Before my litter genie, I had to search for plastic grocery bags that didn’t have holes.... not an easy task anymore.

Love this product for litter!!

I have had my cat/buddy, Toby since shortly after my husband passed away last year and I downsized. I had also experienced probably the worst thing that can happen to you after a knee replacement(wont go into details, but think someone put an IED into my leg). Because of that and the fact that although my unit is on the first floor, I need to walk up ten steps, so needless to say I cant take out my garbage. For a couple of months I cleaned out the litter into a plastic bag that went into the garbage, but there was a smell that I just could not take. I looked at the automatic litter cleaners, but reviews were mixed and I didnt want Toby getting caught in a moving rake thing. I figured I would give this a try. Havent they had something like this for diapers for years? At first I thought it was no big deal, you scoop the clumps into the hopper and pull the spring door out the clumps drop and the spring door snaps back into place. After I started using it, there was an improvement in the smell of the garbage. My daughter comes a couple times a week to empty garbage but it takes longer than even two weeks to fill if you shake contents down. She wasnt able to get over when it was full so I went back to the plastic bags. I use a rollator so I would put the bag onto the tray scoop and bring the clumps up to tray height to deposit the clumps. Well, this became a disaster of sorts when the clumps fell towered the outer side of the bag and flipped the bag over, sending the clumps to the floor where they broke up. I realized that the height of this receptical is perfect and the clumps cant fall out. When the receptical is full, you just pull the bag out of the cartridge enough to cut it and tie it off. Then you just pull the plastic material out of the cartridge and tie it off the you are ready to go. It takes quite a long period of time with one cat and there is absolutely no odor. You just buy the receptacle and it comes with a beginner cartridge with the plastic material. Each regular cartridge lasts a good amount of time. I have been using this for about a year and I like the convenience and no odor!

Other than the fact that we had to go on-line to find out how to first use the bags with the Litter Genie Plus, that product with a replacement pack constitutes a good system. This replacement pack fits both the Litter Genie & Litter Genie Plus. The pack is actually one long tube of litter bag type of material that is tied off to create a bag, and later cut whenever you want to discard some cat feces. Then more is pulled down and re-tied, with that process being repeated until the entire package is empty. When starting a new replacement pack you should handle the material very gently after breaking the tab. I use the Genie mainly for feces, only occasionally including clumped litter. Sometimes you have to jiggle the Litter Genie container or push the cat feces down with the scooper while holding the movable tray out, but other than that, it couldnt be easier, and there is virtually no odor when the Litter Genie/Plus is closed. I keep a spare refill pack on hand for convenience. Granted the price has gone up, and it really could be a little cheaper, but still, I prefer the convenience of the pack to attempts to hack the system by trying to use large garbage bags, because the Litter Genie refill packs are strong enough, and with one cat (Chloe) lasts us for weeks.

We have used two systems for 3 years and the cartridges seem to get spent a lot quicker lately for the two same cats. I will measure the next new cartridge as I pull to see if it is as long as labeled. Also the quality in the plastic has degraded. It used to be smooth and thick, now it comes wrinkled and thinner. A necessary design change would be to fuse the end of the roll of plastic to the cartridge so it can no longer be pulled. Ive had to many accidents were dirty litter spills out as the end of the roll suddenly appears (not all the rolls have the line indicating end of the roll is nigh).

I really like the Litter Genie. It keeps the smell down and fewer trips to the trash can. But boy does it smell when you go to remove the bag. I feel like I need to wear a particle face mask to prevent beathing in toxic fumes. I now add litter box deodorant to each new bag I start. I switched from regular clay and corn type litters to the Tidy Cat Breeze System. Now there no clumps of urine soaked cat litter taking up space in the bags but the contents still smell a litte ripe. I recommend the Litter Genie but just know that it doesnt keep down ALL odors.

Makes living with multiple cats a whole lot simpler!

Works well at first. The inner trap door (for lack of a better word) gets clogged pretty easily after a few months, making it difficult to get the waste to drop down into the bag without jiggling the whole unit for a few seconds and opening and closing the door, and I do use clumping litter. I wipe down the top (accessible) areas frequently, too, so not quite sure what the issue is. For the price its still worth the purchase.