My LitterMaid seemed to be dying on me about a week or two ago, but I just unplugged the power cord for about an hour while I was cleaning it and it's been working fine again. Besides this little incident, it's been going strong for a few years.
HOWEVER, if i knew that the litter-robot really worked and that i would not have to touch those nasty boxes in the littermaid ever again, i'd consider it too. What i do not like about the looks of the litterrobot is that it seems really big and is very high up. It seems like you have to create your own make shift ramp for them to climb inside of it. The entry way is also very small and I'm sure that would spook SOME cats...I'm sure my crazy two would be fine.
I was considering te purrforma (also known as the performa) by Petmate. It's a little cheaper than the litter-robot, but from what I gather they put it on the market too soon and it had some quirks to be worked out. I think they recalled it and are fixinng it up before they put it back out again...it would be risky but I'm still more inclined to purchase that one. I like the look and the concept much better.
I started a thread about the purrforma and littermaids a few weeks ago and that's when I heard about the robot. But, I don't recall if anyone that actually BOUGHT one had posted.
That's my 2 cents...hmm...or 5 cents rather, this post got kinda long.
