This is what I was using before we switched to the litter lifter:

https://www.shanestack.com/shop/index.php?page=shop-flypage-2453

Our store was able to order one in for me from their distributor.

I’m 5’4”, so the reach is a bit wide, but the pine litter helps there as well… because it’s so lightweight, there’s less strain on your shoulders/lower back while your sifting.

I have been known to use the rake even now to drag sections towards me to go through with the lifter… but it’s rarely necessary as the cats rarely use the very center of the pools.

Lessons learned the hard way, starting with the 4’ wide garden beds that would have been a lot easier to deal with if they were 3’ wide.

Once the fosters left, we liked that the extra litter boxes gave us more flexibility (say, if we got home and were just TOO tired to scoop another poop…) but hated having so many boxes strewn about the house.

My boss actually suggested the pools - jokingly. I did one better and picked up two. We will NEVER go back to boxes. Did I mention that litter doesn’t stick to the bottom, there are no corners to scrape nasties out of of, and no reason for the cats to pee right down the side of the box because they have so much extra room to dig around? Oh… I should have… cause that’s the best part. ;O)

Quick tip - even if you’re only going to use one, purchase two. This allows you to clean out one while the other is in use. I just store the extra pool (in our case, a third) underneath one of the full ones. Also, the pine litter is MUCH lighter than clay and WAY easier to work with when you’re dealing with such large quantities. Take into account as well that filling the pool(s) initially takes a LOT of litter and is quite costly.

All in all - *totally* worth it. :O)

You wouldn’t think it would be that difficult to get people to part with $7-8, but it really is one of the hardest products to explain to folks. However, once purchased and used, most refuse to ever go back to the sift-and-shuffle method.

Also, I’ve mentioned it here before, but what we’ve found as the “ultimate” litter box are a pair of plastic kiddie pools ($17 each off-season) in the basement. They’re about 12” deep and about 6’ across.

Both are filled about 6-7” deep with Feline Fresh clumping pine litter (flushable, all natural!) and the cats LOVE them. Best of all, it’s truly not a big deal when we delay a few days between cleanings.

What it came down to was that the cat’s behaviour was not going to change - they were going to continue use the box several times a day and require clean litter each time - and our behaviour was going to be difficult to modify, even though urine on the rug is a pretty good negative reinforcer for a human. lol

The pools solved ALL the problems. Of course, our basement isn’t used for much other than doing laundry and storage, so we aren’t bothered by the presence of the pools. Others’ situations may vary… ;O)