Product Review: Breeze Litter System

As everyone knows, I am a slightly (okay, maybe not so slightly) crazy cat lady. I am of the philosophy that once you have ONE cat, you might as well have a second... and really, what's the difference if you add a few more, right? One thing I hate about having cats, though, is that dreaded litter box. In my time of being a cat owner, I feel like I had tried every kind of litter out there. I tried clay, I tried clumping, I tried the kind that looks like sawdust.

No matter what kind of litter I tried, I felt like my house was always a mess with trails of litter everywhere - even when I would use mats that claimed to trap the litter. My house always had that slight cat urine smell that I would become immune to until I went away for a day or two and came back to it.

Then there was the day that I discovered the Breeze Litter System by Tidy Cats. I swear, my world was changed the day that my first one arrived from Amazon.

They recommend that you slowly transition your cats into using it, but my little geniuses figured it out right away. I removed the old box with the clumping litter, set up the Breeze system, and I've never even considered going back!

What is it? Basically, it's a system that separates the urine right out of the box. It makes its way through the pellets, through the grated bottom of the box, and onto a pad underneath. The solid waste sits on top of the litter (or slightly buried as most of my guys do still like to bury it), and you use the provided scoop to remove that. So easy! The pads only need to be changed once a week for a one-cat household, and the litter should be scooped daily/as needed, but only needs to be changed about once a month for a one-cat household.

Does it really work? I have zero complaints, and neither do my cats! I no longer smell cat urine in the house AT ALL. There's no more cleaning clumpy wet litter out of corners of litter boxes.

The cons? I do find that you can smell the solid waste a bit more than you might if the litter allowed for better covering. Also, if you aren't good about changing the pad weekly (but you have to gauge how much your cat needs it, as well), the drawer that holds the pad came become a mess of sloppy cat pee. I've had this happen ONE TIME, and had to carefully carry the tray to the toilet to dump the excess.

The pros? Goodbye ammonia cat pee smell! Also, the weight of the litter is insanely low - each bag only weighs 3.5 pounds! This is awesome for anyone, but the easiness of carrying a bag or two of this litter into the house every month instead of a few twenty pound tubs seems especially ideal for older people, people who live in apartments, or frankly anyone who is tired of toting around huge tubs of litter! Even in my multi-cat household, Breeze has ended up being more economical for me than it would be to buy store-brand clumping litter (my old go-to).

Tips: There are knock-off brand litter pads available on Amazon, and they're actually what I'm currently using. However, they are NOT as good as the Tidy Cats brand. They still end up being more cost effective, but be prepared to change them out at least twice as often as you would if using the name brand. That said, I plan on using the knock-off brand for everyday use, and switching back to the Tidy Cats (I'm keeping a backup pack in the house) when I go out of town for the weekend and have a cat sitter. My cat sitter not having to deal with cat pee while he takes care of my fluffy kids? Win-win! Right now, you can snag an awesome deal on the litter pellets by buying this six-pack of 3.5 pound bags. Much less expensive than buying individually in the store!