Automatic Litter Boxes like Cat Genie (also called a Self Cleaning Litter Box)save you the trouble of manually disposing of used litter.

We are personally familiar with only two brands of Self Cleaning Litter Box available in the market: Cat Genie 120 Self Cleaning-Self Flushing Litter Box and LitterMaid LM900 Mega Self-Cleaning Litter Box with Littermaid litter disposal system for LM980, LM900. Several others are listed in later posts with links to User Review Articles. There are standard methods of self cleaning most of which usually involve a sensor that alerts the box of the cat, a rake that scoops up the litter and either disposes of it by flushing it down the toilet or by placing it in a disposable bag.

Cat Genie 120 Self Cleaning-Self Flushing Litter Box

This is perhaps the most well known among the automatic litter boxes available in the market, and has the unique flush away method of waste removal. Unfortunately, in some areas, you may be breaking the law if you use this particular system of automatic cat litter waste disposal system. For a very specific reason, this cat litter box somewhat unwittingly becomes a hazard to the environment. What makes it relatively economical and supremely effective also makes it hazardous to certain aquatic life, and in some areas, illegal to use if you live near the sea or a river. Cat faeces sometimes contain germs of Toxoplasma Gondii, a disease that can cause abortion in humans and kill sea otters. The self cleaning litter box that flushes out the waste through the toilet also puts at risk aquatic life. You can find details regarding this in the post Cat Litter, Strip Mining and Environmental Issues. 

Negative user reviews on Amazon regarding Cat Genie Self Cleaning Litter Box:

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The most shocking problem that a LOT of USERS have faced is that, apparently, some soiled litter frequently stays back in the box, and when the washable litter is being dried by the machine, there is an awful stench of baked faeces!
Before recommending this self cleaning litter box to our cat lovers, we did a thorough survey of the user reviews and found the ones that dispelled our fears. Apparently, the earlier model (of catgenie) was flawed, and the comments refer to that self cleaning litter box model.

The new one, CAT GENIE 120, works like a charm.

And it has, for all of the persons we referred it to. We would be interested in your comments in this respect, but people we know say that Cat Genie indeed works like a washing machine, and is an excellent self cleaning litter box.

Self Cleaning Litter Box Cat Genie Internal Mechanism

USP of Cat Genie self cleaning litter box

Cat Genie is Environment friendly

• since no strip mining is required to manufacture  the cat litter
• the artificial cat litter granules are biodegradable
• the litter is 100% dust free,
• and pose no health hazard for cats even if swallowed
• even the Sanisolution that washes the used litter comes in biodegradable and recyclable cartridges.

Cat Genie is Economical

• the litter granules are washable, and so you save on cost of buying disposable litter.

Cat Genie is Comfortable

Our Experience with Cat Genie 120 Self Cleaning-Self Flushing Litter Box

Even though we can and do otherwise vouch for Cat Genie 120 Self Cleaning Litter Box, we are also going to say that

Cat Genie is not Economical

• if your objective in buying this machine is lessening ongoing cost of purchasing cat litter, then you are probably better off using not so automatic litter boxes:
• The reusable litter will not last forever, and a lot of it will be lost in tracking, as with any cat litter. The cost saving calculations regarding how much Sanisolution you will need or how much you will save on ongoing disposable cat litter cost does not work in real life.
• The initial cost of the machine is high, and you will probably have to pay somebody to get the necessary plumbing done to get it running (we did it on our own: took time and had to buy the materials anyway)
• The self cleaning litter box mechanism runs on electricity – adds to the bill (not much, but adds nonetheless)

Cat Genie Works!

• This one scores in efficiency and hands free operation.  Just don’t expect this self cleaning litter box  to be a miracle box as well: Cat Genie will need periodic cleaning, and will most likely sprout problems like all electronics goods.