Dr. Elsey’s Premium Clumping Cat Litter Ultra Uncented | 99.9% Dust-Free, Low Tracking, Hard Clumping, Superior Odor Control & Natural Ingredients, 40 Pound (Pack of 1)

Cat litter.

It’s dusty. Dusty and gray. Also, granular. Decidedly less so upon being used, it forms a foul smelling hillock that waits for the low-man-on-the-totem-pole of the household to reluctantly scoop it. It smells of…cat litter? What else does cat litter smell like? I dunno. It’s the medium in which we expect our pet cats to expel their waste.

That’s it.

That’s about as much brain real estate each of us has devoted to the rousing topic of ‘cat litter’ and deservedly so. Cat litter is one of those things that is so inconsequential in our lives, so banal of a product, that any amount of conversational effort devoted to it is too much. That is, when it works.

And yet…here i am reviewing it on amazon.

In addition to having a decent (boring?) enough of a life that i can devote time to reviewing cat litter on amazon, i have two cats. One is a white flame-point ragdoll cat that is the reincarnation of steve mcqueen that’ll befriend a rottweiler within minutes of meeting (tucker) and the other is a painfully shy siamese that closely resembles a raccoon that swallowed a medicine ball – we call her ‘the basement troll’ for her penchant for cool, dark spaces and cardboard boxes. Formally, however, she is known as ‘bailey’.

While bailey is extremely sweet, she’s very nervous and scares extremely easily. She hides in the basement whenever anyone comes to the house and hates being carried. While tucker is as cool as billy dee williams and makes the dos equis guy look like don knotts, bailey is more sensitive than an open cavity. As a result, she’s suffered from chronic bladder infections for years.

While both of these cats are polar opposites of each other, both had one thing in common – they both had a penchant for leaving tootsie rolls just outside of their litterbox. In addition, because bailey suffered from routine bladder infections, we were starting to see rust-colored spots in not-so-inconspicous places around the house (essentially every carpeted corner in the house). While i certainly don’t condone the tendency for families to throw their hands up in the air in exasperation and send their pet cat straight to the kennel when this happens, i can understand how it happens.

If only there was some sort of miracle product that keeps such tragedies from happening…

Yes, precious cat ultra premium clumping cat litter is that product. How incredible is this stuff you ask? I’ll tell you: it’s so damned good that here i am, semi-supine in my cozy bed on the last tuesday before christmas and instead of figuring out how i’m going to get every last gift that i’m obligated to buy, i’m reviewing this cat litter. That’s how f—ing great this stuff is. It’s simply sublime – transcendent even. In a world where every product is so over-hyped, brightly packaged, and intrusively advertised on every screen in your house and yet is woefully and ultimately ineffectual, here’s a product that’s the equivalent of a circa 1974 george foreman right cross packaged in a manila envelope.

Before i continue, i would just like to say that this isn’t one of those inane, dipsh-t ‘ironic’ reviews that self-entertained hipsters write in the hopes that they get recognized by buzzfeed – i’m as sincere as i can be – this is the alpha and omega of cat litter.

With that out of the way, the first thing that comes to mind about this litter is that it saved our carpets, piles of dirty laundry and sanity from bailey’s sketchy bladder. Cynical as i am, i was fully expecting the worst for bailey – her bladder infections were a more consistent recidivist than tyron biggums and there was no end in sight. Like seemingly all pet ailments, i was fully expecting bailey’s treatment to be outrageously expensive.

Thankfully, we’re blessed with a vet that had long since paid off her exorbitant student loans and rather than recommend more ‘tests’ (i.e. $$), she recommended precious cat litter. Always in favor of the cheapest, easiest, and simplest answer, i happily ordered it from amazon. I replaced all the litter in the house (tidy cat) with the precious cat stuff and was ill prepared with how fast i saw results. Literally minutes later, there were fresh clumps in one of the litter boxes. Both cats took to this stuff like a fish to water. No longer do we find ‘surprises’ propped up against the litter box when it comes time to clean them out and that’s pretty damned nice.

So, i give this stuff an easy 5 stars right off the bat due to its ability to coax bailey to start using the litter box again, and thereby curing her bladder infections for good. That alone makes this a 5 star product. It fully exceeded my expectations. What really makes this stuff special is the comorbidity of the following:

1.) cost – this litter is significantly cheaper than the major brands you see in large jugs at just about every supermarket in the country. For the longest time i couldn’t understand why cat litter was so expensive – i mean it’s not like clay and ‘proprietary scent crystals’ are rare earth metals. Precious cat litter brings sanity back to cat litter pricing. It’s also pretty sweet that a 40lb. Bag of this stuff ships with free 2 day shipping with an amazon prime subscription. Thus, the value proposition is off the charts with this litter.

2.) scent – there is none.

No, i’m not just talking about the actual scent of the litter – i’m talking about after it’s been used. Bullsh-t you say? I can’t blame you – every friggin’ litter i’ve ever used that advertised such a claim has failed miserably. Cat urine is so putrid and so powerful that it causes many landlords to refuse cats to be present on their premises. I wish i had known about this product years ago because it effectively renders this objection null and void. The way this stuff absolutely smothers cat urine smells is positively game-changing. We have four cat litter boxes in our house – one is in the upstairs laundry room right at the top of the stairs. Normal cat litters would assault the olfactory senses of any poor soul unfortunate enough to walk upstairs in our house. Not so with this litter.

It’s ability to c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e-l-y void the stench of cat urine is truly other-worldly, maybe even a little bit spooky. Absolutely nothing should work this well at canceling out one of the worst smells known to the human race. Thus, i have no other choice than to conclude that simple logic dictates that beelzebub himself must be involved somewhere in the supply chain of this product – there’s no way humans alone have unlocked the superpower of neutering cat urine funk. However, this raises a philosophical question unto itself – how bad could the devil really be if he/she/it is involved with such a flawless product? Eh? Think about it.

So, precious cat litter is not only super good at eliminating cat urine stench, but it also forces consumers to deeply ponder some of life’s most mysterious philosophical questions. Tidy cat don’t do that, jus sayin’…

3.) clumping performance – to me, next to the puke-inducing smell of cat urine, scooping soggy piles of cat mess is the absolute worst part of changing the litter box. With the mainstream brands, i’ve noticed there’s about a 50:50 chance that the litter will clump. When it does, things are a-okay. When it doesn’t, you might as well don a painter’s mask and goggles to deal with the resulting acrid fumes. Once again, precious cat punches far above its weight here. This stuff clumps so consistently and so tightly that detroit should consider using this stuff to fill potholes. Cleaning the litter box with precious cat is a much faster, much easier, and much less painful experience than ever.

So, i conclude my review. Is precious cat a fantastic cat litter? Indeed. However, it’s something better than that – it’s a product that transcends its meager goals, which is to merely be a substance that cats crap into. For one, it’s absolutely unmatched in its ability to do what no other cat litter can do, namely ‘leave no trace’ that a cat resides in your house, a ‘silent warrior’ if you will. Yes, i said it – it’s essentially the navy seals of cat litter. It’s also cheaper than its inept competitors. Perhaps most importantly, it can be the difference between a cat being happy and comfortable in a loving home and a cat finding itself in a shelter. Lastly, it’s so outstanding that after witnessing its perfection, you’ll be highly motivated to write paragraphs about it on amazon.

Cat litter.

It’s precious cat or nothing.

I wanted to give a very detailed review because i tried using reviews to choose litter, but it was very hard to do because often the reviews vary wildly in describing the same qualities of the same litter. I’ll start by saying i’ve tried fresh step, tidy cats, arm & hammer, pretty litter, and various other silicone litters before settling on this one. I have one short haired, older female kitty who has one litter box.

For a long time, i used arm & hammer clump and seal litter. I didn’t hate it, but felt like it didn’t clump as well as it could and i wanted to try something else. So i switched to pretty litter for a while because i liked the color changing aspect. However, i started to notice that it wasn’t lasting as long as it was supposed to and i didn’t want to keep paying that much for something that wasn’t doing what it was supposed to. I liked the no-clump aspect, but it seemed to irritate my kitty’s toes. She was constantly picking stuff off the hair on her feet (and she doesn’t have long hair at all) and i felt like it tracked a lot. I then tried a few different silicone litters, but the more affordable ones were too hard to find regularly (ie often out of stock).

So after all that experimentation, i had a few qualities i was looking for:
– low dust
– low tracking (i live in a very small apartment where there aren’t many steps between the litter box and the couch or the bed)
– low odor
– hopefully non-clumping

i ended up compromising on the non-clumping part, because this litter meets my other wish list items so well.

– dust: i haven’t tried some of the “natural” litters like the ones made from corn, wheat, etc. So i can’t speak for those. But otherwise i have used many of the popular litters and i have concluded that there probably isn’t a 100% dust free litter. I think it’s just the nature of such a product. However, this has less dust than any other litter i can think of and i love that.

– tracking: again, not sure if there exists a 100% no track litter. But in my experience, this tracks the least. I did notice after i was sick for a couple weeks (still scooping ofc but not as worried about cleaning up the litter on the floor) it did start to get a little spread out and ground into the carpet. But as long as i was vacuuming regularly i barely noticed any tracking.

– odor: this and the low tracking were probably the main selling points for me. I’ve honestly forgotten to scoop the box a couple times because i. Never. Smell it! Even when scooping it, it hardly smells. Only towards the end of its life cycle does it tend to stink much, but again, that’s only when scooping. And i use the scent free one! I hate the smell of scented cat litter (it gets too strong for me and in my head it’s a “cover up” smell, like spraying perfume on a dirty shirt or pants lol) i think this is the best quality of this litter. If odor is your sticking point, i’d definitely recommend trying this.

– clumping: as i said above, this was what i compromised on. **this is a clumping litter.** but it clumps extremely well. Honestly sometimes it’s a bit like scooping a rock. If it’s a larger clump sometimes i have to put in some effort to break it in half. So because of that and how great the other qualities are, i was fine with switching back to a clumping litter. I have a litter genie so it’s not too much of an inconvenience. Actually, my only (very minor) complaint would be that the clumps get too heavy to fill the litter genie bag as full as i’d like, but it doesn’t bother me that much.

– price: i haven’t sat down and figured out how this one compares to the others in terms of price, but it’s at least comparable and i think very reasonable for the quality of what you get. The 18lb bag is a little more than enough to fill up the litter box, and has been lasting about a month.

So glad i decided to try dr. Elsey’s! I hope this review is helpful to anyone else shopping around for litter like i was.

This product is unscented, but completely masks scent. Even the waste bin i fill after scooping the litter box doesn’t stink as bad as the last litter i used. Very fast clumping. Very low dust. I use this stuff with confidence in the litter box in my kitchen, without fear of contaminating all my surfaces with litter dust.

Almost no tracking. I would wager the only tracking that happens is when i accidentally step on the stuff with my bare feet as i’m cleaning up after they kick it out of the box. My cats are champion kickers, so they do still manage to kick it outside the box a little, but not much, and it doesn’t fly far. I use a litter mat under one of my boxes and it keeps it almost completely contained (have i mentioned my cats being strong kickers?).

Half the cost of the “no dust” clay litter from arm & hammer, but works much better. Does not stick to the walls of the litter box! This is really important because my kitty tends to urinate down the wall of her box all the time. Other litters would clump and harden on the box wall and stick there. Couldn’t scrape them completely off if i tried. Not so with this. It just comes completely away from the sides, even though my litter box is old and scratched up.

This stuff is amazing. Hands down the best litter i’ve used, and i’ve used some of the pricier ones. I would not want to use another litter even if i could easily afford it.

While in the process of switching to this from the high-cost, lightweight, all-natural, no-dust litter i’d been using previously, i had one box of this stuff and the rest of the old stuff. The cats completely ignored the old stuff. They would only use this stuff. They would rather use a very used box whole i was out all day at work, than use the “better” brand which was sitting untouched in the other box.

I’ve scooped immediately after liquid waste and it barely sticks to the scoop. Certainly much less than anything else i’ve used. Still, maybe let it sit it one minute before scooping. Solid waste? You can scoop it right away, as long as it’s been covered (mine doesn’t tend to cover his so i cover it for him). If it’s been sitting there for a minute or two you wouldn’t even have to cover it before scooping. This stuff is quick at desiccating all the waste very quickly.

Be warned. This litter is heavy. Not a good choice if you or your cats are weak or have pain issues, but if you’re strong enough, or have someone else who can help you with those things, it is totally worth it.

You might even try having a strong, wheeled bin for your litter, and standing at the door scooping the litter out into the bin at the door where your amazon driver drops it, if your arms, wrists, and hands are reasonably functional but your spine or legs give you grief. I already have distant future mobility issue workarounds planned out, because as long as they make this stuff, as long as i have cats, and as long as i am able to, i intend to keep using this.

Pay more attention to your current use of kitty litter. I now have 200lbs of kitty litter hiding behind furniture, the livingroom chair i slept in for over a year. I have tried to keep the area’s clean, but it’s quite a job sometimes with the 3 litterboxes but i am so greatful that i listened and i haven’t had one accident since i set them up. I do use the pet formula of ‘amour-hammer’@ rug deodorizer for animal smells. The first litter i had had it mixed in, so whenever i cleaned each i said, ‘ok guys, this one is all clean.’ before that they were very slow in trying it out. I use so little, i think it is as much a ritual than anything else.
I love my 2 little sweethearts, and i think the one who wasn’t covering is now doing so.i will continue to use dr. Elsey’s cat litter, but i heard that their superior (more expensive) little keeps the clumps on top so you don’t have to dig. I really love the litter and the low cost; and in comparison to picking up poop or puke from the floor, i prefer they dig as far as is necessary.

Living in the country and being a total sucker, i have more than a few cats. They find me. Even living 40 miles out in the country, further than anyone will drive to dump animals, they still find me. Seriously. I wake up in bed with cats i don’t know. I come home to find cats i don’t know partying in the living room, napping on my bed and helping themselves to chow in the kitchen. Last year a feral had kittens under my kitchen sink. Three cats i had just met, in my house, had litters of kittens in bed next to me while i was sleeping.

So i’m not kidding when i tell you i need good litter.

None of my cats have had any of the cement clumps some people talked about. I guess that could eventually happen if the boxes aren’t cleaned out in a timely manner. I’m not willing to check that out though.

I put this litter in what i call ‘the popular box’, the one they all seem to prefer. I used my regular litter in the back room with the other boxes that get a lot less use. Just for giggles, i skipped a day of cleaning the box with this litter, but did clean the ones with the other litter.

Even though the box with dr elsey’s litter missed a day of cleaning, even though that box get about 3 times as much use as the other boxes, it didn’t smell. At all. The others did.

What dust? Very minimal. I especially noticed the difference when i added old litter in the back boxes. There is almost no dust with this stuff.

And the clumping? Wow! You could hurt someone with those clumps! Seriously! If you find a stranger in your house, just grab one of these to throw. They’ll be in some serious pain!

I barely noticed any odor when i was cleaning out the ‘popular box’. The far less used boxes with the old litter seemed overwhelming after using dr elsey’s.

One thing to note is that although this is a forty pound bag of litter, the bag it comes in is not much bigger that the 20 lb bags i usually buy. This stuff is heavy! I had to drag the litter over to the box and scoop it out with a cup!

I also noticed that there is a lot less tracking of litter. I wasn’t expecting that.

Needless to say, i’m beyond pleased with this litter. It’s a little more expensive, more so for me because i have so many ‘guest boxes’, but i’m definitely not going back to that other stuff.

Now, if they could make a litter that will scatter itself over the poo when my cats can’t be bothered. Is it so much to ask at least that much after everything i do for them???

I guess they want to make sure i don’t forget who’s really the boss around here.

Update. Thank you so much for fixing the quantity of buying this. 1 bag doesn’t last a month. We have a very big cat litter box for our senior cats. Every one go buy this blue bag. Make sure you have 3 inches for cats! I will never change litter again. Also be careful it is heavy!

Update it doesn’t even go to the bottom of the litter box. Yes it is the best litter out there. Sorry for the complaints but that’s how i am i keep it real. Yes i totally recommend yall to buy it!

I love love love on how it clumps! I do not like it when it gets in between the cats toes and feet. I hate the smell when they poop and pee. I have to scoop litter box every day. Used to be every other day but wow it stinks. Really wish that this bag has added scent to it. I do use the arm and hammer scent for the litter but boy it always goes in my mouth when i pour it lol *the scent*. Next time i shall wear a mask.
Also my cat just gotten diagnosed with diabetes in february. I have tried a lot of litter.. He pees a lot. The downside of this litter that we gotta keep scooping everyday and also filling. We also can’t buy more than 1 a time when we want to check out. Gotta make multiple transactions. 1 a month for subscription isn’t enough for us.

I’ve been a cat owner for about 20 years and i can’t believe i am just now discovering this amazing product! I read another review with a video that explained their personal set up with a litter genie and both products have completely changed my life for the better! I have the litter-box in my work office and never smell a thing! I also can tell this litter last sooooo much longer than any other brand i have used before, which makes it an even better value!
I will never use another brand again!!

My personal routine:
i have 2 cats and 2 boxes. 1 box is a regular litter box that i scoop out and dump in a litter genie, and the other is a petsafe brand self cleaning litter box. My cats tend to prefer the self cleaning one to pee in, and then the regular box to poop.
It works out perfectly! I just have to scoop the 1 box every morning, then change out the genie 1 time a week, and the self cleaning box trays every 2 weeks. And i’ve got it down where i only change them when its trash day. My cats also seems to be more calm ever since i found a routine that keeps their litter much more clean and consistent. Total game changer!

I am very impressed with this litter so far. When i first received it and added it to my cats’ litter box, i was pleasantly surprised not to be able to smell anything at all from the box. Normally, there’s always a little bit of odor when i walk past the laundry room, no matter how often i scoop. This litter completely smothers any odor when the litterbox has been scooped, and i can still barely smell anything when walking past the laundry room even if the box needs to be scooped. It’s important to note, however, that i have a hooded litterbox with a flap over the entrance, and i scoop the box usually every other day. I have two cats, and they fill a litterbox quickly. However, keeping 4 or so inches in the box allows them to bury things better and means i can scoop the box less and smell odors less. I haven’t kept 3-4 inches in the box in the past because it takes so much litter that i would have to buy two pails just to fill it to 3-4 and then have clean to add to it as i scoop it. However, this litter’s granules are larger than most others’, and the 40 lb. Bag is excellent for the price. After adding 3-4 inches of litter to my cats’ xl size hooded box, there’s still at least 2/3 of a bag left. After scooping, the litter left in the box looks clean and doesn’t get discolored and wet like other litters i’ve used. So far, i haven’t added any extra litter to the box. With other litters i’ve used, i usually feel the need to add some on top often after scooping because the litter in the box gets stinky really fast. With this litter, i can see myself only adding more when the level in the box gets lower, and that’s what i want. I originally searched for another type of litter because one of my cats has a coughing problem, and i wanted to see if switching to an unscented, dust free litter would help. I wish it was completely dust free, but 0.1% dust isn’t much to complain about. I haven’t noticed any dust at all, and my cat rarely coughs any more. One thing of note about this litter is that it is extremely heavy. I say this as a man who regularly lifts upwards of 100 lbs. At work. This stuff feels like it’s made of lead. I think the fact that it comes in a bag, without many places to gain purchase, makes it harder to lift. I recommend lifting it up and hugging it with both hands on the bag when pouring instead of trying to hold one corner of the bag, as this makes the litter pour out very slowly. That being said, it’s also best to support the ‘spout’ (or the corner you cut open) with one hand. Otherwise, the top part of the bag is going to go limp and dump a ton of litter into the box. The weight of the bag does make it cumbersome, but i’m willing to deal with the logistics of it for the quality of the litter. However, i do recommend getting a metal litter scoop. The plastic one i have bends unless i’m careful about how fast and at what angle i scoop. It makes getting into the corners difficult, and i expect the plastic scoop to break soon. I’ll definitely be getting a metal scoop when that happens. Despite the heaviness of the litter, it’s very easy to scoop. My cats love to dig in the corner of the box and pee, which makes the pee get stuck on the side of the box. This litter is very easy to scrape off the sides, however. It also clumps very tightly, and even weaker clumps, like those formed by the urine scraped off the side of the box, have the consistency of a thick, sandy paste and are very scoopable. I haven’t had any clumps fall apart on me. Also, an unforseen benefit of the heaviness and coarseness of this litter is that my litter mat can catch tracked litter a lot better. Since switching to this litter, there have been a lot less stray granules all over the laundry room floor, and i haven’t seen any litter clumped in the fur on the bottoms of my long-haired cat’s paws, which is what happened with the last litter i was using. Overall, i’m very pleased with this litter, especially considering it’s about $17 for a 40 lb. Bag. I could easily see one bag of this litter lasting me two months, even with two cats. That being said, i’m concerned about the price fluctuations and discrepancies in quality noted by other reviewers. If the price does go up beyond how much i’m willing to pay, i will probably search for another site to order this litter from or just look for another brand. The value of this litter is a huge factor of how much i like it, so taking that away would definitely turn me away from buying this litter regularly and exclusively, which is what i plan to do if everything remains the same as with this first order. If i receive a bag of product with bad quality, i won’t be ordering this litter from amazon again and will try to find somewhere else to order it from instead. But that being said, i’m very pleased with the product that i have received for this first order, and i will definitely be purchasing this product again.

I have been using this litter for months after trying pretty litter and a multitude of other name brand litters. The muscle i had to put into scraping the bottom of the litter box from pee mixed with litter helped me grow my biceps but unwillingly so. This one is the only one that doesn’t have dust, is easy to clean through and through and lasts linger than the more expensive and cheaper brands. I like the economy of buying the 40 lb bags but amazon drivers don’t like to carry up the stairs to my door. It is heavy! If you are older like me, you may want to buy the 18 lb bags. Nit as economical but more manageable in weight. Try it. You won’t be sorry!

This cat litter is amazing. I have tried it all from the cheapest to the most expensive and nothing worked this well. I have a litter robot and a second large pan for my 4 cats. I am a work long shifts so daily cleaning of the large pan is not always possible. Typically when i have a day off and clean urine has soaked the bottom of both pans and i empty and wash both boxes. I have been using this litter for weeks working the same schedule and i have not had any urine in the bottom of either box. I have only had to scoop and add more litter. A few days ago litter robot didn’t have much litter left by the time i cleaned but still no urine in the bottom. Plus there is almost always no smell. This product is far better than pretty litter and fresh step crystals or clumping. Better odor control, better clumping ability, & no urine in the bottom of pans. Saves me a ton of cleaning time.

Been using it for about two weeks now and it’s has it pros and con compared to my old cat litter that i used. It absorbs poop pretty well, doesn’t get into my cat’s feet, and hides the smell of the poop better than my old litter. My cats seem to enjoy it more, i see them covering up their business better after they finish using the bathroom with this litter. My problem with this litter is that it sucks at absorbing pee, the pee sinks to the bottom and sticks to the cat litter box, the is however pee is absorbed a little bit but when i go to clean up after them i have to press or scoop hard enough to get the pee absorbed cat litter. Though there are times where the pee is absorbed perfectly and i have no problem with it, i’d say it’s a 50/50 chance the pee does and doesn’t absorb. This is a 40 pound bag so hopefully i don’t have much trouble with it further on. But, everything else is great and for the price you’re paying and how much you’re getting i’d say it’s worth the try.

This litter is outstanding. I have four cats. Visitors have no clue and friends are amazed they can’t smell them.
The clumps are very hard, there is no dust.
I took points away for 1. Packaging. Dr elsey’s box is very tight around the 40 lb bag, but amazon puts their big loose box on it and it’s ridiculous. The big box often falls apart. 2. Tracking. The litter box room has a kitty door with an entire floor of litter catching mats they walk across, but still it sticks to their paws and end up throughout the outside room.

For many years, i used fresh step scoopable clumping cat litter exclusively. In terms of odor control and clumping (the clumps are hard and do not break up), fresh step is the gold standard. However….

Two new kitties entered my life last fall, and one of them has breathing issues. The dust and/or fragrance associated with fresh step was just too much for him and caused him to sneeze, cough, and ultimately to need an inhaler. I did not need to be told to switch litters. The problem was, which one? The solution? I have 5 cats and four huge litter boxes (petmate giant litter pan), so i bought four types of clumping litter and test drove each simultaneously. I am lucky enough to have an empty tiled office in the basement that serves as the litter box room, so all four boxes were available to all the cats in one place, each with a different type of clumping litter (all unscented). The test lasted 5 months. The points of judgment were, in descending order of importance: dust, odor control, clumping ability, weight, and, to a much lesser extent, tracking. None of the litters i tried were so awful that i tossed them, but i did settle on two winners, each of which continues to occupy two boxes. Here’s what i used:

the losers:

swheat scoop multi cat natural wheat cat litter:
someone from another review said that it worked fine but smelled like vomit. I think it smells a bit more like stinky cheese, but either way, eww. I do not think it worked well. It controls odors okay, but has one of its own that’s unpleasant and even more unpleasant when mixed with cat poo. And while the litter clumps well, the clumps don’t hold up when they are jostled about by the cats or hit by the scoop. The cats did not seem to like this litter, as it was almost exclusively a ‘pee only’ box. Swheat scoop is a little dusty, but not too bad. It tracks a lot. Bonus: this litter is very light.

World’s best cat litter, multiple cat clumping formula:
it is certainly not the best, and for my little experiment, was actually the worst performing. Moderate odor control, decent initial clumping, but the clumps were tenuous at best, falling apart easily into bits too small to be caught by the scoop. It smells really good coming out of the bag – a nice natural grainy smell, but the cats did not seem to like this litter, as it was a ‘pee only’ box. Dust is minimal and tracking is moderate. Added plus, this litter is light. Not super light, but certainly far from clay heavy.

The winners:

blue buffalo naturally fresh multi-cat clumping cat litter:
this litter is made from crushed walnut shells. Its clumping ability is okay, but the clumps fall apart too easily. However, the cats love this litter. It comes out of the bag smelling wonderful – almost coffeeish. It has an odd sort of odor control. It doesn’t really mask anything, but the natural smell of the litter seems to nullify both pee and poo smells. This litter is moderately dusty and tracks a lot, and since it’s dark brown, it’s sort of gross looking. In truth, this would have been a total loser if the cats didn’t take to it so well. I don’t know why, but they love the walnut litter the best. This litter is very light and easy to scoop.

Precious cat ultra premium clumping cat litter:
this would have been the only winner if the cats weren’t so crazy about the walnuts. This litter clumps like crazy and stays clumped. Someone in another review claimed the urine went through the litter and created a sort of uni-clump on the bottom of the box. My experience is this would happen only if (a) a very shallow amount of litter was used, or (b) the box was not scooped frequently enough. My litter boxes, which i scoop daily, are huge, filled at least 5′ deep, and there are four of them and five cats. I never found what (s)he described. I did notice that the clumps in this litter are a little sticky and are round rather than cookie shaped, like with fresh step, which i believe is due to precious cat having larger particles and being pretty much dust free. If a clump sticks to the sides or bottom of the box, it can cling pretty tightly, but comes up with not much effort. If i let the boxes go for three or more days, however, i can certainly see how i would have problems cleaning them properly due to the weight of the clumps and their stickiness. This litter tracks lightly. The precious cat ultra premium clumping is as close to fresh step as i got while remaining fragrance- and dust-free. Big downer: extremely heavy, perhaps even heavier than fresh step. But as long as amazon offers to ship it free, i’ll buy.

Bottom line:
if i had to select just one litter, it would probably be precious cat ultra premium clumping, at least for now. True, it’s extremely heavy, but the dust problem is solved. In the rest of my house i am still cleaning up many years of fresh step dust (i can tell by the smell of that awful ‘fresh scent’ that used to seem pleasant but that i now associate with cat poo). My one cat’s breathing problems are receding and he no longer needs his inhaler. The two brands of litter my cats seemed to dislike, swheat scoop and the world’s best cat litter, tended to be ‘pee-only’ litters. I’m not sure what that fact means in the cat world, but i wouldn’t want to commit to a litter the cats see as unworthy of their poops. I tend to think that the reason the walnut shell-based blue buffalo naturally fresh clumping litter is such a big hit is because three of my cats are elderly, two of them being 14. I think their paws are sensitive and this litter is easy on their old paw pads. I would think that the swheat scoop and world’s best would also be old paw friendly, but… All i can say is, cats are fickle and they don’t explain themselves.

I like this litter. It does have a little dust— but not too bad. It is packed in a large heavy plastic bag which was difficult for me to lift. I ended up opening it and transferring the litter into two empty cat litter jugs i happened to have. The manufacturer may want to consider offering it in jugs or maybe a two pack of smaller bags. Clumping and odor control seem to be fine.

Great litter. It has no odor and clumps well. My cat uses it with no issues. It says it’s 99% dust free but it still produces a fine layer of dust on anything around the litter box and it tracks a few feet from the box. I sweep daily to keep it from spreading even further.

We have two cats, and two separate litter boxes for our cats and we find this is the most affordable and all-around best litter for our needs. This litter does track a bit… Although it could be how our cats charge out of the litter box after doing their ‘stuff’ like they got spooked, but overall we are happy with the product.

Our cats tend to do zoomies around the house afterwards, so maybe the litter is also an energy booster? 🙂
just checked, we need order more for the grandpee race! :d

I would have given this 5 stars if it eliminated odor a bit better. I usually use the more expensive arm and hammer but after reading the reviews for this one i thought i would give it a try. It’s a great litter overall. It clumps very well and there is virtually no dust (this is a big plus for me!). I did appreciate that it was on the cheaper side too. The only thing i think they need to work on is covering up the odor a bit better. I am a twice a day scooper and i still had odor problems. After awhile i did add a freshener to the box then and it took care of the problem. Other than the slight smell issue, this is a great litter and i would definitely recommend.

This is a great litter for the price. It’s a fairly large bag , that is cheap but still serves the purpose intended. Definitely no odors, completely eliminated. The hard clumping makes for easy scooping when cleaning out the litter. My only gripe about this littler is it tracks. My cat likes my tub so i always find the littler in the tub and some throughout the house but not to bad.

I love the product, but unboxing it is a total nightmare. There is no easy way to open the box except maybe with a chainsaw. I hate the box that the bag is shipped in. Even a boxcutter took more effort and upper body strength than any normal person has. I’d love to order more but i can’t because of that stinking box. Fort knox is easier to break into.

This litter does what it’s suppose to do the main thing that makes me not love it 100% is how much it tracks. I’ve tried lots of litters and this has been the worst one of them all when it comes to tracking. Just within a day of using it i’ve begun to see pieces of litter everywhere. A good litter but be ready to find litter on your bed every night.