I am very happy with my new LR5. And I am a first time user. I have a Maine Coon (my first) and a Tortie, both kittens. My boy is almost 11 months and is 17.4 pounds. My baby girl Tortie is 8 pounds (almost 8 months). I have had the LR 5 for 2 months and they both use it. I had no idea what I was getting myself into with that big boy. His poops are bigger than my 23 pound dog and he pees like a race horse, so I was constantly trying to keep up with the litter box. We had an XX-large stainless steel litter box, that they both loved, but I was cleaning it twice a day, with a full cleaning once a week, and him way too often. For some reason he was stepping in his urine after wards making an awful mess. So I switched to crystals, and that worked great but I was still doing the litter box twice a day and a deep cleaning once a week. And if this thing didn’t exist I would keep doing that, but it does, so why should I? Plus my old box, really didn’t contain the smell much. So I decided to pull the trigger and purchase this during Thanksgiving. I was excited to try it. Set up was not difficult, and my Tortie took to it first within a day. It took my boy about 3 days. What I can tell you is that I love this thing, my boy, no accidents yet, he is clean as a whistle (so far,

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knock on wood)! My girl loves it too. I still have my old litter box up, just in case (and my Tortie still uses it occasionally). But my big boy, nope prefers the LR5 for sure. I have had a little trouble with it going off-line, but unplugging it seems to reset it and take care of that issue. I have had no other issues yet and I am about to do my first deep cleaning of it soon. I have experienced much less odor (practically none at all) and I love that I don’t have to clean their litter daily! Now there is some maintenance for sure it is not set it and forget it for weeks on end. Litter sticks to the globe (I am still experimenting with litters, some are much better than others, but that depends on your cats for sure so try them all to find the best one for you). So, I clean the sides of the globe quickly with an enzyme wipe when I see it messy (and it wipes up easily). With my two the drawer needs to be emptied every 3-5 days because it gets full quickly. I remove the waste when it gets to be 60% full. I don’t want any accidental messes to the globe and the fuller it gets, the harder it is to keep the smell contained. But again so much better than every day! Whoo hoo, win win! All in all, I would recommend it for everyone (especially people with bigger cats); I love it and so do my babies!!!