Petkit Purobot Ultra Review: Taking Litter Boxes to the Next Level

Petkit Purobot Ultra Review: Taking Litter Boxes to the Next Level

Screenshots courtesy of Molly Higgins

Seeing Is Believing

When the field is first arrange, you get a free trial of Premium Petkit Care+, which primarily helps you to watch the whole thing of playback when your cat makes use of it (with out it, you possibly can solely see stills of the occasions your pet seems). The free trial of the premium plan lasts 30 days from setup, and has three tiers of subscription plans, starting at $4 a month for Basic and going up to $12 a month for Premium+. With the Premium model playback, you possibly can actually watch how the metaphorical sausage is made within the field, because it data your cat utilizing the litter field in all their glory, adopted by a recording of the litter tumbling because the stool is separated from the clear litter and disbursed into the hermetic bag under. After it exhibits the stool, there’s a chart the place it has an illustration exhibiting regular versus irregular stool so you possibly can determine any adjustments or abnormalities (probably the most efficient methods to observe your cat’s well being). Though this can be a good concept in concept, the video aren’t hi-def and had been all the time in black-and-white, which made really observing something very tough (I usually discovered myself saying, “Yep, that is a small grey picture of a tiny cat turd”).

One among my cats is a large 20-pound grey tabby and the opposite is a brilliant fluffy 12-pound calico. Once I had the trial of Petkit Care+, it appropriately recognized the cats about 75 % of the time, however as soon as it expired, which cat was which was by no means recognized routinely, regardless of them wanting utterly completely different.

Pack it Up

The litter field can use a number of varieties of litter, together with clay and tofu, however has completely different grates for litter sifting to make sure it’s getting separated correctly. The 10L waste bin lasts as much as 20 days with a single cat, and is positioned within the very again of the gadget. Like different Petkit litter bins I’ve examined, it smells nice due to the proprietary odor eliminator ($20 for three refills) and sealed waste bag. When the litter waste bin is full, you open the trunk lid, take out the dirty bag, substitute it with a clear bag, and clip within the refill ring cowl to make sure it stays in place correctly. A part of the explanation the again trunk finish is so large is due to the auto-packing system. It lifts up throughout operation, and when the bag is full, it has auto-packing, auto-sealing, and auto-bagging. Then, when the sealed trash bag is prepared, the person simply must take away it (you want to take action manually with the buttons on the gadget, and be current to get it out and refill it). Due to this packing system, you’ll want Petkit’s particular refill rings and trash luggage (three for $35). Though the sensible field exhibits photographs of the stool, they aren’t tremendous detailed, so I’d nonetheless suggest checking the stool your self to verify there’s nothing mistaken.

Screenshots from the Petkit Purobot Ultra Automatic Cat Litter Box showing black and white camera footage of a cat...

Screenshots courtesy of Molly Higgins

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