Neakasa M1 Plus Automatic Cat Litter Box with 2-Year Protection Plan

I wasn’t sure if our elderly (18 year old) cat would adjust to an automatic kitty litter box, but honestly this unit was life changing for both of us! I put this next to her old litter box and within 1 day she was using it. The Neakasa unit was easy to set up and best of all it needs little assistance from me to keep clean. I normally empty the collection tray twice a week and there is no bad odor in the meantime. The unit is a little high for my arthritic kitten, so my husband built a few steps leading up to it to make it easier for her to get in and out. She is picky about what she steps on, so I didn’t think she’d go for the steps Neakasa offers. While I’m not a fan of having an app for everything, I do find the Neakasa app convenient - it records my cat’s frequency of using the litter box and her weight each time she enters the box. This has been very helpful as she has had lifelong kidney issues. But let’s not forget the best part - not having to scoop out a litter box! I’ve had this unit since October 2024 and it has held up great, works as well as it did when I first got it. Of all the things I’ve bought for my kitten I do believe we both appreciate this one the most. :)

I'm very happy with this purchase. I needed an auto cleaner litter box but most of them are so dangerous and kill cats. This one is different. I have watched as my very curious girl will wait for the box to start its cleaning cycle, and then she puts her paws on the front to play with it. The box immediately stops. The sensors are very sensitive and are doing a great job. Also, this box is open on top and the way it cleans is a process of moving slowly back and forth before finally turning all the way. And there is not space for a normal size cat to get stuck. It is also sensitive enough that even a kitten touching it would stop it. So I'm happy. I have an aggressive digger who flings the litter out of the box, but the litter trap mat it comes with catches it. I can then pour the litter back in. I did purchase the litter guard and that is being delivered tomorrow. I also like that this box can be set to clean after every use, or on a schedule like every 3 hours, or i can turn off the auto clean and just press the clean button when i want to throughout the day. The options make it customizable to your needs. I have several cats of varying sizes. Smallest is 6 lbs and the largest is 25 lbs. This works! The app tells you the weight of the cats and how many times they use the box per day. It also tells you when to add litter and when to empty the refuse tray. I recommend this box!

New (7 months): This is such a glitchy machine. Just look at the support group on Facebook. Recently, mine and apparently many others’ has started giving a “bin full” error despite the bin being empty, sensors being clean, bag smoothed out, etc. Support is useless and won’t provide a useful solution. I am a week into back and forth emails, to no avail. There is no way to hard reset this thing. So it’s useless because the programming is bad. On the day-to-day side, the liner is hard to clean. Mine has litter cemented to it. It’s otherwise in fine condition. I feel like a hard plastic liner would be just fine instead of this flimsy silicone. It works well enough for old style litter boxes. It’s a pain to get balanced just right so it won’t dump litter. The weighing feature is useless if you have cats of similar weights, and it sometimes gives totally off-kilter weights. There isn’t a way to view cat data over time, so it’s more novelty than health monitoring. You can see use throughout the day but it’s not graphed or anything to show trends. I’m just going to get the original Litter Robot I think. The physical design of this is great, but the programming and support are abysmal. Old: I have four cats. This is a lifesaver. Very pleased. Just wish the waste drawer were redesigned a little bit so the bag feels more securely tucked in. - The title was basically my biggest concern buying one of these: will my jumbo children fit? And they do! I have one maine coon-looking rescue mix (16lbs lean and super long/tall) and one that’s just lorge (16lbs fat but also long and tall). I’ll admit it’s not the same as the massive traditional litter pan I have as their backup, but this does cut down on the litter labor by a lot. If I go a day without cleaning the old pan, they’ll happily use the Neakasa because it’s clean all the time. My smaller/normal sized cats took to it without issue. One was a bit nervous, but I just topped the Neakasa off with some of the litter from the old pan. It brought the familiar stank to the new pan, and now everyone’s using it. On the note of cleaning, I love how the schedule can be adjusted. My cats tend to potty one after the other; it is a family affair to them. So I set the self-cleaning to occur 30 minutes after a cat exits. My one semi-gripe would be the waste drawer. The waste tends to pile up on one side, so it’ll alert as full when it’s really not. Just shake it and it’s fine another couple cycles. Personally, I’d like it if the drawer were a little deeper, as there’s plenty of clearance with the legs in place. The rim is its biggest pain point; it’s a grippy rubber strip that the bag folds over, and it’s a little awkward to handle. I’m always nervous putting the drawer back in that the bag is getting pushed off the rim. It would help if the bag were more recessed into the rim of the drawer, with the slider edges set above the bag attachment. Or maybe a clip on the far end to hold that more securely. I may play with it and see if I can easily DIY something there. Calibrating was hard because I couldn’t really see the measurement lines on the inside of the machine to measure out 100% capacity. But I improvised and it works. The app is not especially well translated, but it does the job and tracks usage very nicely. There are a couple instances every day or two where it seems to measure a cat weighing only a few pounds using the box, which is much smaller than any of mine. I assume it’s just the cats only going half inside to check it out though. They’re fascinated whenever the clean cycle runs. No major complaints, though. It makes my life easier and accommodates my big babies.

Long but worth the read to know how to get your cats to use it. I chose this automatic litter box because of the open top. I have a male sphynx who has a long body and weighs 10 lbs and I also have a small female sphynx who weighs 6 pounds. My male does this crazy looking thing where he stands up on his hind legs and holds onto the side and pees. I had a feeling the enclosed litter robot might not work for him. I’m using the arm and hammer hard ball litter in this and it works wonderfully. The smell of this litter is amazing!! My whole room smells nice. Sphynx cats eat more than other cats and they are stinky when they poop! They can clear a room! The only time I smell the box is while they’re pooping and I never smell it again. I have this box set to turn over the poop to make sure it’s coated good and then clean and dump it 7 minutes after they get out! It’s perfect timing for my cats. It gives it time to clump and then dump. When I first started setting it up which is a breeze to do btw, my male kept jumping in it like it was a box to play in. I had to remove him 3 times to finish. I activated it to level the litter and he was fascinated with the movement and watched it. I removed their old breeze box completely out of sight and placed this new one in the exact same spot that the old box was. This is gross and graphic but it’s how you need to do it: The way you get them to use it is, you take a decent sized, coated with old cat litter turd out of your old box, you can use a glove, but I just used a few paper towels and picked the biggest one out before throwing the old box away. It was pretty dried so it broke up into 3 pieces when I went to put it in the new litter which worked out because I planted and slightly buried with the tops still showing slightly in 3 places spaced out in the new litter box. Make sure your new box here is set to manual instead of automatic so that it doesn’t dump your turds you just planted right away. If you have multiple cats, you can set it back to automatic AFTER ALL your cats have done their business. My male sniffed and quickly realized that this is not a box to play in but a box to do his business. He cautiously climbed up in it and scratched around and finally positioned himself which I took a picture of. My female was sleeping at the time, so she hadn’t had a chance to notice the new box yet, so the old turds and his business he just did was left in there. When she woke up, she went to the area and just stood there and looked at it for a couple of minutes but then she started smelling and inched closer to get a better whiff and check it out. Now, she’s pretty tiny so when she went to climb in, she struggled a little because it’s taller than what she’s used to. I need to find a small step but I haven’t found one yet that I can place in front of it on the mat to help her. I left her alone tho and didn’t help her because she was in the mood to use the box so I didn’t want to distract her or have her associate having to go with any disruptions so I let her struggle and pull herself up in there. She did the same thing he did, smelled for awhile and scratched around a bit and then she peed. I let her take her time getting out and go on about her business and then I turned the automatic on a few minutes later. Both cats just watched it move and it was very quiet so I didn’t bother them at all. They have used it every time like normal since and that was last Friday when I got it. I decided to check the drawer 4 days later and it was time to take the bag out and put a new one. Just DON’T open the drawer until you’re ready to change it because, it’s stinky when you open it. The drawer is sealed very well though and contains the smell so you only smell it when you open it. I’ve never smelled it at all before when walking by the box. I decided every 4 days was a good time frame to check and change the bag for my two cats so I set a 4 day reminder in the app. I love how you can just cinch it up and throw it away and the bags aren’t cheap. They are heavy duty! God!! That’s so easy and quick! I love it!! I may change litter but I love the smell of this one so much that I don’t want to. My male is a wild man getting out after he does his business. I guess he feels so good and light that he just barrels out of there so he flings. The mat is great though! I just fold it up a little on the sides once a day and dump it back in the box. I put another rug on the other side of the mat to catch anything in case he jumps out and over which he almost always does. That is working well. I was a little nervous about making this investment but it’s the best decision I’ve ever made for my cats and sooo worth it! I’ll never go back to sifting turds out everyday again!

I’ve had this automatic litter box for almost 2 years now, and it has truly been a lifesaver! It makes having cats so much easier because I no longer have to constantly scoop, and it does a great job keeping the smell down. Emptying the waste bags is super easy, too. I also love that it tracks each cat’s weight and remembers which cat is which. It has held up really well over the past 2 years, and I honestly can’t imagine going back to a regular litter box. Overall, it has made such a difference and I would definitely recommend it!

I love my Neakasa! I switched a few years ago from the Litter Robot and so glad I did. First, I much prefer the open top. My cats are rather large and this gives them the space to do their business without being cramped. Second, I was having performance issues with LR that I just dont have with my Neakasa. I can also go longer between emptying because of the bigger bin size. And its far easier to clean. You can take the whole thing apart and hose down nearly every piece. If youre lookong for a reliable, low maintenance automatic Litter box, this is it.

I have had the machine for over 2 years and while I do admit the machine has it's quirks, and there is a bit of a learning curve, overall it has worked very well for my 2 cats. It never smells and it is easily to maintain. Even when the machine does have it's issues here are there (like all large moving machines do) the support team at Neakasa is great. You can email or call them and they will help troubleshoot issues and support you. Definitely download the app and connect it to your machine! This is a huge peace of mind when you're out of town especially.

So for context, we have two cats who go to the bathroom about 8-9x a day and are notoriously bad about not always covering their business or expelling outside if the box isn't fresh to their standards. This happened frequently during long work days where we needed to do overtime or didn't come straight home, which is what prompted us for an automatic solution. With a 17lb cat, we needed a large design to accommodate and ended up settling on the Neakasa M1. The good It does exactly as it's supposed to, much of the time, of keeping the litter fresh and placing the droppings into the waste bin. The odor and rebellious incidents dropped to zero over night! The large body accommodates both of our cats easily and they took to it day one. The unit is superbly quiet! The eh The built in scale is a nice touch, I love knowing who went and when. However it's not accurate. My cats fluctuate 4-5lbs in a day and we have phantom cats that get detected all the time. The waste bin is a great size, but it's a drop system, so much of the space is under utilized which causes some buildup and other issues we'll get to. If you replace the bag prematurely you'll use more bags, but you'll maintain a happy environment. The app is intuitive and is a decent experience, but it'll also fail to fire off alerts and events until hours later when I go perusing around. This is very much a Chinese company and product, which is NOT A BAD THING but set your expectations for support. I'm waiting on an repair solution being shipped from their warehouse in China and have been told it could take 30-40days. The bad The seal in the bottom that holds the litter requires a "sticker" from Neakasa to create a wider seal. Without it, litter seems to get stuck in-between the body of the machine and the flooring that holds the litter. It's been 3weeks and support still hasn't sent me a shipping number for this and you can't buy the sticker yourself. The sticker simply will increase the border and create a better seal (we hope). Support doesn't link to their own official set or documentation, but instead to Google drive links of uploaded videos. See Eh comment above about expectations. Due to the seal issue, the long wait of the solution, and the waste bins drop mechanism, I end up with the disgusting mess you see above. Basically urine seeps through the broken seal and runs onto the outside not the bucket which it then rolls onto. Litter, urine, and poop then drop from the inner box and should fall into the waste, but bits get stuck on the wet urine. This leads to poop and urine clumps falling out of the box on the back side and smearing on the body. Pretty disgusting. Overall, it's a hell of a step up, but for $600 which is what I paid in June, and didn't take advantage of during their prime sale, there's a glaring manufacturing defect and quality control issue. Id give it a 4 if the sticker was included by default and a 5 if it was included by default and price was lowered $100-$150 before any coupons were given. At $450-$500 with the sticker issue fully resolved, this would be a phenomenal automatic box.

Meine Katze uriniert gerne am Rand, was des Öfteren daneben ging und dann außen herunterlief. Diese Aufsatz hat das Problem hocheffizient gelöst. Bin sehr zufrieden.

I originally purhased one of these before it had gone public as a indigogo. I fell in love with it so much I bought a second one as soon as it was released on Amazon. I originally had a different brand but this one stood out far. Its was very easy to put together. You clicked in four legs. Thats it! I love the ease of setup. My cats took to it immediately. I did not even have it finished setting up and they were already inside it. This machine is much quieter than my previous ones of a different well known brand. I love the simplicity. It was super easy to clean also. The bags install easy, and it holds a ton of litter. I can't say enough about this to date. I love that the app tracks each cats weight and their time in the litter. You can have the cats picture and weights set up in the app. This is a great feature to make sure your cats are using the bathroom regularly. I have been recommending this litter box to everyone I know! Neakasa did a great job with this new concept. My cats didn't even wait until it was set up and were trying to get in it. Last comment is, it really does contain the smell. After a week of not changing the bag I still have no odors at all. It's very easy to spot clean also. Just take a damp cloth and wipe the outer part. Your cat needs this!!!

Lo compre porque a uno de mis gatos le da por tirar la arena fuera. Queda genial lo único que se queda muy alto para los gatos así que tendré que buscar algo para que puedan subir pero genial porque ya no tiran arena fuera

Super eindelijk is de bak vrij van het vervelende over de rand heen pissen. Makkelijk te installeren en door de schroeven blijft hij ook goed op zijn plek zitten.

Ich nutze die M1-Müllbeutel seit längerer Zeit und bin mit Qualität und Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis sehr zufrieden. Das Material ist deutlich reißfester als viele günstige Alternativen aus dem Supermarkt. Der Kordelzug funktioniert zuverlässig und erleichtert das Verschließen. In Haushaltsforen werden genau diese Punkte häufig positiv erwähnt. Besonders wirtschaftlich: Ich stülpe beim Entleeren weitaus günstigere Müllsäcke über den Beutel und verwende ihn daher mehrfach weiter. Dadurch entsteht weniger Abfall und die tatsächlichen Kosten pro Nutzung sinken erheblich. Eine praktische Lösung für preisbewusste Käufer.