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ok, this may sound like a crazy question, but...has anyone had experience with the litter locker? actually, this is the weird part...has anyone used a diaper genie/diaper champ for disposing of litter? i was using the flushable litter for about 6 months, then my toilet started to clog on a regular basis. the day it took 3 hours to unclog was the day i swore off of the flushable kind, so now we're using regular clumping litter. i was surfing & found the litter locker, which seemed like the kitty version of a diaper genie. one thought led to another, & now my crazy thought is trying the diaper champ, because it takes regular kitchen trash bags instead of the expensive refills that the genie & littler locker use. i've been using small bags & tying them off, but it still smells. i live in a small condo & when one room smells, the whole place smells so i'm investigating other options. just wondering if anyone else has used any kind of disposal system that works for them. thanks for any help,

morgan & franklin

No experience on the litter locker, but I am using a diaper champ for a pink furless child. I choose it because a couple of my girlfriends had diaper genies and were only frustrated with them, plus the added cost of the special bags, which don't contain the smell much.

I wouldn't dream of using either for litter. The deep well you drop your smellies in works with a neatly rolled and taped diaper but almost anything else I've dropped in it has gotten stuck in the fine gap the 'plug' rides in to contain the smell. (not that it actually contains the smell) And I've got a mold growing in there that eats lysol spray for lunch. Seriously. Took it outside for bleach, water and sunshine, water got trapped in the top portion and drained for a couple days. Would not want it on carpet.

I consider it more of a physical barrier to keep the pink thing from playing in her poo. Its emptied every other day if not every day.

Plain old double bagging the litter scoopings works better. When I scoop, I tie off the first bag, then cover the entire wastebasket opening with the second and flip. Any gap in the tied off top in the first bag is closed off in the bottom of the second bag so the risk of dribbling dirtly litter is gone, and there is no hole to let the stench out.

I'd be worried the litter locker was a cute idea more practical for lightening your wallet then keeping your place smelling fresh.

thanks for the response. thats why i asked, i dont have any kids so i have no experience with any of them, & im a born skeptic anyway. i had no idea how the genie worked so i figured it best to find out from someone who knew. thanks for the help, i think ill stick with the trash bags

...oh! and you have a seriously handsome cat (I've got a thing for grey kitties) Give Franklin a scritch for me please!

believe me, he gets all the scritches he wants, & then some. he's a total scratch hog, but i love him anyway thanks again...

I use the plastic bags that my groceries come in and that way I don't have to buy bags just for kitty litter. I use two bags together and tie them off so they are completely closed. Of course I am lucky, my trash can is in my garage and I just trot them right out there. For any accidents....I have a almost 20 year old who sometimes is not inclined to bother herself with a litter box, I use the plastic sleeves that my newspaper comes in. I put it over my hand like a glove, nab her highness's poop while we glare at each other.. and tie it off. That usually just goes in the kitchen covered trash and there seems to be no smell.
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