Why My DIY Litter Cube Litter Box is the Best.
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2017
- I've attempted to address some of the comments I've seen in my DIY video. Overall, I thought I'd explain why my idea is superior to anything else I've tried or seen. Also to point out problems in other boxes that inspired this idea along with fostering kittens in the past. This video is also a Thank you for the views and likes and comments (good or bad) and subscribers. I best make more videos for my subs right!? :)
Filmed with a Google Pixel and Edited with the video show app
If this was all your idea, brilliant and simple.
"ah, you cleaned my box. Good hooman. Now CLEAN IT AGAIN"
I Love the idea and plus point for his😂 tie and the whole sales man appearance 😂
Thanks. Video was taken before church... So I can't say I dressed up for the video itself 😺
this is actually a genius idea, i don't know why i never thought of something like this before since i'm really creative and handy too. i will be having surgery soon so i'm looking for ways to make cleaning up after my pets easier so i won't have to over do myself and end up getting hurt or risk opening the incision, and this seems like a wonderful alternative to a $400+ self cleaning box that i can't afford, i'll probably even use this after i've healed too since it could make cleaning up faster and more efficient
Thanks for sharing. Hope you heal up well.
The system does work really well.
My basket scoop finally broke a while back and I haven't made a new one yet.
But I still use the tilting method to expose the clumps and poop and scoop with a large metal scoop. Tilt and sift is definitely the way to go regardless of the scoop size.
Drilling so many holes to make the basket scooper/sifter is kind of a back breaker just as a warning.
Good luck
Sure Albert E.
One thing I didn't fully point out about the Omega Paw litter box is that if a cat pees on the sifting grate you will have half a pee clump inside the sifting compartment and the other outside, AND sticking clump pieces on the grate too.
I have a 3rd box not featured in this video. My darling wife did mention that she "can't lift it with a finger." while it may be true that not EVERYONE will be able to maneuver the scoop with one finger... We can conclude this DIY design has a little bit of a learning curve. After a few uses it makes sense and becomes a very easy task. 95% of the time or more I am the one to clean the litter boxes. My kitties Love me, they know who takes care of them though I might be gone at work often ☺️
A great DIY! I’ve been researching cat litter solutions, and this is the most thoughtful design that I have seen. Good job!! ~Antonio
Antonio Dominion Thanks!
I HAVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS SAVED FROM TODAY CUZ THIS IS JUST A CRAZY, BRILLIANT DIY IDEA!!👍
*AMAZING WORK*🐈🐱
Thank you! This is really easy to make because we have a lot of boxes at home and I dont want to waste my money. Your video is a life saver!
Thanks. Good luck with your kitties and cat boxes
I came from all of those fancy robot auto litters and even the manual Omega Paw roll one, and immediately thought about doing something like this. Had a bit of a different design in mind though!
Brilliant and thoughtful man.
I subscribed to your channel because of your honesty about sifting mechanism not working well do to lose cat stools and breakdown of most sifting litter box systems.
Great work, very much appreciate your video.
Thanks and your welcome 😺
This is such a great idea! I'm going to give it a try!
Thanks. Good luck 😺
I'm totally making this. Thank you so much!
You're welcome. Let me know how it goes or if you have any questions 😺
This looks much easier on my back nice
Shes funny. Good teamwork guys. Yes every day.
Wow! Such a great idea, I'm going to attempt to make one, if you want I'll send you a photo of how it turns out! ( don't expect to much I'm not skilled with tools!)
beth luteraan good luck with the project
As a 6 cat family and rescuer. THIS IS A FANTASTIC IDEA! Revolutionary. You really needed to sell your idea. You deserve compensation for this. On behalf of the working poor pet owners thank you so much.
Destiny's Pet Project Dog Rescue Thanks, I really felt the same way. Unfortunately I've invested all the money I'm willing to, but no one picked up the idea. :( So posting this and adding ads to my video is the next best thing. But now I need to grow my subscribers to 1000. CZcams is changing their monetization rules. I may have another idea that's better... But finishing the final prototype is taking forever. Busy busy.
I just subbed & will share this on my facebook in hope that will help you towards the 1000. Looking forward to seeing your next idea!
Thanks much. I'll be posting a "where I plan to go and what I plan to do moving forward" video for my CZcams channel. Also thinking about redoing the how-to video of the litter box and give away the box I make in the video to a random subscriber once I hit 1k
Man, years gone! I still think this is best solution ever
Indeed. Can't beat simplicity. I've been using a giant sized storage bin on wheels with a handle the last year. I don't have a giant basket scooper made for it, but I keep thinking about it. For now I've been using the largest hand-scoop I could find but still using the motions and concept of tilting the litter back and forth to facilitate removal of waste. That's all this idea is... A GIANT basket-like hand scoop to scoop all the contents at once. 😺
How you been Pavel? Hope all is happy, healthy, and well. All good here.
Check this out. Picked up eFoiling now that competition has drove the price down. Stoked to be surfing/ floating Lake Powell again. Been meaning to start a CZcams channel for this too, but just so darn busy to even keep my current channel(s) up to date. I feel less strained keeping casual short-video Instagram current vs the longer try-hard videos of CZcams. I probably need to approach CZcams the same way.
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@@Byromie Man, glad to hear you doing well! Damn!! EFOIL!! Thats my dream!! I will follow your efoil movement!! Cool!! I am doing well! Cats and onewheel as always haha)) man, try tik tok as well! Its growing!
@@pavelportnov8344 1st I was dreaming about motorized surfboard, but it was too expensive and I still had time for wakeboarding then. 2nd came efoil and onewheel about the same time. eFoil looked so much more fun and unique than the surfboard, but still too expensive. So I saved and bought onewheel.
At first the onewheel supplemented wakeboarding, but then it replaced it because It takes too much time (and money) to wakeboard.
I've been really missing my lake time and last year WAYDOO had a Kickstarter for a new entry-level eFoil. So I took a little chance and bought one with $1k savings of the Kickstarter.
It takes 3 plus hours to go out on a boat with a crew, but the eFoil takes me away from my house for only 2hours. It feels sooo good to be back on Lake Powell and flying! 🕊️
P. S. I'll try posting on TikTok too. Ill just post what I post on IG. I made an account but haven't posted yet. Not a fan of TikTok style, but like you said, it's growing.
i’m gonna make one, thanks for sharing 😺
You're welcome. Good luck and have a great 2021
You can hear her sigh when the litter spills hahahahhaa
You are a genius!
Thanks. 😺
If only one of the pet product companies would (have) recognized the same
GENIUS!!!!
Thanks
Purrrfect!
😺
Respect, Respect, Respect!!! You did a great job!!! better than those expensive one in the market! 🙌🏻
Ahaaaa. I found this (second ) video of yours or possibly the first video I don't know. But I now see how you put the handle on the sifting section of this litter box if you're using the swinging door setup. I kind of thought that's how you put the handle on but I wasn't quite sure. So you can disregard my other comment on the video
This Awesome idea!
Thank you. 😺
Actually had, very short term, that rolling one. What I did not like about it is that it needed so much space to function and I did not have a lot of places to put it where it would work well.
That’s cool
I know your former pain of the Omega Box...not enough room, too many pieces, I always hurt my hands snapping it shut, that long arse scoop is a joke...lol 😄*sarcasm*
Plus, the Omega snapped @the sifter part....I had to remove it, & expand the pan. Albeit, your pan design is very unique,
& very useful.
Some people are just plain lazy, don't want to wipe a little clump, or shake it off if stuck. The Luuup is a huge waste of money...
Your design is a considerable one, because I have Cats that I call "Kickers" they kick while covering Cat Apples & Kitty Cider...Thank You for your follow-up. 😊💞
This level of detail is great! I am considering switching from clumping clay litter to wood pellets. Any thoughts on modifications to use that substance? Very much appreciate it if you could put together a video addressing this, TIA
CMS Sultana I've actually never used anything other than clumping litter. I've heard of the other stuff, but it always seems much more expensive. I'm kind of a "best bang for the buck" kind of guy... But maybe if I tried it I'd actually find that the BANG warranted the extra cost.
No matter the used litter though, I imagine that tilting any box, shifting the litter to help expose the waste for removal will be handy.
The idea for my box was partially birthed from me tilting my ordinary box to better scoop out the waste with a hand scoop
Wood pellets are $4 for 40lbs at Mernards
Building one today!
I'll have to give this a shot. Been looking at high walled ones for my kitty. He loves to kick his litter out of his box :p
Catie F nothing better and more simple and more economical than a common plastic storage bin turned litter box. You'll love it. With or without my sifting scoop idea
500 iq BRB gonna go make this right now
That’s look so easy
Simple and easy. 😺.
Drilling all the holes to make it is not so quick and easy though 😼
@@Byromie hye, but it work :)
Great idea. Never understand why SO many people keep cat food / water near the litter box.
Thanks. True, it is not a good idea to keep food near the box. Who eats in or near their bathroom, right? I think many people do it out of convenience... Or to create a sort of, "cat room" or "cat area"
I have my treat/ wet food dishes near the litter box. Those dishes only have food in them for a brief moment each day at least.
It's also a good idea to have a couple feet distance or more between food and water so that your cat is less likely to get food in the water and make the water gross. Even more true if you have a water fountain ⛲ feeder. It makes the filter and pump work harder when food gets in
I'll buy it !
You'll have to make one or find someone to make one. The shipping cost and fabrication cost that I would charge is more than anyone has ever been willing to pay. Maybe someday it'll be available in the marketplace.
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It be awesome if you could do a how to construct video! :)
czcams.com/video/MaSbz8gPHNw/video.html here ya go my friend. I am also planning on redoing a "how to make" video in the future.
Check my Playlists "Cats and Fluff" for other cat videos. I combine all my interests into this one channel (I don't do multiple channels like other CZcamsrs) and separate topics In Playlists instead. Recently working on massive cat litter comparison of 9 different bags. Check it out
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Thanks for watching.
I'm proud of you lol and I don't even know lol Let's say I\m happy for you but seriously honest transperant made your points proved your points.
I need a list instructions would be appriciated. I get it everything but the shifter where did you get or did you cut something in half?
Somehow I missed this comment. I made the sifter with a blade type drill bit from half of another bin. Pretty simplistic and not much different than an oversized hand scoop as I pointed out in the comment you made on another of my videos. 😎
Could you tell me how high from the bottom you start the door?
My green box was retired and I can't measure it. I've since gone to Top entry and no longer bother with cutting a side entry.
If you're still planning a side entry I'd say 6 inches. This will leave a couple extra inches to help keep litter inside when the cat is digging. 4 inches is usually the MAX depth of litter to be used. A door that is 6 inches from the bottom will leave exactly 2 inches of a threshold... Or rather a "litter-hold" 😹
So how did you use to make the softer device?
I believe you mean the "SIFTING DEVICE?". I have an instruction video on my channel you can check out. It's a second plastic bin, cut in half. I used a blade style 1/2 inch drill bit to drill holes. Wooden dowel screwed in for handle.
How did you make the holes on the side? I might have missed it
If your talking about the cat door holes,... I cut those with an utility knife.
All other holes (handle holes and sifter holes) were drilled through in some way.
All boxes I've made since are top entry and lid-less. I just skip making the door. If you and your cat don't need it then you can skip it too
If it had a door on top and a lid on a like a modcat it would be perfect. Also stainless steel i would preferw but impossible to make at home :(
Now I have seen the oyher one with a top opening. Is it hard to dump it in?
@@iknowyouwanttofly I no longer use the lid with the opening because this particular bin shown in the video is not tall enough for a cat to sit up straight. I want my kitties to be able to have sufficient comfortable space so they can go about their business pooping 💩 similar to the way they would outdoors.
Not sure if I know what you mean by dumping in. The large basket scoop can be difficult at times to empty into a small trash can. Sometimes I simply dump the clumps and poop on the surface of the litter then use a typical hand shovel to easily scoop everything off the top to accurately put it in the can without dropping a single grain of litter 😹
Hope that answers your question. If not, maybe you can rephrase.
Have a righteous furry day.
I don't use either kind of system I just scoop the kitty litter out. But I do clean the box out two if not more times a day.
I loved the Omega box, my cats left me a “present” in the hallway, only time ever. I dismantled it and took it to the dump.
💩That's kinda funny. And yet not so funny💩 It had a good idea but has some major flaws. Especially if you got cats that pee or poop in corners of boxes. They pee on the sifter grate and you end up with 1/2 a clump inside and 1/2 outside the sifting compartment.
Mine will have a similar problem a little bit, mainly because of the bins not fitting perfectly flush inside one another clear to the bottom. ( a problem that would have been remedied with their real marketable idea vs this DIY one) but the problem is rare and cleanup is easy when it happens. Just a big tap on the scoop shakes it off. Then scoop again.
Good luck with whatever box you end up with.
Subscribe if can and haven't already . I need 1000 subs for new CZcams monitization regulations. Thanks for watching and commenting
This is awesome. What part of AZ are you in?
Beautiful Lake Powell area
@@Byromie I'm also in Az but in Phoenix.... unfortunately lol
Cool idea but I love my Omega Paw.
+Shari Feekes when conditions are right the Omega Paw was a great box and I gotta hand it to them for their tilting/turning idea to help inspire my own idea.
I have yet another idea that (in my mind works even better!) I need to finalize the actual construction of it to see if it works as I envision.
can i buy one of yours?! because...i have no talent and tools to do it....and my babies would so enjoying it !...
voici je because shipping a box this large is so expensive (unless you live in AZ or UT. The total price will come to about $100. Because of this expense of shipping I killed my crowd funding project and also let my patent pending status expire 😢. I know this idea would have helped many... So I made my videos
Byromie ...just kiding!...its my way to tell you that your idea is soooo great!...anyway...im from montreal!!!...
Lmao cats always use the litter as soon as you clean them
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I have 4 cats and 3 litter boxes, and that amount of waste is literally one day per box lol.
They were right. That isn't much poo
I haven't rewatched the video to check the size of the bag I threw out, but sometimes it varies. Three of my cats will go outside sometimes. Only one cat stays inside 100% of the time. Sometimes there's only a few clumps other times the bag is nearly half full 🙀.
But, point is... I can find a single tiny clump/turd 💩 (or multiple larger clumps) in a larger volume of litter, faster than any other sifting litter box design out there.
Thank you 🙏 I wish you’d sell this!!!! 🙂
Your very welcome.
I wish a company would have invested in my idea too.
I've sold one (built like in my videos) locally before, but with shipping elsewhere the cost would be $100. So far, at that cost, everyone is happy making their own.
For a very long time I've been thinking of redoing my DIY video and giving one away for free as a way to boost my subscribers. I try to find time to post weekly, but building viewers still escapes me.
I've got tons of ideas and videos in many categories and subjects, cat and not (more ideas than time).
I've got something special planned for cat related video. Hope I can setup, shoot, edit, and post soon
Stay tuned. Thanks for your comment. 🐱 Comments are encouraging.
Honestly, watch the movie Joy :) & seriously I love your idea! It would be so cool if you could sell these at a big store like pet co..... Target, QVC ...I personally think your idea is Genius! 👏🏽
@@Pineapple-ob2kb Thank you very much! I have indeed seen the movie Joy. It was inspiring and encouraging,... But also discouraging. Discouraging, because I don't have her courage to put so much on the line and in the face of so much adversity and theft of intellectual property. Especially when I have not only myself to take care of, but my wife and six kids... And 4 kitties 😹😻. But I do still dream about it being in the stores.
I may yet still try to push that.
Thanks
I hear you that’s completely understandable however your idea is truly genius & if she can do it, so can you! :) hope to see your cat litter box & your other inventions for sale someday God Bless 🙏
Great idea how much? Lol
I'm hoping to build one or two for a giveaway later, but none yet has bought one from me (out of my local area), because shipping alone is $50 because of the size! Add another $50 for materials and workmanship. $100. Unless you live close to Lake Powell, then shipping will be lower.
At this price you probably better off building it yourself 😔. Really wish I could have brought this to market. Maybe someday. Litter box market is over saturated with sub par boxes or super expensive ones. It was hard to get investors to notice such a simple but functional design.
Anyway... I've separated my cats topics to a separate channel (Cats & Fluff) to better benefit my viewers and subs who watch my cat content. I think it'll be beneficial to me too in the long run. I have
You put the litter box in the linen closet?!! What about the dust and smell?
There's an air filter in the room. It does a good job. Litter box is routinely cleaned. I add baking soda to it sometimes.
Most of what is stored in that room is household tools, the vacuums, laundry machines and soap, other cleaning products and supplies. Cat food and cat stuff. The only linens or towels stored there are rags and dirty clothes bin for rags
I'm not worried about the dust and things in there. Another large box is in the master bathroom.
Overall, my home is very busy and crowded. 8 people and 5 cats. 4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Never a dull day... Gotta improvise sometimes 😺
@@Byromie understood. I'm such a neat freak and I know how bad the dust from my cat litter coats everything! They have their own room and I have to wash the walls regularly so that's why I was grossed out, lol.
a conveyor belt takes to toilet
So who cleans the floor now..........
We all help out around the house. My 6 year old son vacuums the floors often recently.
Speaking of vacuum, check out my 1st impressions review of the lupe Vacuum (best stick vacuum ever).
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I decided to break up my channel a while back. I do tips and reviews on ModnaR Spit.
Continued cats stuff on "Cats & Fluff" channel. Though I'm hoping to get one last important cat video put here on my main Byromie channel.
I try to deligate and rotate chores out to all able persons. We had a milk jug break on the floor last night. I and my 12 year old helped clean that before it became a bigger mess. 6 kids 4 cats.
eewwww