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Cat's Best Original cat litter has received mixed reviews. Many customers appreciate its excellent clumping ability and odour control, making it a favourite for years. However, recent changes in the formula have led to complaints about increased dustiness, poor clumping, and tracking issues. Despite these concerns, some users still find it economical and effective, highlighting its lightweight nature and pleasant woody scent. Overall, it's a product that has its ups and downs depending on individual preferences.

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Its changed

I have used this for years . Last order there is a slight difference to it . Not only the name change but the litter itself . Litter seems slightly larger , not so fine as it was. I will buy another to try but if same Ill be changing. Please go back to what it was, smaller granules and less tracking.

Not as good as it was..

I used to use this in the past, and recently ordered, but it has changed, and I don't like it as it seems like cork and doesn't clump as well as it used to.. Please change it to the way it used to be!

love the litter but not for my furry Ragdoll.

What a shame! The litter itself was brilliant but had to stop using it after only 2 days as it set into my Ragdolls fur. His lovely belly fuzz was covered and it set in there like concrete, so He wasn't best pleased when we had to cut it alll out! i would still recommend it but for kitties only.

Something's changed?

I used to love this litter and put up with the tracking because the odour control was excellent and it was very economical. Unfortunately the last two bags I got don't seem to be as good. The odour control hasn't been a good which I think is because it's not clumping as well and turning to sawdust very quickly. I have an XL tray and when your having to empty and refill such a big tray every week it gets costly! I hope you fix so I can come back to this brand!

Doesn't clump very well

Get rid of the smell really good and I prefer plant based cat litter. However it tracks a lot and doesn't clump properly which become really messy when I try to scoop out my cat urine. It is really wired that the clumping power is more powerful for the 10l bag and the 40l bag is not that good.

FANTASTIC LONGEVITY BUT AWFUL TRACKING

A friend recommended this litter as I have 7 cats. I have been really impressed by how much longer this litter lasts when compared to all others I have used. However there is a huge downside - it gets tracked by the cats EVERYWHERE! I have capture mats by each litter tray but it doesn't stop them tracking the litter all over the house. Sadly I will be going back to my old style litter (crystals) which don't last half as long as Oko, but stays were it should be.

Tracks everywhere

I tried to love it and it does seem to contain odours and clumps well but it tracks absolutely everywhere. It is so lightweight that one of my kittens just kicks it out the tray when covering up what he has done. I will try a different one with less tracking problems

"Blinded by the dust"

This cat litter would be great were it not for the dust when scooping out, and when cat cover up what it's done. The dust gets into cats eyes and nose, the eyes water and go goey , and his nose runs. It is not supposed to be a dusty cat litter.I cough, each time I scoop out, and fill up box.

it has pros and cons

pros: don't smell easy to clean can be disposed in the wc cons: at least for long haired cats they scatter too much, it scatters all around the house

All over the house!

I love the fact that this litter hides smells, clumps, is flushable ... but i HATE the fact that it tracks literally all over the house! Alsdo, since I have a Bengal cat, who loves to 'stir' her water in the bowl (Bengals like to drink running / moving water), I have to change the water extra frequently as the litter sticks to her paws and ends up contaminating her drinking water! However, I keep on using it, because it really is good in all ways other than the tracking.

Best/worst

Absolutely great on clumping and odour but OMG it's everywhere in the house. It tracks for miles and unfortunately this outweighs the benefits. Such a shame as other than that it's excellent

Nice litter, shame about the tracking

My cat likes this litter, and it clumps nicely so is easy to deal with. However the tracking is dreadful! My whole house is covered in tiny bits of litter from my cat's paws. I put a special mat outside the tray but this made no difference at all. If tracking isn't an issue for you, I'd recommend this product. If it is, avoid!

Good but tracks badly

This litter clumps and flushes well and traps odours quite well. I change it every 2 weeks - I scoop the mess out without topping up. This was the good bit. It tracks horribly! Our litter tray is in downstairs toilet by the front door, and the litter inevitably gets tracked all around the front door. It sticks to the front door mat and you cannot just sweep it off; must hoover. The track mat does not help. I switched for silica for a week and it was a bliss, a holiday from constant hoover.

very good but messy

i used to use worlds best with which i was quite happy and tried this as an alternative. it is incredible when it comes to odour - i live in an appartment and always had a problem with odours to some degree - but not with oko plus - it clumps ok, and i flush it down the toilet. the cats seem to like it as well and use the tray even if it hasn't been emptied. the biggest problem is how messy it is - my cats are ragdolls with very furry paws (which doesn't help) so every morning the floor allover the apartment is like someone got hold of the jar with the oatflakes and started spreading spoonfuls of it liberally all over! really oko people > you got a fab product there on some parts: the odour prevention is really really exceptional and i shall keep on using it for this reason but you really got to sort the texture of it somehow - worlds best was so much better on that front

Disappointed

Bought this due to reading good reviews both here and on some forums. I wonder if they've changed the production process as I found that, tracking-wise, it's nothing special, and it doesn't clump nearly as well as I'd hoped. I've tried other brands of a similar size and consistency and find the previous brand I used was better. The wee clumps seem to break apart when touched, which is rather annoying as they start falling through the scoop's sieve. Also I noticed that, with Oko Plus, within a week it did not seem to be soaking all the wee up, as after scooping up the clumps holding to the base of the tray, it was leaving wet trails in the tray. This is only after less than a week's use and only by one albeit large kitten. After I finish what I've got, I will be trying other brands or perhaps go back to what I was using originally.

Hit & Miss

Been using this litter for quite a while & found it to be great for my 3 Maine Coons. But recently it's not clumping as well & tracking far more :(

Dusty

Have used Cats Best for a few years. I like the extra large bag for my six cats, but the downsides are: it used to clump well but doesn't anymore, it degrades and becomes powdery/dusty fairly quickly and lastly it tracks badly even with a mat in front of it.

not as good as I hoped

To repeat other reviews, it tracks easily out of the box. But my personal least favourite aspect of it was the smell - not of my cat's waste but of the product itself - kind of sour, burnt, weird coffee - yuk! I much prefer the freshness of wood pellets and as I compost all the litter (except faeces and faeces contaminated litter of course), I think wood chip/sawdust are much better as a biodegradable, nice smelling product that composts well

Traces everywhere

I am also surprised about it being so highly rated. All its benefits are outweigh by the fact that it just traces all over the house. I thought that being more coarse than worlds best, will trace less, but it is just the opposite. With worlds best, we had to ho0ver every 2-3 days, now we need to do it 2-3 times a day. It is cheaper than worlds best, but actually somehow you waste more when cleaning, so not really good for me.

Average

I'm not sure how this rates so highly in my opinion. While this litter does clump well it didn't mask or absorbed the smells as well as the wood based pellets I had previously. The tracking on this is also terrible even with the use of a hooded tray and a mat to catch any extra bits that might have got caught in my cat's paws. I won't be buying this again I'm afraid.

Reviews from other countries

40 l (kb. 17,2 kg)

Clumping litter

It clumps well, but since it's fine, the cats easily carry it everywhere because it sticks to their paws and fur. It's not scented and made from natural materials, which is good. But lately, there's been a lot of dust in the bag. When I first started ordering, it wasn't this dusty. Now, by the time the bag is finished, there's a thick layer of dust at the bottom. Obviously, this ends up in the litter and around the house too. The cats like it though, because it's more comfortable to walk and dig in than the bigger pellet-shaped pieces.

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5 l (ca. 2,1 kg)

Unfortunately a flop

I wanted to try this product to have a more natural smell from the litter and less dust in the bathroom. Unfortunately, it ended up disappointing me overall. The scent is indeed very pleasant, but it doesn't absorb urine well enough, so everything breaks up into small chunks when you try to remove it with the scoop.

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5 l (aprox. 2,1 kg)

Lately, it gives off dust

I've always used this litter and been really happy with it, but lately it's been giving off loads of dust. Even when I scoop it, I end up coughing from all the dust—imagine what it's like for the cats. I'm thinking about switching to a different one.

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20 l (ca. 9 kg)

Almost dust-free but clumping is mediocre

I previously used cat litter from Lidl and wanted a low-dust option. I'm very happy with this cat litter because it's quite low in dust and absorbs odours well. However, I'm unsure about the quality of its clumping. It does form clumps, but the pee clumps break apart when I try to clean the litter box. The pee stays fairly wet, which is annoying because it leaves small bits of litter behind that already contain pee. As a result, the litter needs to be replaced more often.

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40 l (cca. 17,2 kg)

Not recommended for cats with respiratory issues

It covers smells really well; Makes firm clumps, easy to remove from the litter; It's gentle on the paws, soft, my tomcat liked digging in it. The biggest downside, and the reason I'll stop using it, is that it leaves a lot of dust. My cat has respiratory issues, which came back shortly after I started using this litter. The dust bothered me too, so I had to wear a mask when cleaning/changing it; Another downside is that it spreads easily all over the house.

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5 l (kb. 2,1 kg)

Average

The litter is dusty but not excessively so, the cat didn’t like it and preferred to do her business next to it. It clumps, but don’t expect super solid balls. The odour control is also average. This is a mediocre litter, but basically, if your cat accepts it, it’s not bad for the price.

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20 l (ca. 9 kg)

A lot of dust

I've been using this for 3 years now. It lasts quite a while, clumps really well, economical to use – I've always been satisfied. But now, after just 2 weeks, there's so much dust and debris at the bottom of the tray, it's not normal. I sifted the trays today.

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5 l (ca. 2,1 kg)

It's okay

I won't buy it again because, personally, I don't like the smell. It's very woody, but not like tree-woody? Doesn't really clump well, but it doesn't create dust either, and it does a good job of binding urine smell! I'm sure it works great for others, but it's just not for us.

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40 L (ca. 18 kg)

Good, but not great

I've been using it for a long time, but lately the quality has dropped. It's dustier now!

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20 L (ca. 9 kg)

it's not the same product anymore

For the past few months, it hasn't been clumping anymore and it's very dusty.

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5 l (ca. 2,1 kg)

Normal litter

It clumps, but my cat constantly had sticky litter between her toes. I don't like it.

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20 l (ca. 8,6 kg)

Cat litter

Overall, it's a decent cat litter, but I wanted one that doesn't create dust, and this one is advertised as being almost dust-free. I actually find it quite dusty and not so good for cats.

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40 l (kb. 17,2 kg)

Didn't live up to expectations

I was hopeful, but my cats refuse to use it. The foster cats do use it, but only because we switched them to this from bentonite quite quickly—otherwise, they’d prefer the old one too. It’s less dusty than bentonite, but when I clean the litter, I end up having coughing fits from the dust that rises. Plus, it makes a terrible mess—the cats track it everywhere. It does clump, but you have to wait for it to set and sift it very carefully, otherwise it falls apart. Because of all this, we’re looking for a different litter.

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5 l (aprox. 2,1 kg)

It used to be better.

I've been using this litter for a few years now, and so far it's the best I've found, but its quality is going down. The first ones I bought lasted much longer than the more recent ones. In other words, before I could go much longer without having to change all the litter, but now it turns to dust much faster than before.

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40 L (environ 17,2 kg)

Practical but very dusty

Lightweight litter, very absorbent and does a good job masking odours, but it creates a lot of dust...

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10 L (environ 4,3 kg)

My cats didn't like it

My cats didn't like the product at all. Maybe it's the smell?

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5 l (aprox. 2,1 kg)

Something's happened…

I used to be delighted with this litter because it clumped well and produced very little dust. But now the litter ends up all over the house and the pee doesn't clump into balls like it used to—it just falls apart and spreads throughout the litter, which means it starts to smell unbearable much sooner than before... Really disappointing...

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40 L (environ 17,2 kg)

Texture not suitable for my cat

After trying out several types of litter, I thought this one might be perfect. Clumping, odour control, biodegradable... everything seemed great, except my cat doesn’t seem to like it. The result: pee on the bed, on clothes, next to the litter box. At some point, these aren’t accidents anymore, but calculated surgical strikes! So now I have to get rid of the remaining 15 kg I bought with so much hope... What a shame!

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40 l (ca. 17,2 kg)

Great at first, but not as good as Smart Pellets in direct comparison

We’ve been using this litter for a long time and were always happy with it, apart from the bits getting tracked everywhere. Then we tried the Smart Pellets version from Cat’s Best, and it’s much better in direct comparison. One of our cats has finally started digging again—in the past, she’d just jump straight out—and there’s not as much litter being carried out, or at least it’s much easier to sweep up five pellets than loads of tiny crumbs. The original is very fine and dusty, so we’ve switched over now, even though it’s more expensive.

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