916 reviews forCat's Best Smart Pellets Cat litter

This was my go-to litter for many years, but they recently changed something in the formula. The new formula is much dustier, doesn't clamp as well, and the pellets are smaller and darker in color. Shame!

The past 2 bags have been disappointing and no longer clump properly leaving bits of dirty litter throughout the tray. Which means it is smellier and messier than in the past as you can’t riddle it properly. Cancelling my subscription and going back to the old Cats best. Shame as this used to be better with less tracking but not worth the extra money anymore.

My cat has been using this cat litter for a few years. I have always been very pleased with this product; it's eco-friendly, clumps well, and has no odor, though it's expensive. However, the quality has dropped a lot in the last few months. Pallets at the bottom of the bag, comprising at least one-fifth of the bag, are like sawdust!

Yes, there's noticeably less litter flying out of the box (my tomcat has a box where he jumps in and out from the top), but that's about the only positive thing. While "Cat's Best Original" lasts a good 6-8 weeks, with the Smart Pellets there was already too little material in the box after just 3 weeks. The odour control isn't as good either, which is mainly because my tomcat hardly or doesn't cover his landmines with the pellets. That doesn't happen with the "Original".

Smart pellets work, almost no tracking at all but, and it is a big but; -you pay for this smart clumping but the absorption is so slow making the urine go through to the bottom of the litter tray making pointless the clumping as it won't shape or bond in a way to scoop it out. I'm afraid the previous reviews are honest.

I've bought this cat litter for years and the product I received in January has a VERY steep decrease in quality. The pellets are sharper, smaller, darker and they fall apart easily/don't clump as well as they used too. My cat now tracks it throughout the house. This product is expensive but it always balanced out because I had to empty the whole tray less often. Now I'm emptying more frequently so I need to find a new product. I do not recommend this for long hair cats anymore :(

The quality is unfortunately getting worse and worse, for a lot more money! Pellets are darker, lots of dust! No longer absorbs moisture as well.

I have been using this litter for five years for my two cats, and unfortunately, I now have to admit that the quality has significantly declined. It contains many small particles, which makes it dusty and barely clumps. And this, despite the ever-increasing price. I’ve just analysed my subscription orders – the product has become almost 50% more expensive in just one year, which is absolutely unacceptable.

I've been buying these pellets for years, but the last two bags had significant issues. They're mostly just tiny crumbs and a lot of dust in the litter. As a result, it sticks to fur and paws and gets spread all over the flat. Then there's the massive price increase, which is completely unjustified. Unfortunately, I'll have to look for a different plant-based litter!

I have been using this cat litter for years, and for a few months now I've observed a big drop in the quality of the product. The pellets are not as dense, as they used to be, therefore they break apart quite easily. It results in a lot of dust, and cats dragging the crumbs out when walking out of the litter box. Disappointing. Buying something else starting this month.

I used to love these pellets. SO much better than the ordinary Cats Best so well worth the extra. I like clumping litter so there is very little choice in pellets. However, recently the litter has been more like dust. The pellets are very small and just disintegrate. I emailed Cats Best but never got a reply. Very disappointed.

The litter has become significantly more expensive over the past few months. At the same time, the quality has gone downhill. The pellets crumble more easily and are smaller. It used to be better and cheaper. I’ll try out a different litter now to save some money.

I have been buying this litter lately because it wasn't tracking as badly as the previous sort. But the quality has deteriorated and it quickly breaks up into tiny crumbs which make an awful mess. I won't be buying again.

Always purchased the Cat's Best Smart Pellets because there was little or no smell, when first put out very woodsy smell, clumped very well, easy to scoop up taking everything soiled. Now something has changed and urine spots crumble on contact with the scooper making it very difficult to collect all the bits. Using a lot more litter and cleaning out the litter box far more frequently. Please return to the old smart pellets - please.

I love this product and there is no better litter on the market but something has changed with the bags. I am tired of every single one ripping, the last 5 I have bought have all been the same. One split and was left outside by the delivery driver is only to get rained on. You can imagine the mess. Please solve your issues with your bags.

I've been using this litter for ages and was very happy with the product, but now the pellets are smaller, there's a lot of dust in the pack, it clumps poorly, and odour control has become bad. My consumption has more than doubled now, so I'll be looking for alternatives.

I have no idea what’s happened to the litter. All of a sudden, it’s so dusty, and the pellets seem much smaller, almost as if some of the cheaper CAT’s Best has been mixed in. It’s really strange—maybe it’s just an exception with these two packs. If it stays like this, I’ll have to look for a new one :( such a shame :(

I’m a new cat owner, so I don’t know many alternatives yet, but I’m absolutely disappointed with this. It smells awful, doesn’t absorb any odour at all!!! And it clumps so much that a lot of litter gets used up every time the cat pees, meaning high consumption. On top of that, it’s quite dusty, both when filling the tray and during cleaning. The litter only gets 2 stars instead of 1 because the pellets are large enough that I can sweep them up easily with my hand or a broom.

I am trialling this in just one of 3 litter boxes. What it is good: it seems to track very little. The clumping is useless. The nature of the pellets I think it may take quite a while to clump successfully. If you have a cat that digs then it is scattered about the tray and hard to remove. Cats not using it as much as their current litter possibly due to pellet texture under their paws.

The pellets hardly clump, or clump insufficiently, making it difficult to clean out the litter tray even with a large-holed scoop (a significant amount of "clean" pellets ends up in the bin). What’s left is a litter tray that looks untidy, as the clumps break apart easily. The only advantage compared to the regular Cats Best litter is that the litter no longer gets scattered all over the house.