Product Review: Swheat Scoop Cat Litter

I’m usually all about positivity on my blog, but I had to share a terribly negative product review that anyone who has a litter box could benefit from.

Being environmentally-minded people, we switched from clay cat litter to swheat scoop wheat cat litter about 3 weeks ago. And I just threw it all away.

DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT.

First, this cat litter is expensive. I mean $22 for 40 lbs. expensive. In comparison, we only spent $12 for 42 lbs. of Arm & Hammer baking soda cat litter last night. And the wheat cat litter only comes in large cumbersome bags, not plastic tubs or cardboard boxes that can be recycled.

Second, the manufacturer touts this as an odor-less cat litter. I call BS. This cat litter reeked so bad that we had to relocate the box in the bathroom and open the window. The smell of ammonia is so overpowering that I almost passed out one night when I cleaned the box. Tell me how ammonia produced from your product is environmentally friendly??! Hello?! Ever heard of indoor air quality...?!

Third, this litter doesn’t clump as advertised. Yes, it zaps the moisture out of poo so that’s easy to clean up, but cat urine breaks up and sticks to the bottom of the box to the point where it is very difficult to clean the box properly. I dumped the box last night and it looked like there were Dr. Seuss-like plateaus covering the bottom of the box.

Fourth, because of the horrible odor and sticky clumpy mess, we ended up having to spend more time cleaning the box than with previous litters. Which was one of my pet peeves about cat litter boxes to begin with.

Fifth, the manufacturer advertises that this litter doesn’t track at all compared to other litters. Then tell me why I keep finding it all over my house and now have to sweep everyday whereas I never had to before with previous cat litters?

Overall, this product is beyond disgusting. It did nothing to absorb odors, I found it’s “non-tracking” claim to be absolute BS, and I was spending MORE TIME on the box than previously.
Grade: F
(And I’d give it one lower if it existed).

Save your time, money, and lungs and buy regular cat litter. Yes, it’s not the most environmentally friendly, but as some folks say – “do what you can 80% of the time, and give yourself a break on the other 20%”. (I’d say we practice the 90/10 rule in this respect.) You can’t be environmentally perfect all the time, but you can certainly strive to be as environmentally friendly as possible.

Ammonia in my house and poor indoor air quality is worse than clay cat litter in my book. Long live clean air!