It's been slightly over a month since I've started the great "I'd like to deal with less cat feces" experiment, and it's time to wrap this sucker up. So I've got conclusions, observations, and movies. Yes, movies.

Since I first wrote about the Omega Paw, I'll start it's final review first. For the price, I honestly don't think you can beat this box, as long as you get the large one. The small one is just too small for anything other than a very small (sub 10 pound) cat, and the grate tends to come out of the slots inside too easily. I know that's hard to grok on here, but trust me, you don't want the grate coming out of the slots. Also, the large one doesn't have the litter escaping thru the seam problem that the smaller one does.

As I mentioned earlier, you do have to thump the bottom when you turn it over to really get all the litter. You can clearly see this in the video. You will occasionally find "hanging" clumps, and you can deal with them in one of two ways. You can let them sit, and they'll eventually harden and fall the next time you clean the box. Or you can get a litter scooper and scrape them off, then wonder how the hell you'll clean the scooper, since the semi-wet clumps are like wet cement.

I've had to change the litter on the small box about once every three weeks, and the large box got cleaned at the one month mark. That's not so bad, all things considered. You do have to top it off with litter every week or so, but again, it's a minor hassle. The hood and the scooping litter do hide litter odors pretty well.

So all in all, the OmegaPaw lives up to it's claims.

As for the Stylette Littersweep, it's more of a mixed bag. As you can see in the video, it does work. But if you've got a cat who likes to really bury poop and piles a lot of litter, it will get 'confused' and won't clear itself. You'll have to get a scooper and manually redistribute the litter, and then cycle it manually.

The 'confused' state usually happens when you first fill it with litter or top it off. Once it's gotten a few cycles under it's belt, it can usually take care of itself.

Sometimes during a cycle a clump will get hung up on the rake and when the rake returns from the 'drawer' the clump will be dropped back in the litter. So manual intervention is still required, but it's not as frequent as the OmegaPaw.

I've cleaned it once, at the month mark, and the remaining litter was still in fairly good condition. And the sealed box that holds the clumps does a good job of containing odors.

To sum it up, I'd recommend either one of these boxes. The common mistakes people seem to make with them is thinking they won't have to do any cleaning once they settle on an automatic solution. Sorry guys, but that's just not how it works. You are going to have to clean the boxes, just not as often. And you're going to have to use a good clumping litter. Don't use the cheap stuff otherwise you'll have broken clumps everywhere and you're not going to be able to get them out. Spend the extra money and get Fresh Step. As long as you're willing to put in the (minimal) maintainence effort and buy the good clumping litter, I don't see why either box wouldn't work.