Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Litter Pearls Micro Crystals Unscented Non-Clumping Crystal Cat Litter with Odorbond, 7 lb, White, Clear and Blue Crystals (LPMC7)

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2024

Style: Micro FreshSize: 7lbVerified Purchase

I switched from FreshStep to this one, just to try it out. It seems to work very well, it doesn’t give bad odor right away as with the previous litter it would smell right away and is easy to scoop. Will continue buying this litter!

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Lauren R.

Better than Pretty Litter

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024

Style: Micro FreshSize: 7lbVerified Purchase

I had been using pretty litter for about 8 years. It kept getting more and more expensive and I noticed I have to do a full replacement every 2 weeks or less. I have 3 cats. 2 are younger. The oldest is 19 with diabetes and pees all the time. We burn throught pretty litter.

I bought this after reading reviews. It’s only been a week but I am impressed. There is not pools of urine in the box anymore. I do remove solid waste daily and stir the litter as the directions state. It doesn’t smell and I can see that the urine fully evaporates. I’m impressed.

The only one flaw is the dust. I do see it more than pretty litter when stirring. Which I just hold my breath. Pretty litter is dustless. Tracking wise they are the same. Only a very little tracks.

Will be purchasing again and have it on subscribe and save. So far so good!

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Lovejoy

Used Properly, It's Very Good

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2014

Style: Micro CrystalsSize: 7 lbVerified Purchase

I have used this product for 30 days now, and totally agree with the other reviewer who said that the negative reviews for Litter Pearls Micro Crystals were because of "user error".

I've tried many cat litters and have used Feline Pine original (non-clumping) for at least 14 years. It's an excellent product that eliminates urine odors completely, and is safe for poop to be flushed down the toilet. But recently, my young girl kitty started to develop bleeding ear sores and blisters, and after ruling out food allergies, etc., we traced it to the Feline Pine--perhaps it was a reaction to whatever oils remain in the product after kiln-drying, but we just don't know. While researching new litter, I wanted something of a benign, non-chemical/non-scented nature. And I also remembered that my two cats seemed to like Feline Pine best when it was almost ready to be changed (i.e., soft sawdust and not pine nugets) so I decided to try this product--which is the exact texture of beach sand. Both cats immediately preferred it: during the switchover, I kept one box of Feline Pine and one of the Micro Crystals, and neither cat touched the Feline Pine for the two week "test period". And, after one month of use, my cat's ear sores have mostly healed.

Following product directions, I use 2" of Micro Crystals in our two litter boxes: the boxes are 12x18" and 15x22". I've found that cats seem to like two different-sized boxes, for whatever kitty reason! As a note, the girl weighs 9 lbs., the boy weighs 10 lbs., which may give a better idea of our usage rate--which is one 7-lb. bag per month. With every poop, I scoop and flush. One of my must-haves in terms of litter performance is that whatever clings to the feces has to be flushable. The Litter Pearls package and website says that the few bits of silica coating the feces are not a problem for septic systems, and I've had no issues. Regarding usage, you absolutely MUST sift, swirl and "mash" the urine clumps in the silica to break them up and redistribute them into the remaining litter, otherwise you get hard lumps and clumps that cling to the sides and bottom of the box--this is what might make it appear that the litter is "used up". It takes a little longer to mash and sift the urine clumps than it did with the Feline Pine, and while this is slightly annoying, it seems a reasonable tradeoff so that my cat does not have ear blisters. There is a slight urine odor as soon as the cats pee, and right after I mash/sift, but that goes away completely after a few minutes--there is no urine odor at any other time. As others have mentioned, the litter starts out as blue and white silica sand granules, and over time, as it desiccates the urine, it turns into a green and white color, which I suppose is an indicator of when it's absorbed as much urine as it can. Regarding tracking, I keep our two litter boxes in a bathtub we don't use, and we only get a slight dusting of silica sand on the edge of the tub that I easily sweep back into a litter box. I've seen very small amounts of sand in the bathroom and elsewhere, but as another reviewer said, it's far less painful to step on sand in the middle of the night, than onto nuggets of hard clay or Feline Pine.

I do have two issues with this product. First, when changing the litter and also when I mash/sift the urine clumps, the litter does give off a very noticeable silica dust, enough that it makes it uncomfortable to breathe. When doing the mashing/sifting, I literally have to hold my breath--and it takes about 4-5 "breath holds" to complete the job. I have some surgical masks that I think I'll start using, because it really is a bit overwhelming to me. The second issue I have is price. As I said, one 7-pound bag will last 30 days for my two cats. At $22 per bag, that's .73 cents per day--expensive. But since my cat's ears are better, I'll stick with this for now. The real test will be the summer months, when it's hot--and I'll see how well the urine odor is controlled under those circumstances.

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Michelle Bova

Really wanted to love this litter, but......

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024

Style: Micro FreshSize: 7lbVerified Purchase

I am not new to using crystal silica gel litter, so I know there are certain things you need to do to maintain the box to get the most out the litter, like raking / stirring the litter several times a day and keeping the litter box out of humid areas of the house such as the bathroom. i did all these things and still the litter didn't stand up to what it advertises. Going to list pros and cons to explain :

Pros:
* almost dust free( there is a little when u first pour into the box)
*micro crystals don't hurt my senior cat's paws like the regular sized crystals do and if you step on a stray crystal barefoot it doesn't send u to the moon in pain like the bigger crystals do.
* great odor control until the crystals are full
* great absorption, there was no urine pooling on the bottom of the pan like the pet safe crystals
* surprisingly low tracking

Now the Cons:'
* Claims to last a month up to 40 days for 1 cat, NOT! I have been using the litter for 10 days and its ready to be replaced already! The entire bag has been used!
* I accidentally ordered the micro fresh scented, instead of unscented, I kept it because the scent was actually very delicate and fresh smelling, not overly toxic perfume smelling like other litters, until..... One of the indicators that the litter was ready to be replaced is the scent gets 100xs stronger and slaps u right in the face when enter your house, its gross! My cat would no longer get in the box the scent was so strong!
* claims the litter stays dry but this only lasted like 2 days, even with all the mixing i did the litter appeared to be wet and clumpy
* Cost is wayyyy to high for the longevity of this litter! $25 plus tax and shipping for it to only last 10 days is ridiculous!!!!!
Looks like I'm going shopping again. I was really hoping for better results, way to much to spend on something that doesn't perform as it says it will. My pockets aren't that deep for something that is literally thrown in the trash!

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C

I love this litter!!!! But better yet, so does my lil ole man who doesn't like change!!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2024

Style: Micro CrystalsSize: 7 lbVerified Purchase

UPDATE: Still agreeing with my original review. I was so used to stepping through litter. It took me a few days to realize, I'm not walking through tracked litter anymore! No smell, the litter box stays clean with an easy wipe down once every 1-2 weeks. No litter sticking to the sides of the box and more. LOVE this litter!

ORIGINAL:
Litter Pearls Micro Crystals Unscented Non-Clumping Crystal Cat Litter with Odorbond, 7 lb, White, Clear and Blue Crystals (LPMC7) *****Make sure you get this one, not the clumping or other. Clumping has the sand texture, but sticks. The others seem to have the rough, irregular hard, sharp shapes.*****

I have been using for 3-4 weeks.

I love this litter and so does my furr baby!!!!! It is PURRRRFECT. Non-clumping and pretty much non-tracking. No order, it is soft, like the texture of most sand like clumping litters. This made transition with my kitties easy, truly, non-existent transition.

I have a Litter Robot 4 and Litter Pearls Micro Crystals Unscented Non-Clumping Crystal Cat Litter with Odorbond, 7 lb, White, Clear and Blue Crystals (LPMC7) litter is definitely non-stick and AWESOME. I struggled with most clay litters sticking and very messy. Litter pearls only needs a simple wipe down after the empty and done. I use Pet Wet Wipes and they get the job done easily. Depending on how many furr babies you have will depend upon how ofter you empty. With one using the indoor potty box and one the outdoor, once every 2-3 weeks. Can I say it again, I LOVE THIS STUFF! What makes this litter perfect for Litter robot? Litter robot scoops the hard waist, and "stirs" the litter for you. I love this stuff!!!

I did an indpendent review of a few silica litters at my own cost. No freebies. Other silica litters were chunky, hard and sharp and are a definite no. One from this brand was a clump version. I did not like it, it stuck to my litter robot sides. Plus my clumbsy ole man, keeps stepping in it and it ends up everywhere like he did with regular clay clumping litter. lol This stuff no clumping, no tracking, my lil ole man paws stay clean and I do not have litter through out my house.

Litter Pearls Micro Crystals Unscented Non-Clumping Crystal Cat Litter with Odorbond, 7 lb, White, Clear and Blue Crystals (LPMC7), you product ROCKS! I thank you, and my kities do too.

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M82580

Horrible. Extremely Dusty. Wasted $30. Leaves everything BLUE.

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2015

Style: Micro CrystalsSize: 7 lbVerified Purchase

I had high hopes for this litter with such great reviews, but I couldn't even last 24 hours with it. I had tried two other crystal brands before this (nature's miracle crystals - the pieces were large and sharp, lots of dust and the perfume smell was horrible, and then petsmart's Equisicat micro crystals - fine texture that felt soft, not too much dust but only lasted about a week with daily scooping and stirring).

PROS:
1. extra fine texture, almost like sand - soft on cats paws
2. once the dust settles, there's no smell (though I only used this for less than a day, so I can't speak for long term, but with the above 2 brands, they only lasted about a week before the pee smell was overwhelming to a human nose.)

CONS:
1. The dust was the biggest reason I could not use this litter. When pouring fresh litter pearls micro crystals into my two litter boxes, there was SO much dust I couldn't breathe. I opened a window and left the room. When I came back 15 minutes later there was a gigantic dust cloud. With cats being even more sensitive to smell (especially 1 of my cats being deaf, so his sense of smell is even stronger) - I knew this wouldn't work at all for them.

2. The pee didn't seem to mix in while stirring like the other two brands mentioned above did. It was almost like it was semi-clumping. I had to actually mash the clumps of pee with my metal cat box scoop, and stir a lot to get it to mix in. Of course this resulted in a thick dust cloud again. It also seemed to stick to the bottom of the pan. This was only after a couple uses by my cats overnight (spread out between two boxes).

3. Left a layer of blue dust everywhere. When I dumped this litter out and sprayed the litter boxes to clean out all of the dust, it all turned BLUE! I read a review for this brand where someone mentioned their cats paws turned blue. This just doesn't seem healthy/safe. I did several cleanings of the box and still the paper towels came out blue. I will probably have to replace my two litter boxes!

4. the price! This litter claims it will last 2 months for 1 cat. As stated above other brands of crystal litter had the same claim, and they didn't last over a week without starting to smell. I could tell each day that went by, my cats were more reluctant to use the litter box. I spent $30 for this 7 lb bag, and it was just enough to split up between 2 boxes. Even if this made it a week, this litter is NOT worth $120 a month.

I would not recommend this litter to anyone!

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Star Lanter

It the next level of cat litter!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024

Style: TrackslessSize: 10.5 lb Litter Pearls Tracksless Cat LitterVerified Purchase

My cat likes this litter. It’s easy to keep her box clean and doesn’t make the mess that regular kitty litter would. It’s cat crystals for poop! The smell isn’t as intense but she does have her days where even if you burned it it’s still gonna run you out of the house!! Totally recommend this to anyone looking to upgrade their cats bathroom experience!!

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Elaine Cordova

Very Low Tracking!

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024

Style: Micro FreshSize: 7lbVerified Purchase

I have been trying new litter for my two cats and this one by far has been the best for tracking. Very little gets out of the litter box. It's amazing! It helps a lot with the smell too so that's always a plus. Will definitely be purchasing again.

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Elizabeth

Prevents smells high

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024

Style: Micro FreshSize: 7lbVerified Purchase

This litter is pretty great I like the fact that covers the smell, only down side is the fact that it spreads around the floor more as it is micro crystals.

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Emmies14

Worth the price!

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024

Style: Micro FreshSize: 7lbVerified Purchase

My cat tracks litter everywhere and her litter box was quite fragrant! This cat litter doesn’t seem to end up all over the house, controls odor, and lasts for weeks! It is definitely more expensive than your typical bag of litter, but worth it!

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