“Urine Gone” and the Litter Robot
The two products are separate items that both deal with cat whiz.
I bought Urine Gone (site will open in a separate window, and has sound and video) to deal with a mess my cats had made in the corner of my bedroom when I didn’t clean the catbox in time. At first, I thought it was going to work great . . . but it doesn’t.
First of all, it does not actually make the fluorescing spots on the carpet disappear, like in the video. Secondly, it takes hours to days to “air dry completely”, meaning you have to leave that spot bare of anything for hours or days. Fortunately, I don’t have a piece of furniture to put there right now. Thirdly, the smell is not gone, even after three days. Unless my cats are still using that corner as a potty (which I’m pretty sure they’re not), it seems pretty clear that this stuff does not work. 
I did try it on clothes, and it seems to work pretty well on underarm smells. I’m going to give it a few more tries, but when I washed a shirt that I’d pretreated with it, the smell was still there when I pulled it out of the dryer. Not cool.
So, my overall rating for Urine Gone, on a five-star scale: Two (the blacklight is cool, and it works on laundry until you wash it).
And I was so hoping it would work, too!
Now, as for the Litter Robot, I am completely impressed! I even skipped a few of the “introducing your cat to the Litter Robot” suggestions, because I know how my cats adapt well and enjoy clean litter. They’ve already used it a few times, too.
The noise it makes when it’s cycling is a little startling at first, but soon you begin to get used to it, and you’re happy to hear it, because it means you don’t have to scoop the litter box! The robot is doing it for you! 
Ain’t technology grand?
And now I’m thinking about getting a dog . . . Am I crazy? 
July 7th, 2006 at 4:04 am
The litter robot still works ok?
looks like the best thing since sliced bread…