PERMA-lid & BAG-it Combo Waste Receptacle Replacement System for Littermaid Litter Box

This product works quite well to solve two major problems with the Littermaid system.First, the replaceable containers are extremely expensive. Depending on your cat's "production," you'll use enough of them to cost a dollar or two a week. The Bag-It system uses cheap (or even free) plastic bags, so it only costs pennies per week, at the most.Second, the replaceable container system doesn't hold in odors particularly well. The PERMA-Lid is considerably heavier than the flimsy replaceable lids, so when the flap over the container swings down, the lid presses much more firmly onto the bin.There are, however, some difficulties. How serious these are depends on your individual tolerance for them, I guess.First, there are no plastic bags made specifically for this system. That means that whatever bags you use are likely to be somewhere in between too big and too small; there is no just right. Plastic grocery store bags work pretty well, but I found that the smallest size Glad kitchen bag-- or, better yet, the generic equivalent-- works better, mostly because the grocery store bags often have little holes or tears in them. No matter what bag you use, though, you'll have to bunch up the excess plastic when you put it into the plastic frame and insert the assembly into the container.And that plastic-bag-plus-frame assembly doesn't fit as well into the container as one might wish. About half of the time, I get get some litter or doo-doo spill-out when I change the bag.However, even with the minor annoyances I've mentioned, I think this system is FAR superior to the replaceable containers. It's cheaper, and it contains odors better. I'm happy I bought it, and I'd do so again.

We recently purchased the "bag-it" system to go along with the Litter Maid Mega Elite Automatic litterbox which we have had for a while. We've had earlier Littermaid automatic litterboxes and liked them (as do the cats!) but resented the expense and waste of the disposable plastic containers that you MUST buy to use the Littermaid system. (They are quite expensive, anywhere from $15.00-$20.00 for a box of 18 receptacles and lids.) The system rakes the waste into disposable container, about 10 min after the cat has used the litter box, so the noise of the motor won't frighten the cat--- then shuts a lid onto it. When full the entire container and lid are discarded. With the "bag-it" system, the top is much heavier and holds in the odors better than the flimsy, thin plastic top. The "bag-it" system has a rectangular holder for a plastic bag--we use the smallest size Glad trash bag--you could use a grocery bag however--the bag is placed through the rectangular holder, and the bad itself sits into the disposable plastic container. The cat's waste falls into the plastic trash bag,and the lid comes back down onto it to cover everything tightly; and when full the trash bag is what is discarded, not the plastic disposable container, which can be reused almost indefinitely. The plastic top or lid to the container is not needed at all.Its a good system, works well, easy to assemble the first time. Less (really, in my opinion, NO odor noticable with the heavier lid on), and if desired a tent-like cover can be purchased for the entire litter box. Highly recommended.NOTE: In the picture, the top shows the disposable container that formerly would have been discarded daily. It is shown WITHOUT the trash can liner in it. On the bottom half you see the cover of the container, a very heavy-duty thick plastic. The two white circles are screws (along with bolts built into the plastic top) which secures the top into the Litter Maid receptacle top. All of this is shown in a wide open position.

I don't know if it's me or not, but I found the description of this product very misleading! I just got my order in and right off I knew something was wrong. The box was too small for what I ordered, or so I thought! It appears that while I thought I was getting a better lid and replacement receptacle for my LitterMaid, I was not. While I got the lid that I wanted, it did not however come with a better box, all that it came with was this plastic ring thing, that you're supposed to use with the boxes you already have. If I had known that, I would just have ordered the lid only for $16 and not have spent $30 on this thing! The ring does what I have been doing for the past 7 years, ever since I got a LitterMaid. It allows you to use a plastic baggie so that you don't have to replace your boxes every time. The reason I spent the extra $15 was because I wanted a heavier plastic box to put in place of the flimsy boxes that the LitterMaid system comes with.To purchase just the lid:  Permanent Lid attachment for LitterMaid, compatible with Littermaid receptacles AND LitterWorks litter disposal system chute

I was a bit frustrated by the Littermaid box. The replaceable lids that come with it were of such poor design that it was extremely difficult to get them to stay up. I more often than not ended up with the lid remaining on top of the receptacle so that the litter poured in by the automatic "rake" was on top of the lid instead of inside the receptacle. The lid is fabulous. I have not had to remove or replace it. Once screwed in, it holds and keeps the smells where they belong. When I received the Perma-lid and bag-it combo, I thought I had only received the lid which for me was fine! However, I then saw that the bag-it is merely a rectangular piece of plastic that sets on top of a receptacle that you wrap a plastic bag around. Once I figured that out, I put it in and it worked fine. It makes clean-up so much easier. Occasionally it is a little hard to get it set on top of the receptacle but once balanced, I am very please with how it works. The company was a little short with me when I asked about it so I would recommend trying to figure it out yourself before asking for help! Definitely buy this item.