Monday, June 11, 2012

Arm Hammer Ultra Clumping Litter Totally unsatisfactory

Arm & Hammer Ultra Last Clumping Cat Litter, 28 lbs.
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  • Fresh scent refreshes litter every time your cat uses the box
  • Longer lasting, fresh all day
  • Baking soda coated clumping litter
  • Destroys odors instantly

  • ultra smelly! I was really disappointed when I bought this litter. The packaging does not mention this version of A&H litter is scented it is and it stinks! The smell is a mix between pine and perfume very artificial very strong my whole house smells. I agree with the other reviewer that Ultra Last does not clump very well. I always buy A&H litter but I recommend sticking with Super Scoop.
    Cat had a bad reaction Unlike other reviewers the scent of the litter didn't bother me at all. I don't think it smells anything like ammonia and I had no problem with it clumping like normal clumping litter. In fact I thought it was pretty great untilI noticed my cat was losing fur on all four of his legs. Not sure if he was doing it to himself constantly licking/chewing to clean off the litter or if it was an allergic reaction. I immediately switched back to Arm & Hammer Double Duty and his fur is slowly coming back in. My other cat was totally fine. So whether or not you like this stuff probably depends on you and your cat's tolerance of the strong scent.
    Makes Humans Ill I bought this because I had a coupon and wanted to try this mythical longer lasting litter. Well like many reviewers have stated there is a pungent chemical aroma. I thought I could stand it but over time it started to carry through our ventilation system. Every time our furnace ran the scent of this litter was pumped through our home.I could always tell when the cats had used the box. When they would come to sit on my lap and I would put my face by their fur I recoiled from the horrible scent that also got embedded in their fur. I have never had this problem with the Super Scoop Unscented OR Scented varieties.I thought perhaps it was the smell of baking soda encapsulated each granule of litter but when I stuck my nose in a box of baking soda I will attest that the aroma is quite different. Baking soda in a box is odorless. The smell in the litter is not baking soda if it is baking soda it's not the same kind of baking soda you buy in the store.Please buy only a small size of this and test your own personal reaction to the product. I will agree to the product's claim that you cannot smell the cat litter and thus gave it two stars but the overwhelming scent of the litter itself may be worse and prevented me from rating it higher. Test your own body's sensitivities and hopefully you will not have such a strong negative reaction.
    UGH!!! Going back to Fresh Step This litter is the worst we've ever used and we've tried many over the years. Weve settled with Fresh Step scoop able. It's wonderful. But I'm not here to discuss that. The smell of this litter is so strong and awful even pouring the fresh litter into the boxes is something else. I wouldn't even describe this litter's scent as piney its just ammonia like. Cardboard and ammonia. It also is a globby gloopy mess as other reviwers have described. It doesn't even keep my cats boxes fresh.
    Very strong scent but very effective I got a box of this under a recent promo where you get a box for free after a mailin rebate. I've never used the Arm and Hammer brand of litter before I usually buy generic litter locally in 40 pound sacks I have a multicat household. Although this is much more expensive than generic litter I may buy it again.It has a VERY strong scent. I find that to be a big plus since I have one litter box in the living room for an elderly cat who can't climb stairs. The litter scent totally masks any litter odor even when the box has been freshly used so to speak. Much better than any other scented litter I've tried.Clumping performance is quite good. My only quibble is that it seems to be more easily tracked out of the box than my usual brand.If you don't like strong scents this is not a good choice.
    Ultra Stink When both my cats and I hate a cat litter it's a clear sign to never buy it again. I bought two boxes so we have endured the unpleasantness for far too long.One part of the claim is true you will not smell any odor of cat urine or fecal matter. But from my perspective the smell that replaces it is even worse. There is a pineyperfumey smell that floats through the house sticks in my throat and is really horrible.If you do not have any scent sensitivity and hate the smell of cat urine so much you'd rather have any smell in its place this might work for you. But I'm almost ready to toss the rest of the box and start over with something else.
    Fantastic stuff! We have three adult cats one of which is 12 years old and up until we started using Ultra Last we'd been using A&H Multi Cat in two litter boxes. It was OK but after a few days you could really smell it especially the urine even with daily scoopings. Any of you with multiple cats especially elderly ones will know exactly what I'm talking about here. This new litter was on display at Target so I decided to give it a shot and it made an immediate and huge difference Suddenly that awful litter box smell was gone and because of the baking soda it absorbed everything making completely emptying and cleaning the boxes much more bearable. Yes there is a large amount of baking soda so if that smell bothers you this may not be the little for you but I much prefer that smell to the alternative. And another reviewer is somewhat correct in that you do end up scooping out a lot of litter which uses it up faster although I don't think you use it that much faster but again the odor control is well worth it.And just for comparison we had one more box of Multi Cat that I decided to use between boxes of Ultra Last just to get rid of it. Both I and my wife could almost immediately tell the difference and she remarked that she never realized how much difference the new litter had made until we switched back to the old stuff.
    Makes the whole house stink This cat litter smells horrible! It's a cross between menthol and ammonia.It makes my whole house stink. When ever I return home I need to open the windows and turn on the fan to get rid of the smell.The front of the box doesn't mention Scented anywhere so we didn't know this stuff was scented when we bought it. On the back of the box the description vaguely says Fresh scent which to me means baking soda.
    Totally unsatisfactory I am a longtime user of Arm & Hammer products both for my pets and in household applications. So when I saw that Arm & Hammer had a new cat litter I decided to give it a try. That was my mistake.Ultra Last is the poorest cat litter I have ever used of any brand not just Arm & Hammer. It has no clumping ability whatsoever and it turns a litter box into an ammoniascented mud wallow. I will be switching back to Arm & Hammer Double Duty cat litter immediately.Don't waste your money on this product. It will probably do alright as dead weight in the trunk for winter driving but as a cat litter it's useless.
    STINKS! Ughhh! I'm so disappointed in this litter. After the first night it smelled like I already needed to change the kitty litter. Had a really strong ammonia smell. Like the other reviewers say it doesn't clump well either.And where I live it was about $7 more dollars then the A&M Double Duty which I usually use. Honesty I wouldn't even waste your money on this litter.
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