2024 the best clumping cat litter review

Price: $23.99 - $18.20
(as of Dec 17, 2024 22:34:09 UTC - Details)

Looking for a lightweight kitty litter that’s fast acting and easy to clean with virtually indestructible clumps? Meet ARM & HAMMER HardBall lightweight clumping litter! The innovative litter formula works in a new way: it quickly shrinks cat waste and odors into ultracompact clumps for easy, no-mess scooping. Made from American-grown grain, this Platinum HardBall litter effectively controls litter box odors. Our lightweight perfected platinum formula (available online only) is over 60% lighter than our regular cat litter yet is highly absorbent to quickly form hard clumps. Quick-forming, ultra-compact clumps make cleanup a breeze. With a Garden Bloom scent for lasting freshness, HardBall clumping litter offers 14 days of odor control that’s “purrfect” for single-cat or multiple-cat homes. Enjoy easy, no mess scooping and keep litter box fresh with this specially formulated litter.
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches; 8.6 Pounds
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 033200011811
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ June 10, 2022
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Church & Dwight
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B3S7JJ7G
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA

ULTRACOMPACT CLUMPS SHRINK WASTE & ODORS: This revolutionary lightweight clumping kitty litter binds waste and odors in tight, hard clumps for no-stress, no-crumble scooping. That means easy cleanup for a like-new litter box after every scoop.
NO-MESS SCOOPING & LOW-DUST CAT LITTER: This fast-forming, hard-clump kitty litter uses American-grown grain in an innovative formula for no-mess scooping. The compact clumps make for easy scooping and a fresh kitty litter box.
LIGHTWEIGHT LITTER PERFECTED: This superabsorbent ARM & HAMMER cat litter is over 60% lighter than our regular cat litter. Surprisingly light, exceptionally strong lightweight, easy to pour, and makes it easy to keep the litter box clean. One 8.5-pound bag equals 20 lbs. of our regular litter.
GARDEN BLOOM SCENT FOR LASTING FRESHNESS: This lightweight clumping cat litter has a clean fragrance for effective odor control. The bright scent is formulated to help control litter box odors and gives days of pleasing, fresh-smelling fragrance.
14-DAY ODOR CONTROL: Our platinum formula, available online only, offers 14 days of odor control. This lightweight, scented litter features a fresh odor-eliminator formula that is ideal for homes with one cat or multiple cats.
Reviewer: Sarah Head
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect for my picky pee-er!
Review: My kitten began to have random bouts of litter box aversion after being spayed and chose to eliminate her bladder on anything soft. That included our bed, dog beds, rugs, carpet, blanket, basement couch and the brand new fancy couch we had indulged into ordering 6 months before this alley kitten arrived in our lives. When the new expensive couch arrived the kitten went fully off the box, and fully on the couch. The vet gave us bladder food, meds, recommended more enrichment, higher things to climb, try more boxes, new litter, etc ad nauseated...So after doing all of that, and on our 5th brand of litter, I stumbled on this and thought, why not? And I am OVER THE FLIPPING MOON happy to report our kitten has taken to it like she never had a problem.Pros-very lightweight, firm one piece clumps, scent is somewhat pleasing after the first day, seems to last longer than other clumpers.Cons-I will say it is pretty strong in the smells but that mostly goes away after the 1st day, and it doesn't usually make those awesome little clump balls in the commercial, but it works as good, if not better as other clumping brands, is closer to sand than clay litter and does track a bit. We've gotten around that with a microfiber nubby rug that catches most of it when she hops out.So for us, this stuff is amazing, myself and the soft surfaces in the house suggest giving it a whirl!

Reviewer: A.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best clumping litter out there, but...
Review: This is the best clumping litter I've used yet. It almost clumps on contact which is great if you want to scoop minutes after your cat leaves the box. The litter itself is very fine, like sand at the beach so be prepared for it to track. This doesn't bother me as I have a robot vacuum and I tend to sweep/vacuum my floors a lot anyway. If there is a downside to this litter, it's the over powering fragrance. I could smell it on the other side of my home. It's a garden/floral scent, but in my opinion it's way too strong. Since the waste clumps so quickly for prompt removal, I'm not sure why they had to make the scent so strong. I'll buy the unscented version or a "lightly scented" version if they make one in the future, but for now, I will keep purchasing this one.

Reviewer: Dawn B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: BEST cat litter ever!
Review: I have a cat genie in storage because my new apt bathroom is too small to hook it up so I had to go back to regular litter now and so happy I found this! When you are used to having a clean litter box 24/7, going back to regular litter can be a nightmare. This makes the transition not bad at all. It totally holds in the odors and has a nice scent to it. The clumps are very hard and do not break apart which is important when you have a cat that likes to play in it and break up the clumps lol. These clumps do not break when he’s scratching around and around. My cats are also spoiled with having the cat genie, they do not like any dirty spots when they go but using this litter keeps them happy too because it always smells clean. I would still go back to my cat genie if I could but this is the only regular litter I will ever use as long as I have to use a regular litter. It’s just the best if you don’t want people to know you have cats. Any my cats are big boys lol. It also does not stick to the bottom and is very easy to scoop. Since it doesn’t break apart you never have those little dirty pieces mixed in after scooping, which helps keep odors gone. It’s great!

Reviewer: John Doe
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: GREAT Litter, but lots of tracking.
Review: Cat litter - I love and hate it. I love that I don't have to take my cat on walks and follow it around with plastic bags to pick up steaming piles of rank, soft poo. So it is great that the cat can go when it wants, indoors. On the other hand, I never want my house to smell like a toilet, so I am very particular about cat litter. I clean the litter box every day; as part of my morning routine, and dump and replace all the litter (and sanitize the box) monthly.I have tried all kinds of litter boxes from simple pans, to expensive automatic self-cleaning boxes, including decorative enclosed boxes (hidden) in nice looking wood furniture. I have a large (14 lb) male cat, and he is assertive with his digging and cover up. He also sometimes pees on the inside wall of the box, so a high wall box is critical for us. We have found that top entry boxes are the best overall for containing waste, smell, and litter spray when digging, as well as minimizing tracking. The basic Amazon one is good, but the PetCo brand is by far the best (pricey, but worth it!) because it has a larger walking area on the top to capture litter. This litter drops back into the box with a neat hinge when you clean it. This model is also the easiest to clean because the hinge top is very, very convenient. With the Amazon box, you have to remove the top and put it aside. If you clean the PetCo box daily (which is very easy to do), it outperforms the expensive self-cleaning units, by far, in mess and odor control. Cleaning daily is much easier if you keep a bag dispensing scoop handy and toss out the daily bag of waste.When it comes to litter, there are 5 critical factors IMO (ranked in order of importance to me, as #1 is the most important):Odor control. If litter doesn’t contain odor, what is the point? That is its #1 job!Hard clumping. Scrapping a mushy litter paste off the bottom or side wall is awful, messy, time consuming, and disgusting. Plus it leaves your scoop all gross.Low tracking. I don’t want litter all over the house. Keep it in the box please!Price. It is a regular purchase, so it adds up. Price matters.Low dust. I don’t want to feel like I am breathing in poison or getting permanent lung damage every time I change the litter box.Here is my breakdown of some of the leading brands. Note the best solution is last.Dr. Elsey’s Ultra (total 19 points):Odor Control: 55555 stars: I never smell waste even after 30 days of use.Hard Clumping: 4444 stars: works pretty good for 15 days, in the second half of the month, I am occasionally scraping pasty off the walls, but not always, it is pretty good for most of the month.Low Tracking: 4444 stars: the granules are large enough that most of them stay in box; however, there is always some that sticks to his feet and gets scattered nearby.Price: 333 stars: not the cheapest, but not really expensive either.Low Dust: 333 stars: always a cloud of dust when I fill the box. It settles quickly, and I don’t see any more until I fill it next month.Arm & Hammer HardBall (total 19 points):Odor Control: 55555 stars: I never smell even even after 30 days of use.Hard Clumping: 55555 stars: fast and hard clumping, pee on the side wall comes off in a clean hard clump without pasty scraping … very nice!Low Tracking: 22 stars: the granules are very small, so there is alot more tracking.Price: 22 stars: it is pricey.Low Dust: 55555 stars: no dust when I pour, no dust all month.Fresh Step (total 16 points):Odor Control: 4444 stars: I don’t smell much but odor control starts to fade near the end of the month.Hard Clumping: 22 stars: clumping is not that great plenty of pasty scrapping, especially in the back half of the monthLow Tracking: 333 stars: the granules are smaller, so there is more tracking.Price: 4444 stars: it is cheap and readily available in bulk at places like Sams and Costco.Low Dust: 333 stars: lots of dust when I pour, and some dust when the cat stirs it.Boxie Cat (total 10 points):Odor Control: 1 star: Started good, but in only 3 days I had the very strong odor of cat urine - no odor control after a few days.Hard Clumping: 22 stars: Started good, but daily pasty scrapping after 3 days.Low Tracking: 22 stars: the granules are very small, so there is alot more tracking.Price: 1 stars: it is crazy expensive with TONS of marketing you are paying for.Low Dust: 4444 stars: some dust when I pour, not much after that.Mixed! The best solution I have found is to mix ⅓ Arm & Hammer HardBall with ⅔ Dr. Elsey. This way you get all of the benefits of Dr. Elsey with the added hardening from Arm and Hammer. (total 20 points):Odor Control: 55555 stars: no smell all month.Hard Clumping: 55555 stars: Already good clumping from Dr Elsey, beefed up Arm & Hammer’s HardBall formula.Low Tracking: 333 stars: adding the Arm & Hammer adds a little bit more tracking that you would just get with just Dr. Elsey.Price: 333 stars: not crazy - mixing makes both last longer so pricing is moderate.Low Dust: 4444 stars: less Dr. Elsey means less dust when I pour, not much after that.I hope this helps!

Reviewer: Bloodymary
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: False advertising waste of money Opposite of clumping
Review: It is absolutely criminal to advertise this as clumping. Pictures are of the waste bin in my automatic litter box, which this litter has DESTROYED. As you can see, nothing hardball here. At best there are moist crumbles. The urine moisture this caused in the bin was inexplicable. I have never had this with any other litter. If you have invested in an automatic box absolutely DO NOT use this stuff ever It will ruin it. In addition to the mess in the bin, it made globs of sludge that stuck to the liner. Nasty stuff. Was an expensive mistake.

Reviewer: Kate H
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: EDIT: STILL GOOD BUT NOT AS GOOD AS IT WAS. I've been using this for several months now and the clumping properties are still superior but unfortunately, it seems that there has been a change in the formula which has resulted in reduced odour control. For the first few months, there was a very strong scent when the bag was first opened. I didn't find it unpleasant, but I know there were some comments that it was overpowering. Personally, I'd prefer to smell a strong garden bloom scent over the smell of ammonia. I've noticed that the scent is much, much milder which, isn't necessarily bad. However, what is bad is the litter box odour, even with daily scooping. Although the superb clumping and easy scooping, leaves the litter looking clean, the ammonia smell means more frequent dumping of litter that has lots of clumping life left in it, which is very disappointing, especially for the price. I am still using it, for now, but I do hope they either, increase scent ingredients again, or perhaps offer an additional scent booster, which won't interfere with the clumping ability.This is absolutely the BEST cat litter I've ever used. After years of struggling with regular clay litter and clumping cat litter that only half clumps, leaving a sticky mess in the bottom of the litter box, I went on a quest to find something that would be less of a struggle. I found a different Arm & Hammer litter that worked REALLY well but it tracked a lot. I did some research and found the Arm & Hammer Hardball litter which had great reviews, and one strong point was that it was low tracking, so I figured I'd try it. Am I ever glad I did! Like the other Arm & Hammer litter I tried, it forms hard balls which are super easy to scoop out. The texture is very fine, similar to the other one, and it sifts through the litter scoop really well, leaving fresh, clean litter behind, once the clumps and solid waste have been scooped out. After scooping, there are literally, no traces of waste at all. It's like a fresh littler box every time. It is 100% dust free, and lightweight so not only is there less trash to dispose of, but it is lighter too. Although there still is some tracking with this one, it is very manageable, especially if you use a littler mat. It is pricey but, given the fact that you only need to remove small clumps, most of the litter remains in the litter box much longer than with traditional litters so there is much less waste. The scent is quite strong but I don't mind it at all. I have noticed no "litter box smells" since I started using this litter, which is a huge plus. Now, my only complaint is that it is very difficult to find. There are very few places it can be purchased in Canada and unfortunately, it is sold out here on Amazon, and has been for a while. Now that I'm sold on this, I really hope it is back in stock soon!

Reviewer: Jose Luis de la Orta Aguirre
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Nos encantó a todos. Ya no huele a nada. Aglutina perfecto y dura varios días la arena.No sé si para los gatos es fuerte el aroma pero cambiaré solo de versión pero definitivamente no de marca

Reviewer: John
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I was t really sure what I was ordering but that was my fault. It was ok but I just wasn’t for my cat he didn’t seem to like it and mixing his other cat litter in with it I was r too keen, but that’s just me and the cat lol

Reviewer: BB
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is the best litter on the market for multiple cats. But after my first purchase, Amazon decided to get greedy and raised the price by almost 3x what I originally paid.

Reviewer: Loved it, one of the best we've tried to date
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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