If you have a picky cat that will do his business elsewhere if you don't get to the litterbox immediately after it's used, this is the product for you.However, if you think this is going to save you any work, think again. Little crusties do indeed stick to the bottom of the pan because the automatic rake doesn't touch the bottom. It has to be continually scraped to clean it. Worse is the rake itself, which gets clogged with poop and cat litter. Really look at the picture and think how you would like to clean poop from between all those tines on the rake. The rake also pushes the sand everywhere into all those open nooks and crannies. It also falls down the thin line between receptacle and the unit. For this reason I myself would recommend the tent (unless you build one yourself) even though it is overpriced.Now that my unit has stopped working after 2 years,I am thankfully going back to the simplicity of a regular cat box that doesn't take me 30+ minutes to clean.