I’ve tried a lot of litter scoops, and I have my favorites, but this new design just might have them all beat. This is a brand new litter scoop from K-Kat Innovative Pet Products. The scoop was carefully developed by the team at Tabby Town USA cat rescue in order to meet their extreme scooping needs. Just like every rescue, they scoop a lot of litter boxes every day and they wanted to cut down on the time spent sifting and scraping. Take a look at how fast the clean litter falls through this new scoop as compared to a flat metal scoop.
The idea here is to reduce sifting time and litter dust, plus the scoop needs to be large enough to allow you to scoop the whole box with just one or two passes and sturdy enough to be used for scraping the bottom when needed. It looks like they achieved their goals!
“It’s THE Scoop!”, as the new scoop is being called, has been in development and testing and they’re now ready to get this scoop into the hands of cat guardians everywhere. They are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to place their first big order from the manufacturer and they’re offering some good deals for everyone who supports the campaign. Check out the It’s THE Scoop! Kickstarter page.
Looks very proimising — hope those who are able will help fund them!
The Scoop
I like the concept however, the handle would not work for people with arthritic fingers like myself. I need a solid grip otherwise it would just fall out of my hands.
You could easily wrap the handle yourself with cloth or yarn or whathaveyou. I agree it would be nice if they’d do that automatically, but I just mean that shouldn’t necessarily preclude you from buying it.
I started at that gif for a long time. Who knew the topic could be so mesmerizing?
RE: New Wire Litter Scoop from K-Kat May Change Litter Scooping Forever
Looks good. Makes sense. BUT make the handle much longer!
I find that as I get older its harder for me to bend as far as I used to, which means either I have to bring the litter box up higher to my height, meaning put it on top of something and my cat can go in the litterbox from there and not on the floor. Which btw is possible, I have done that in the past. OR if I leave the litterbox on the floor, I sometimes hurt myself, I pull a muscle or whatever bending too much. So now I only buy scoopers with very long handles. And since this scooper won’t be holding a lot of litter in it, then that shouldn’t be a problem in regards to the weight of it to pick it up after scooping. I look forward to seeing the new and improved scooper with the longer handle. Just please don’t make it an expensive item. Thank you. 🙂
Thanks for mentioning this. I’m a little concerned that the some of the smaller poop fragments may fall through with the litter but it’s certainly worth a try so I pledged to support the project. I hope they get funded!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this cat litter scooper! My son bought one for me just before Thanksgiving this year. My only issue with this wire scooper is that smaller bits are hard to pick up since they fall between the wires easily. The wires should be a little bit closer together to prevent small bits from falling through. I have seven indoor only cats, so I do a whole lot of litter scooping each day. I want to purchase a spare wire scooper.
looks great! nice folks there taking care of the critters! i backed this. i hope they succeed! thank you hauspanther for featuring them.
Awesome! Not hi-tech, but rather hi-design! Can’t wait!
I own 2 of these and bought 2 for the cat sanctuary where I volunteer. BEST SCOOP EVER! One of the volunteers wrapped the handle with duct tape to provide a more comfortable grip. I highly recommend this scoop. Worth every penny.
I had the same thought, CeCe. The handle could be painful to hold for those of us who have hand issues. I still joined the Kickstarter campaign. If it is hard for me to hold, I’ll probably figure out a way to add padding to the handle.
very nice, and strong..wont break like the plastic ones…I use wood pellets though, and they slide right into the garbage, much faster so glad I found them.
Although this design is good in principle, I share Sheila’s concern that small things (bits of broken clumps, or bits of poop) will be impossible to pick up with this scoop. It would help if they would modify the design so there is a broader band of metal around the edge of the bottom (on three sides) and also along the bottom edge of the sides. That way, you could use the corners of the scoop to pick up small pieces.
Please let us know when/where/how we can purchase this scoop. Alas, I missed the Kickstarter program.
It’s THE Scoop is available on K-Kat’s website: http://www.k-kat.com/its-the-scoop/
It is also available until 5/12/16 on the new Slide-Out Pet Carrier page: https://igg.me/at/magicarrier
I to am concerned about smaller pieces being impossible to pick up!
Holding off on this 1.
This is the worst scoop that I have ever used. The handle is uncomfortable, the tines are way to far apart so lots of clumped litter falls through, and there is to lip on the scoop to slip under debris to assist in picking it up. I foolishly bought two of these because of the reviews on their kickstarter campaign. I think they were all made up. I threw both scoops away, they were very poorly designed and totally ineffectual.