My husband and I just did any experiment with 3 different cat litter brands that I have on hand, to test for dust, clumping, smell of litter and odor control.
1. Arm & Hammer Multi-Cat
2. Fresh Step Perfume & Dye Free
3. World's Best Cat Litter
With each brand we: poured some (1 cup worth) into a clear bowl. Got a empty clear bowl and poured the litter from one bowl to the other over and over several times and stirred it up while holding the bowls up to the light.
Here's what we found: (In Our Opinion)
Most Dust : Fresh Step (that's what I have been using for years.)
Very little dust: Arm & Hammer
No dust: World's Best cat litter
Best clumping: Tie between Fresh Step and Arm & Hammer
Least clumping: World's Best
Best no perfume/aroma smell: Fresh Step Perfume & Dye Free
Middle Smell: World's Best (hay smell)
Strongest perfume/aroma smell: Arm & Hammer
Best control of Kitty odor: Fresh Step
good control of kitty odor: Arm & Hammer
Least control of kitty odor: World's Best
Our conclusions: My most concern is for my cats. So I can put up with the not so great clumping. I am about middle of the road on control of kitty odor (boxes are in laundry room). I don't want them breathing any of the dust or perfume smell.
1 point for Dust free: world's best
3 points for Clumping, no smell, odor control: Fresh Step
What about just mixing the Fresh Step and the World's Best.
I am going to get some Tidy Cat tommarrow and check that out.
Anyway, that was our little test and our opinions.
1. Arm & Hammer Multi-Cat
2. Fresh Step Perfume & Dye Free
3. World's Best Cat Litter
With each brand we: poured some (1 cup worth) into a clear bowl. Got a empty clear bowl and poured the litter from one bowl to the other over and over several times and stirred it up while holding the bowls up to the light.
Here's what we found: (In Our Opinion)
Most Dust : Fresh Step (that's what I have been using for years.)
Very little dust: Arm & Hammer
No dust: World's Best cat litter
Best clumping: Tie between Fresh Step and Arm & Hammer
Least clumping: World's Best
Best no perfume/aroma smell: Fresh Step Perfume & Dye Free
Middle Smell: World's Best (hay smell)
Strongest perfume/aroma smell: Arm & Hammer
Best control of Kitty odor: Fresh Step
good control of kitty odor: Arm & Hammer
Least control of kitty odor: World's Best
Our conclusions: My most concern is for my cats. So I can put up with the not so great clumping. I am about middle of the road on control of kitty odor (boxes are in laundry room). I don't want them breathing any of the dust or perfume smell.
1 point for Dust free: world's best
3 points for Clumping, no smell, odor control: Fresh Step
What about just mixing the Fresh Step and the World's Best.
I am going to get some Tidy Cat tommarrow and check that out.
Anyway, that was our little test and our opinions.