KimB's Profile

It's way too small, for one thing. My cats would be hanging their fat butts over the side and there'd be cat pee all over the floor.

Cats need big, deep litterboxes with 2-3 inches of litter in which to scratch. Scooping takes next to no time and keeps the box clean and odor-free between complete litter changes.

I've been using an Avanti W797 washer for about 2 months and I love it. It holds up to a 12-pound load, which is perfect for just two people.

Two tips for using it: it defaults to two rinse cycles, which uses a LOT of water. I recently started setting it to one rinse cycle and that seems to work fine, cutting the machine's total water use by 1/3. (It fills once to wash then twice to rinse.)

My other tip is to make sure you put the foot down when it's running, otherwise the spin cycle will make it stroll across the floor, pulling the drainage hose out and causing a major flood when it drains. Ask me how I know about this tip.

I also bought a small GE dryer on casters. It's a vented dryer, which is supposed to dry better than a non-vented condensation dryer. Our apartment has no dryer vent, but I picked up a $30 indoor vent thing that works suprisingly well.