Most litter boxes are designed as though nobody will ever see them, which is odd given that in a flat the box often sits in a living space.
Tuft and Paw designs on the opposite assumption, and charges accordingly.
The interesting thing is that the litter, not the furniture, is where the brand earns its money.
What is actually in the three litters
The three Really Great Cat Litter versions are easy to mix up, and the labels do not help. The Unscented and the Lavender are both sold as flushable tofu litter. The third, OdorStop, is a mixed litter: charcoal-infused tofu pellets, pea litter and low-dust bentonite clay.
That clay matters. Bentonite should never go down a toilet, so OdorStop is a bin-only litter whatever you decide about the other two. (This review’s advice is to bin all three, for the reasons further down.)
One more oddity: Chewy’s listing for the Unscented version uses the same description as the Lavender, including the line about real dried lavender petals. If scent matters to your cat, check the bag itself.
The Tuft & Paw range, side by side
| Product | Price | Made of | Pick it if |
|---|---|---|---|
| Really Great Litter, Unscented, 9.25 lb | $28.99 | Tofu, sold as flushable | Tracking is your main complaint. The sensible default. |
| Really Great Litter, Lavender, 9.25 lb | $28.99 | Tofu with lavender, sold as flushable | Your cat has used a lightly scented litter happily before. |
| Really Great Litter, OdorStop, 9.25 lb | $28.99 | Tofu, pea litter and bentonite | Unscented cannot keep up after daily scooping. Bin it, never flush. |
| Cubby Non-Stick Litter Box | $69.00 | Non-stick box | You want the box with the genuinely useful feature. |
| Cove Litter Box with Dustpan & Scoop | $199.00 | Furniture-style box with built-in tools | The box lives in your living room and looks matter. |
| Really Great Cat Food, Chicken & Rabbit Stew | $94.00 | Wet food | You want to try the brand’s food. The litter is its stronger product. |
What low-tracking actually depends on
Tracking is the complaint that drives more litter switching than odour does, and the physics of it is simple enough to use when shopping.
Litter tracks when granules wedge between toe pads and ride out of the box. Whether that happens depends mostly on granule size and weight. Fine, light particles lodge easily. Larger, heavier granules do not fit and fall away.
Which sets up the trade every litter makes. Fine granules pack tightly around urine and clump hard. Large granules leave air gaps and clump more softly. You are choosing between clump strength and tracking, and no formulation escapes that entirely.
- A mat does as much as the litter. Pairing a low-tracking litter with a decent mat outside the box does more than either alone.
- A high-sided or top-entry box helps by knocking litter off paws before the cat reaches the floor.
- Depth matters: about three inches. Overfilling sends more litter over the sides when a cat digs enthusiastically.
- Long-haired cats track more, because litter catches in the fur between their toes, and trimming that fur helps more than changing litter does.
Compare across the category in our best cat litter guide and best cat litter mat guide, and see Sustainably Yours for the clearest example of the grain-size trade-off.
On the flushable claim
Two of the three litter versions are sold as flushable, and they deserve the same treatment as every other flushable litter covered on this site.
It does break down in water. That part is true. Whether you should flush it is a different question and the honest answer is no.
Cat faeces can carry Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that survives standard wastewater treatment. Flushed cat waste has been linked to toxoplasmosis reaching coastal waters and infecting marine wildlife. California requires cat litter packaging to carry a warning against flushing, and Rhode Island has its own restriction.
There is a plumbing argument too. Older pipes, septic systems and low-flow toilets handle litter clumps poorly, and one blockage costs more than several years of bin bags.
The practical position: bag it and bin it. Notably, Okocat’s manufacturer removed the word flushable from its own packaging over exactly these concerns, which is worth knowing when a brand still uses it. This matters most if anyone in the household is pregnant or immunocompromised, and the CDC covers safe litter handling. See our Okocat review for that comparison.
Is a $199 litter box worth it?
- What you get: a box that looks like furniture, a matching dustpan and scoop, and a design intended to sit in a living space rather than be hidden.
- The non-stick surface is the functional win, and it is on the cheaper Cubby. Scratched plastic traps urine in the grooves and holds odour permanently, so a surface that resists that genuinely extends the box’s life.
- What you do not get: anything automatic, any health tracking, or any change to how often you scoop.
- Size still matters more than style. A box should be roughly one and a half times your cat’s body length regardless of what it cost.
- The honest verdict: the Cubby is the better buy on function, and the Cove is a legitimate purchase if the box lives somewhere you see it constantly.
Compare cheaper functional boxes in our IRIS review, and see Modkat for the other design-led option.
Is Tuft & Paw worth the money?
Buy the unscented litter if tracking is your main complaint. At around twenty-nine dollars a bag it is not cheap, and low-tracking is a genuine formulation choice rather than a marketing line.
Buy the Cubby rather than the Cove unless appearance genuinely matters where the box lives. Compare in our best clumping cat litter guide.
The verdict on Tuft & Paw
A design brand that happens to make genuinely good litter. The low-tracking formulation is the practical reason to buy, and the non-stick Cubby is the smarter of the two boxes.
Ignore the flushable claim and bin the waste. Pair the litter with a mat, keep the depth at about three inches, and scoop daily regardless. Tuft & Paw Really Great Cat Litter Unscented Low-Tracking, Flushable Tofu Cat Litter, 9.25-lb bag is where to start. This article is educational rather than veterinary advice.
Tuft & Paw questions
Q: Is Tuft and Paw litter worth the price?
Its Really Great Cat Litter is genuinely low-tracking, which is the main reason to pay around $29 a bag. If tracking is your primary complaint the formulation is a real improvement; if it is not, cheaper litters do the same job.
Q: What makes a litter low tracking?
Granule size and weight. Fine, light particles wedge between toe pads and ride out of the box, while larger heavier granules do not fit and fall away. The trade-off is that finer granules clump harder.
Q: Is Tuft and Paw litter flushable?
Two versions, the Unscented and the Lavender, are sold as flushable and they do break down in water, but flushing cat waste is not recommended. Cat faeces can carry Toxoplasma gondii, which survives wastewater treatment, and California requires a warning against flushing on litter packaging.
Q: Is the Cove litter box worth $199?
It is priced as furniture rather than as a functional pan. The cheaper Cubby has the more useful feature, a non-stick surface that resists the scratching that makes plastic boxes hold odour permanently.
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