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How This 66-Year-Old Cat Mom Finally Eliminated 3 Years Of Stubborn Litter Smell In Under 24 Hours

...without scooping multiple times a day

...without changing the litter or the box

Hi everyone,

 

For almost three years, my home smelled of cat litter no matter what I did.

 

I scooped 4 times a day. 

 

Kept a spotless litter box. Tried everything you can think of.

 

I’m a clean, hygienic cat mom like most, but the smell still never went away.

 

After three years of exhaustion and embarrassment, I eventually did find something that got rid of the cat odor.

 

It made my home smell like a normal home again, as if no cat lives there.

 

But before I reveal what that one thing was, I need to tell you how I discovered it, because without it, the solution won’t make sense. 

 

So please bear with me for 7 minutes.

 

My name is Barbara. I’m 66, recently retired. 

 

I live in Westover Hills neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia with my four cats (Eddie, Luther, Miso, and Josy).

 

They're all neutered and spayed.

 

All healthy, all loved within an inch of their lives.

 

I would not trade them for anything. Ever.

 

Which is exactly why what happened on that day was so hard to swallow.

 

It started with my daughter and the grandkids coming over for the weekend, just like they had many times before.

 

I still remember standing at the front door.

 

But this time, the kids stopped outside.

 

And Samuel, the younger of the two grandkids said...


"Grandma, your home smells like cat poop. It's disgusting. I don't want to be here".

 

That crushed me. It hurt deeply, but in the moment, I just laughed it off awkwardly.

 

These were my grandkids.

 

I wanted them to run through my front door excited to see Grandma and the cats.

 

Instead, the smell had gotten so bad they didn't even want to come inside.

 

And the worst part?

 

I didn't even realize how strong it had gotten.

 

I lived with it every day, so I think I'd slowly gotten used to it.

 

Samuel hadn't.

 

And suddenly I wondered...

 

Had everyone who came to my door been smelling it more than I was?

 

That hit me hard.

 

So I just stood there in the doorway and watched them get back into the car. 

 

Doors slammed shut, one after another.

 

My daughter mouthed "sorry" through the window as the engine rumbled and they pulled out of the driveway.

 

That was the moment I knew I had to fix it... for good.

 

So I did what any of us would do.

 

I started searching for answers.

this search took me down a very expensive rabbit hole

First, I took all four of my cats to the vet... who said nothing was wrong. 

 

Their anal glands were all fine.

 

Nothing going on that would make their litter smell so horrendous.

 

So I kept going.

 

I used Arm & Hammer. Fresh Step. Dr. Elsey's. World's Best. Pretty Litter. Pine pellets. Unscented. 

 

No difference. Nada.

 

After that, I added baking soda. Weekly litter changes. Enzyme sprays. Febreze. Candles. Incense.

 

No luck yet.

 

Later I bought every kind of box that exists.

 

Enclosed, open, stainless steel, even a Litter-robot.

 

Nothing worked to remove the smell.

 

On top of all that, I was already scooping 4 times a day and scrubbing like a maniac. 

 

This was all taking a heavy toll on my 66-year-old body, which was full of back pain and knee ache.

 

Everything I tried gave me some hope this would finally be the one...

 

But alas, that did not come to pass.

 

By now I wasn’t only physically exhausted from scooping a gazillion times a day.

 

I was mentally exhausted too.

 

I remember sitting in my armchair one evening after cleaning all four boxes.

 

Staring at nothing.

 

Just feeling... so lost. 

 

Then tears started running down my face. I didn’t make a sound. I just sat there quietly crying like a helpless child.

 

Defeated. By cat litter, of all things.

 

I wanted to give up. But I couldn't stop thinking about Samuel's face at the door. 

 

And that night, lying awake, it hit me...

 

I wasn't failing because I wasn't trying hard enough. 

 

I clean constantly. I do everything right, every single day, despite my age.

 

I was failing because I was fighting the wrong thing entirely.

 

Something else was going on.

 

Something I didn't understand yet.

 

And then that same night, I discovered the missing piece that changed everything.

The Real Reason Why Nothing Was Working 

That night I went back to the cat forums I'd been reading for months and posted everything.

 

Every litter I'd tried. Every box. Every spray. Every hack. And I asked...

 

"Is there anything left?"

 

"Anything I haven't tried?"

 

Most people suggested the same things I had already done.

 

But one woman, Diane, said something which stopped me cold...

 

"Cleaning and changing the litter handles the source inside the box. But it doesn't clear the odor particles that have already escaped into the air of your home."

 

I read that three times.

 

Diane, it turned out, had been through the same exact nightmare.

 

And what she meant was, when your cat uses the litter box, it releases odor particles into the surrounding air almost instantly.

These particles move from one room to another.

 

Through the bathroom door.

 

Down the hallway. 

 

Into the living room. 

 

Into the bedroom. 

 

Into every room... causing your whole house to reek of cat litter.

 

So by the time you've finished cleaning the litter box, the odor particles have already escaped. 

 

That's why the litter switching never fully worked. 

 

It handles the box. 

 

But it does absolutely nothing for what's already floating through your home.

 

That's why the candles and sprays actually made things worse. 

 

Fragrance on top of ammonia isn't fresh air. 

 

It's just two bad smells wrestling against each other in the same room.

 

That's why I could smell it in the living room with the bathroom door closed because the odor particles had already escaped.

Everything finally made sense now.

 

I wasn't failing to clean. 

 

I was cleaning the wrong thing entirely.

 

The boxes were already clean...

 

It was the air that wasn't!!!

so what actually fixes it?

That was my next question.

 

And Diane had an answer.

 

She told me about a small device she'd been using in her own home called AirPax.

 

And that unlike the litters, sprays and boxes I'd been trying...

 

AirPax wasn't another way to clean the litter box.

 

It was meant to work on what had already escaped into the air.

 

You simply plug AirPax into an outlet near the litter area, switch it on...

 

And leave it running in the background.

 

Diane then shared me the link.

 

I looked through the website for a while.

 

The thing was about the size of my hand.

 

I was skeptical.

 

After everything I'd wasted money on over the last three years, of course I was.

 

But for the first time, I felt like I was looking at something that actually matched the problem Diane had just explained to me.

 

I didn't need another way to clean the box.

 

I needed something for the air.

 

So I ordered four AirPax devices for my home as per Diane's suggestion.

what happened when i tried it

They arrived a few days later.

 

The setup took about ten seconds, I plugged one in near each litter area, switched them on...

 

And that was it.

 

After that, I headed out to my daughter's house to watch my grandkids while she ran some errands.

 

It was such a fun day with them.

 

They pulled out their crayons and insisted we make pictures of all four of my cats, although Miso somehow ended up purple with wings.

 

For a few hours, I completely forgot about the litter boxes, the odor, the fatigue.

 

Then I got back home around 6pm, walked through the front door and stopped...

Something was different.

 

The smell... was gone.

 

Not masked. Not covered with something floral.

 

But gone. 

 

The air just smelled like... air.

 

As if no cat lived here.

 

I stood there for a long moment just... not checking. 

 

Not mentally calculating.

 

Just breathing.

 

I almost cried, because I don't remember the last time my home didn't smell of litter.

 

That's how long it had been, and I wondered...

 

Could I finally have my grandkids over again?


Could I finally stop being so exhausted physically and mentally?

Could I finally stop feeling ashamed of being a cat mom?

 

That after months of checking, spraying, hoping and being disappointed... I could just stop.

 

But the real test wasn't that day. 

 

It was what happened the following week.

the visit that said everything, but left me with one question

Next week, my daughter came over the with the kids again. 

 

As soon as I saw their car pull into the driveway, I got nervous.

 

I couldn't help but think about the last time.

 

Standing at that same front door while my grandkids refused to come inside because of the stench.

 

Then they got out of the car. I opened the door.

 

And this time...

 

They ran straight inside.

 

They didn't stop or hesitate. 

 

They didn't say anything about the odor. Because there was nothing left to say.

The odor just disappeared.

 

I stood there watching them for a second, playing with the cats.

 

And I got really emotional.

 

Because that was the moment I knew things were truly back to normal.

 

My grandkids felt comfortable in my home again.

 

And so did I...

 

But after what seemed like a miracle fix, I got super curious…

 

And I wondered "how did this actually work?"

 

How did it remove all the stench, with basically no work on my part?

why airpax actually worked

I went back to Diane and asked her.

 

And thankfully, the explanation was much simpler than I expected.

 

Diane explained that when you plug AirPax in and switch it on, it releases something called negative ions into the surrounding air.

 

These ions interact with airborne particles (the odor that escaped from the litter), causing them to cluster together and settle out of the air.

 

In other words...

 

AirPax doesn't work by covering the smell with another fragrance.

 

And it doesn't work like a traditional purifier that has to pull air through a big replaceable filter.

 

It works directly in the surrounding air.

 

That's why there's no big fan.

 

No bulky machine.

 

And no filter I have to keep replacing.

 

And that's what I'd been missing...

 

Something that worked directly on the air.

 

And the best part?

 

It didn't add another chore to my day.

 

I could just leave AirPax plugged in...

 

And get on with my life.

 

I was so happy with AirPax that a few weeks later, I went back to buy two more.

 

Except...

 

They were sold out.

 

I ended up waiting nearly two months before they came back in stock.

 

When they finally did, I ordered them right away.

 

So now I keep AirPax plugged in throughout my home.

 

And here's the thing... if it can make four cats basically invisible in a house this size, I don't see why it wouldn't do the same for you.

 

Anyway, there was yet another thing which surprised me quite a bit...

another shocking thing about airpax

When I was buying AirPax, one of the things which was outrageous was...

I was offered a 365-day refund guarantee.

I don't think I've seen many products or companies offer such a guarantee, which says, in their own words:

 

"You can get a full refund on AirPax for any reason (or no reason at all), within 365 days of purchase, and you get to keep AirPax even if you ask for a refund."

 

I was like, "Okay, so either AirPax will work for me or I get every penny back."

Amazing, I won't lose anything then.

but here's something even better

If you've got more than one cat or litter box, what I'm about to tell you will save you some real money.

 

Right now, AirPax is running special multi-unit offers.

 

Where you can buy 1 and get 1 free.

 

Buy 2 and get 2 free.

 

Or buy 3 and get 3 free.

 

I actually wish that offer had been around when I bought mine. Because I would have saved a lot of money.

 

But I'm not sure how long they have this offer for.

 

So if it's still showing on the website when you check...

 

I'd take advantage of it while you still can.

 

And apparently, that's not the only offer they're running right now.

 

When I checked the AirPax website, I saw they're also including 5 surprise gifts...

 

Plus an extra 40% off if you order today.

 

Also, here's the part I want to be honest with you about. 

 

If you don't do anything, nothing changes. 

 

Every day you wait is another day of scooping three times a day. 

 

Another day of the stench plaguing your home.

 

Another day of you not inviting people over. 

 

Everything I just mentioned, the free units, the bonus gifts, the extra discount. 

 

I'd go see if it's still available.

 

Because you deserve a home that feels like yours again. 

 

This is not your fault. 

 

I've left their website below so you can claim your FREE AirPax devices and an extra 40% off.

 

Here it is.

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Sincerely, 

Barbara MacDonald, 

Richmond, Virginia.

 

P.S. I actually just checked the site again, they still have some FREE units bundle remaining. No idea for how much longer though, I'd go grab it now while it's still there.

 

P.P.S. One more thing, that extra 40% off  is only good today. Tomorrow it's back to the regular price. If you're on the fence, that alone might be worth deciding today instead of putting it off.

 

P.P.P.S. I know how this sounds. I've wasted money on enough products that promised everything and delivered nothing. But that guarantee is exactly why I gave it a shot anyway. Nothing to lose, and everything to gain. I'm glad I did.

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