SmartyKat Electronic Cat Toy, Blue, 0.25Kg

Brilliant, kitten loves it. Had to sit with him at first because it makes a loud whirring noise, but then he went mental for it. After a month he still likes it (not AS much, sometimes just lies next to it watching it).Very robust, dropped it a few times and cat jumps on it stopping the mechanism, but it’s still fine. Battery life average - 15 hours probably.

Bought this for our two kittens, one of whom is Siamese and who, whilst lovely, needs constant entertainment. This was an immediate hit with her, and our other cat (who is a bit more timid) was at the very least mesmerised by it.As other reviewers have mentioned, on arrival the cover is a bit wrinkled but it doesn't seem to prevent the operation of the toy. It's not overly loud and the clutch mechanism seems to work fine - it clicks occasionally when one of the cats pins it down but it doesn't seem to do it any harm.The only downside I can see so far is that the whole thing is very lightweight, and the parts (wand, base, cover) are quite loosely fitted together.The wand just screws onto the base and after the fourth time of it coming unscrewed I was a bit miffed - but some bluetack in the thread seems to have solved that. The cover attaches with some elastic - but not very securely, and comes off trivially so if you have cats like ours, they'll pull it off in short order. It's easy to reattach, but it would be good if it was fixed a bit more firmly. And lastly - the whole base unit is light enough that it's easy to flip or (in the case of our Siamese) actually carry around the room. Which she has done now, several times. It would definitely benefit from a self-righting mechanism, because whilst this toy has saved me from needing to wave a wand toy around constantly, it's been replaced by needing to get up and flip the toy the right way up.All up, would recommend. One of the better cat toys we've bought.

By far the best interactive toy I've bought. My cats are in door cats and hard to please! They usually tire of things like this after about a day but they still chase and bat this around. The good thing about this is that because the feather is attached to a ball and it all swivels and rotates, it continually moves along the floor making it erratic and more life like. I have bought other motion cat toys that are attached to stationary bases and my cats have gotten bored of them quickly because they become predictable. This is a very well thought out cat toy. Thank you SmartyKat.HIGHLY recommended.

The media could not be loaded. The material has been permanently deformed in the box and constantly gets tangled and the clutching mechanism is seriously loud.Get the cheaper yellow version of this instead its runs quietly, this thing isn't fit for purpose, is very annoying and will go straight in the bin... waste of money.

My cat loves it but sadly it’s poorly made. The rim of the concealer bit doesn’t fit flush with the floor and leaves a gap, and the teaser makes a horrible whirring sound when my cat catches it. Would be far better if it deactivated when it sensed resistance (being caught by the cat) and the reactivated when let go. I can imagine the mechanism getting broken quite quickly with the current design!

L0VED!!! - that it engaged my indoor cat immediately, and that it has two speedsCons - the screw on piece comes off easily when he plays with it; I plan to superglue it onSuggestion- to slightly shorten the skirt so that the tail of the fake mouse/feathers shows as it circulatesDEFINITELY worth getting for your indoor cat

My cat loved it on the first day but hasn’t looked at it since. Aside from what the cat thinks I was unhappy with a couple of things. The Cover scrunches up as the toy goes around so you have to straighten it out all the time. Looking at some of the other video reviews I may have got a bad one? The battery cover has a screw rather than one of the easier one’s. Definitely not worth the money.

I was dubious how well this toy would work. Build quality is standard cheap tat. But the toy has clearly been well designed. The way it changes direction and stops randomly. My cat cant tear his attention away! Hours of entertainment over the two days I have had it. Would recommend!