SmartyKat Hot Pursuit Electronic Concealed Motion Cat Toy, Blue

The good- This toy was easy to set up! My big kitty Mr. Murry is loving it, he’s been playing with it for about 20 minutes non-stop which is a long time for him! The less than good- the fabric piece is warped, so it doesn’t sit flat to the ground, giving my kitty a view of what’s going on under there. He has already figured out that the toy is on a stick, and starts to use his arms to block the stick from moving, creating a horrible clinking sound. The bottom line- it seems worth it for the price point!

Was looking for something more interactive for my older cat and bought this. It's pretty ingenious. There's a little fur "tail" that spins around underneath the cloth "umbrella" and occasionally it reverses direction. There's also the addition of blinking lights at intervals and a button to push to increase the speed of the tail's rotation. The only problem is that my cat would stick his paws under the cloth, effectively stopping the "tail" and causing a clicking sound until the tail reversed directions. He would also look under the cloth and see the tail coming his way, diminishing that element of surprise. It's not something that has kept his attention for a long period of time but it's Was looking for something more interactive for my older cat and bought this. It's pretty ingenious. There's a little fur "tail" that spins around underneath the cloth "umbrella" and occasionally it reverses direction. There's also the addition of blinking lights at intervals and a button to push to increase the speed of the tail's rotation. The only problem is that my cat would stick his paws under the cloth, effectively stopping the "tail" and causing a clicking sound until the tail reversed directions. He would also look under the cloth and see the tail coming his way, diminishing that element of surprise. It's not something that has kept his attention for a long period of time but it's nice to have this as an addition to his "interactive activity arsenal". I think a younger cat/kitten would go bananas for this! … more

This is my kittens first toy like this. She was happy to play as soon as I put it together and turned it on. When she 'catches' the feather/ribbon with her paw the toy does make a sound because it can't continue to move (she's only 8 pounds btw) which scares her enough that she'll run away. Thankfully she's a confident kitten and within a minute she's back to playing with it like nothing happened. I had to dock the 2 stars mainly because this toy eats through batteries like crazy despite not being used for a long period of time and being turned off. She only gets to play with this twice a week now because of that. Also, the blue curtain/cover could be attached better. She's managed to pull it This is my kittens first toy like this. She was happy to play as soon as I put it together and turned it on. When she 'catches' the feather/ribbon with her paw the toy does make a sound because it can't continue to move (she's only 8 pounds btw) which scares her enough that she'll run away. Thankfully she's a confident kitten and within a minute she's back to playing with it like nothing happened. I had to dock the 2 stars mainly because this toy eats through batteries like crazy despite not being used for a long period of time and being turned off. She only gets to play with this twice a week now because of that. Also, the blue curtain/cover could be attached better. She's managed to pull it off quite a few times during play because of the LED lights that flash. … more

For Christmas this year we bought our 3 cats many new toys, but by far their favorites are the PetSafe Zoom Rotating Laser Cat Toy, the PetFusion Ambush Interactive Electronic Cat Toy and the SmartyKat Hot Pursuit Electronic Concealed Motion Cat Toy. All three toys are battery-operated and feature moving parts and lights. We turn them all on at once, and our cats go crazy. It's now been 2 weeks, all the toys are still going strong and our cats can't get enough of them. They stay on for about 15 minutes, are not too noisy, and our cats beg us to turn them back on. Best Catmas ever, and I can't recommend them highly enough. We did have to put new batteries in after about 2 weeks, but it's well For Christmas this year we bought our 3 cats many new toys, but by far their favorites are the PetSafe Zoom Rotating Laser Cat Toy, the PetFusion Ambush Interactive Electronic Cat Toy and the SmartyKat Hot Pursuit Electronic Concealed Motion Cat Toy. All three toys are battery-operated and feature moving parts and lights. We turn them all on at once, and our cats go crazy. It's now been 2 weeks, all the toys are still going strong and our cats can't get enough of them. They stay on for about 15 minutes, are not too noisy, and our cats beg us to turn them back on. Best Catmas ever, and I can't recommend them highly enough. We did have to put new batteries in after about 2 weeks, but it's well worth it to see the cats so happy. For this particular review, the Hot Pursuit toy is a big hit with all 3 cats, and they love trying to grab the feather as it swings around under the blue tent randomly. The only problems are that the cats always get the tent pushed out of shape, which causes the mechanical arm to get stuck and make a grinding noise until it's freed up. Also the arm (which screws onto a tab on the main unit) comes off at least once a day. But it doesn't actually break, and all you have to do is screw it back on. I've thought about maybe gluing it on, but figure there may come a time when the arm or feather gets worn out and will need to be replaced. Aside from this, it's a great toy and I highly recommend it. … more

I say 'surprise' because I thought when I ordered it I was buying one of those ping-pong ball circular things! I never got around to returning it, so after 3 weeks or so, I opened it and got it going. Surprise! All 3 cats like it : ) Only reason I didn't go for 5 *s is that the 'play toy' attachment becomes detached fairly often--but that may be because I have 3 cats, and one's a HUGE guy, and he may be tearing the thing apart! P.s., Mr. Huge's lost 3 lbs since I rescued him @ 27 lbs, thanks to Royal Canin weight control (cans) (from Chewy)!

I bought this for my 9 year old cat when the vet told me he needed to lose some weight. I was hoping it’d help him get some more exercise and keep him entertained when I’m working from home. He’s usually not very into toys that aren’t little stuffed animals, but he LOVES this!!! Whenever it goes off he sits next to it and waits for me to turn it back on. I did have the issue other reviewers had mentioned about the wand unscrewing itself. I just put a dab of glue on it and it worked like a charm! Recommending this toy to every cat owner I know!

Sightly disappointed as the toy doesn't come out past the cloth like the picture shows, when it's on and spinning it's hidden under the cloth. the cloth also doesn't lady flat, it bumps up on one side, which I guess is good because that's the only thing my cats can see the toy going around. They still play with it, but they get bored easily since they can't see it. I like that there are two speeds and that the direction it spins rotates.I like it auto turns off as well.

I had no problems setting the toy up and watched my cat play for a while. She didnt interact with it much so she didn't break it. After about 15 minutes the toy started clicking and the arm wouldn't move. The sound is loud enough where my cat doesn't like it. If I had to guess what's wrong with it I'd say the wind is attached to a gear which is attached to the motor. The toy is made poorly so the gear is misaligned and doesn't face the gear enough for it to push it.

Horrible cat toy! Cats love these types of chase toys, but this one you'll find that the wand somehow unscrews itself constantly, leaving nothing for the cats to play with; the cover is so light it gets all jumbled up during play and the battery cover sucks; you need a very tiny Phillips Screwdriver to open it, otherwise forget it. I tried this one out and because it's constantly breaking every few minutes, I'm going back to the Petlinks motion cat toy. The Petlinks only lasts a couple of months, but it never falls apart, doesn't jumble up and you can use any Phillips to remove the battery cover. This SmartyKat toy is the absolute worst! Very highly DO NOT recommend buying this! Frustrating Horrible cat toy! Cats love these types of chase toys, but this one you'll find that the wand somehow unscrews itself constantly, leaving nothing for the cats to play with; the cover is so light it gets all jumbled up during play and the battery cover sucks; you need a very tiny Phillips Screwdriver to open it, otherwise forget it. I tried this one out and because it's constantly breaking every few minutes, I'm going back to the Petlinks motion cat toy. The Petlinks only lasts a couple of months, but it never falls apart, doesn't jumble up and you can use any Phillips to remove the battery cover. This SmartyKat toy is the absolute worst! Very highly DO NOT recommend buying this! Frustrating and a waste of your money!! … more

My cats were interested at first, but only for a couple days. Like others say, it makes an extremely loud knocking sound when cats actually catch and hold on to the toy, which they don't like. It also started making this loud squeaking sound the first night we got it, which gives me a headache. This might be good for kittens that are easier to distract and don't get bored of things as easy, that also aren't very strong. My cats play to destroy, and it's apparent this isn't made to withstand that.