My cats love this toy!  A friend of mine had this toy and his cat hates everthing but this toy so I purchased one for my cats. This has brought many hours of great playtime for my 3 cats. I love that it has a scratch pad for the cats to use other than my furniture.  Replacing the pads is a piece of cake.  My cats like to lay on the scratcher and I had to get more replacement scratcher so the others could have their own to lay on. This toy has held the cats interest even over the lazer. I was impressed.