We have had this toy for five and a half years now, and it's still going strong.  Save for the replacement scratching pads, that is. Both our cats enjoy batting at the ball and watch entranced as it goes round and round in the track.  It gets noisy but they get so much joy out of it.  The toy is a hit with toddlers too.  When we've had friends with young children over they tend to make a beeline for the Bergan Turbo Scratcher over everything else. lol