I bought this at my local store and it immediately became mine and my cats' favorite toy. For someone with physical disability, it's hard for me to always have the energy and ability to play with my cats as much as I want, but with this I can play with them while resting on the couch. The rod is very flexible and the string is long (not excessively so), which allows for a wide radius and not too much effort on my part. I can lounge over the back of my couch and barely move my arm, and still have really dynamic movements with the dongle at the end of the string. It's incredibly engaging, and encourages a lot of movement from the cats for great simulation and exercise. When you wave the feathers through the air, it flutters with birdlike movement and sound, and you can bounce it along the ground to create a lot of chaotic movement. Another note to add is that some of the dongle options are not in cats' best color spectrum, so I would recommend blues and greens rather than yellow, pink, and red. For my fellow spoonies, my more specified review is that the only drawbacks are assembling the rods (you slot them together, but it's a small hole if you have trouble with fine motor movements), and the pole can get a little heavy with the added weight of the dongle, depending on your capability. Besides that, I've found that using only one section of the pole can be easier even though it closes your radius a bit, and gives you more control of movement.

Cat's favorite cat toy, easy to swing around compared to the standard version as it's longer

When I first saw this toy, I thought it was amazing, and my cats went ballistic over it. But this one was abominable. It broke within the first 10 minutes of play!!! The string is SO cheap!! Luckily, my engineer hubby found some better cord and just tied it to the pole, and now we've got non-stop play. I cannot believe how cheaply made these are now, it's very disappointing.

I have four cats and this toy is the best one to have them all engaged at the same time. Most of the other toys that I have cannot be played with simultaneously. They like to all watch it and swat at it as it flies by, often jumping and lunging towards the “bird.” They play with it pretty hard too, to the point where they’re panting in exhaustion. One of the reviewers said that the string gets wound up around the pole but I did not experience that. It’s best to swing the toy around in large sweeping motions. I/We also like that it flies and flutters like a real bird!

I got like 30 toys for my fur-baby. This is definitely the top 5 must-haves and the number one teaser. She went running and romping immediately for it every time when I played with her.

I wish it had a handle. Otherwise great for adult cats!

1 cat BEGS every day to play w this. 2nd joins in. The old fatty even gets excited occasionally when this breaks out. Even the male gets intrigued. We’ve had numerous others. I have no idea what it is about this one, but all of mine LOVE this one!

Today is our cat's birthday and this is one of the toys we picked out to give her. She is a birder so she adores this! The feathers are put together in a way that when you draw them through the air they really look like they are flying. The bright feather colors attracted her attention. This is one toy that made her day.