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Every cat loves laser pointers, that's a no-brainer, but this toy requires minimal human interaction, which was a selling point for me. I work from home, and usually my kittens are on my lap and up on my shoulders, trying to attack the mouse cursor on the screen or distract my mouse hand so they can get petted. If I close the door, they cry endlessly and try to dig a tunnel through the carpet until I let them in. That isn't good for me when I'm working so I got them this toy. It's a laser pointer and everyone knows cats love to chase laser pointers. That part is great.

This opinion is coming from an engineer, and I see 2 problems with this product.

1) The cats should be able to turn it on themselves when they want to play with the laser. Cats are smart enough to figure out that the laser comes out of the device, and touching or batting the device will make the laser come out of it. If the device's chassis were re-designed to be roughly half-spherical with a flat base and some ballast in the bottom, cats could whack on it with their paws without knocking it over. Put something dangly and attractive to cats on it to encourage them to touch it. A cheap accelerometer could detect the cat's touch and activate the laser. My old cat (a rescued feral with little interest in me other than food-and-water-provider) would not ever respond to her name, but she would come running if I called out "Laser!". Even before I turned on the laser pointer, she would look at the pointer in my hand and inspect the area of the floor it was pointed at. This animal had a few signs of unusually high intelligence, but I think most cats could figure out smacking the device gets them 15 minutes of laser play. The human-activated mode could still be retained as well.

2) The laser pointer jumps around too much and they lose track of it. It moves around one area for a few seconds and then disappears, reappearing several feet away, often outside the cat's field of vision. The cat loses track of it for a while, which appears to be somewhat frustrating for the animal.Get more detail about FroliCat BOLT Interactive Laser Pet Toy.