Interactive Cat's Toy Ball

I was a bit worried that this was going to be a waste of money, but I'm very glad I purchased. My cats were a little confused by it for the first few seconds, but then they were very excited and had a blast with it. However, if your cats are fairly skittish, they may be frightened by this. You really do need a non-carpeted surface for this to work well, and that does mean it can be fairly noisy when bouncing around. I definitely recommend turning it off before you go to sleep. It's also best with some slight supervision, just because it can roll under furniture or get kind of stuck by cables on the floor. It does try to free itself, but sometimes it can roll itself into a really weird spot that it's difficult to get out of. It comes with an attachable bell, but it's basically useless. First, the bell is on a little loop that you have to get around a hook that's under the flap in the ball. I have fairly average sized fingers, but it was nearly impossible to get the loop on the hook in such a tight space. Second, the bell hangs out of the flap once attached, so it is just dangling off the side of the ball by a small loop. Maybe not everyone has as problematic cats as I do, but I am certain that after a while mine would have chewed through the string and gotten the bell off, and it's small enough to be a choking hazard. Finally, the bell just messes up the functionality of the ball because it impairs its motion. The toy is still great, just don't use the bell.

I got this ball about a month ago. Since that time my cat has played with it twice daily and it is still going strong. He plays with it for about 20 minutes at which point he has begin to lose interest. If you are smart you will put the ball away before he loses interest. It can become lost in hidden corners and you have to crawl around on the floor with a flashlight looking for it. Eventually you will discover the ball's favorite hiding spots and the chore becomes easier. It has a nice "help me" feature. It will begin vibrating and making noise when it has been forgotten long enough. This does seem pricey, especially given that there seem to be cheaper versions of what appears to be the same toy. But cheaper is not always better. The battery is enough for the 20 minute play sessions. In between session it is on the charger. This is a great toy to keep a cat busy and to give him some exercise while you sit back and watch the chase.

This is a cool toy. It's probably best suited for kittens. My cat, Magic, hates it. He is more than eight human years old, and this little ball scares him to death. It runs around the floor like one of those little round vacuum cleaners, all by itself, literally running wherever it can, bumping into things, going down the stairs, getting stuck under the dresser and finding its way out all by itself. It's crazy to watch. You can actually see it "thinking" when it gets stuck, and mostly figures out how to get itself unstuck. The technology behind this thing probably justifies the expense for a cat toy for a younger cat. It's a ton of fun to play with (as a human). If Magic was five years younger, I'd bet he would love it. He's just too timid and too old to be interested in chasing around a little light-up ball going at warp speed... When it bumped into his food and water dispensers, he was clearly upset about it. One big negative. The battery really should be upgraded. I get that the different lights flashing and the constant, crazy movement sucks battery life, but this thing should last much longer than it does. Expect an hour+ of full-on "go" mode, but then after that, you're going to have to recharge it. It was a bit of a disappointment for me and Magic, but maybe a kitten would be best suited for this item. I'm giving mine to my son, who has younger cats. I think they'll like it.

Came in a cute small compact box. Just the right size for my kitty. It did feel like it would break if you dropped it though, but if you use it as instructed it shouldn't break. You'll get an instructions manual with a bell attachment and charging cord. The charging port is securely hidden, which I love. Your cat will nearly be incapable of prying it open accidentally. Moving onto the coated exterior. I was disappointed that the exterior was more like soft velvet rather than a felt like material that would be easier for my kitty to grip when playing. It just rolls away whenever she paws at it. The ball only rolls in a linear line, which caught me off guard. I thought it would change it's direction mid journey, which was a disappointment. I found out that it doesn't work on carpet and works well on more solid surfaces, which was unexpected. But that's okay, I thought I could work with it. Nope. Nope. Nope. I tried switching the modes, but could only get 1 mode to work (as far as I can tell). It would get stuck and take forever to free itself from a corner. Because it only rolls on the clear plastic surface (the line that divides the velvet halves), it sometimes gets stuck in one spot because it doesn't have enough traction with the ground. I believe the ball can tell if your pet is hitting it as it turned red and started spinning aggressively when my kitty wacked it. Not sure why it was made to react like that, but it scared her instead of being an appealing toy. Sadly this is not what I'm looking for.

I don't know if I got a dud or what but it doesn't move. Like at all. I tried all the settings and it literally just runs in place. I have a ceramic floor but even on carpet it doesn't really do anything. It sort of just moves 4 inches and stops. The way it moves is there is a ball inside it ran by a motor and that ball spins really fast. Just like inside a dual shock controller. Now anyone with a basic understanding of newton's law will know you won't get a ball to roll by putting a smaller ball in it and just spinning it around really fast. This is because the motion is going back and forth, which cause the product to just vibrate and bounce meekly. The only way to make it roll is by having the ball move forward fast but as it comes back slow it down. This way there is more force going forward and less going backwards. Thus I might have gotten a dud... But I doubt it. I think an idiot designed it is all because it's not easy to make a tiny ball inside a bigger ball motorized to perfectly spin the ball at the right moment to create forward motion. If their idea was to design it this way, it's liable to break. They literally could have just added a single freaking wheel in the middle istead of lights. Not rocket science. If you make the wheel heavy and spin it just like the ball, it will actually move because there is physical friction moving it forward, the ball will naturally align to the wheel due to weight of the motor as well. It would be easier to make and less likely to fail. I feel like they took the motor out of a dual shock controller and put it in this thing. I may be right. They had the right idea but a stupid implementation. Moving a tiny ball in a circle isn't the same as moving a wheel in a circle, how did they not know that when designing this? Anyway, the cat never played with it, Molly tried but found it annoying and lost interest after 3 mins. I sent it back.

My cats love this ball, as you can see in the video. Overall it’s a great interactive toy that both of my 3 year old cats play with daily. That said, here are some important things to keep in mind: *The ball is electronic and charges with an included micro USB to USB cable, but you have to supply the charging block (I use a low voltage iPhone charger). As the ball will take ‘naps’ when your cat is not interacting with it, it can work for several hours (starting from a full charge) before it’ll need to be recharged, which takes between a 1/2 to 1 hour or so. It has an on/off button, so if your cats take a break, you can turn it off to conserve the battery life. *It has several different colored lights that encircle the ball and identify what mode it’s in - blue/normal-run, red/spin & jump, yellow/rest, and purple/turning on-off. If there are no moving lights at all, then it’s time to charge it. *If you have a lot of open smooth flooring like tile, wood, vinyl plank etc., Cheerble will work great. If you have any carpeting or rugs, eventually it’ll get stuck. Even a bath mat or fluffy litter mat will trap it. It isn’t self-extricating (although it’ll try), you’ll have to free it manually. *If you have wall-to-wall carpeting…Do Not buy this, it won’t work - it even gets stuck on my short-pile area rug. *I turn the Cheerble off and hide it in a drawer when my cats aren’t playing with it - this way they see it as a special toy and get excited each time I take it out for playtime. *This ball is noisy, ie Loud. You wouldn’t want to leave it turned on at night. It rolls full force into walls and any other objects that may be in its way. When it hits something, it will redirect itself and go in another direction until it’s free again. The up side of the noise is that if you realize that it’s ‘too quiet,’ then you know it’s time to go find where it’s gotten itself stuck and free it to roll again :) *This is a toy for CATS. It’s too big for them to swallow, and even if they manage to pick it up in their mouths, they can’t chomp on it. **This toy would be a choking hazard even for small dogs. They could crush it and swallow the pieces. There are plenty of other, appropriate toys for dogs of all sizes. Please don’t take unnecessary chances, buy one of those for your dog.

Terrible version. Trying to get it on the right settings doesn’t work to the point that all it does is buns buzz up and down in the red mode. What a waste of money.

We got this for our 10 week old rambunctious kitten and she loves it! It was charged and so easy to use out of the box. We love that the motor is relatively quiet compared to a lot of these toys (the plastic clicks a little when it bounced on the hard flooring). She started playing with it right out of the gate and only started getting more comfortable and having more fun with it as she continued to play. It kept her distracted through an entire cooking session, where she’s normally quite in the way. The ball is small enough to roll under a lot of furniture, but typically rolls itself back out quickly. It’s slightly fuzzy, so it does pull around any dust bunnies, good motivation to sweep hard to reach places. It seems good quality so far, I like that it comes with a bell if you want to use it.

A mi gata le encanta, estoy muy contenta de que mi gata se lo pase bien con su nuevo juguete!!

Great little toy. Very impressive but expensive. Wish it was bit bigger for my cat.

La mia gatta impazzisce nel vero senso della parole,ama questa linea di giochi interattivi,e li consiglio vivamente, io li ho comprati praticamente tutti,e la mia gatta ogni volta apprezza veramente tanto fino a consumarli totalmente

Cats love it, but iet gets lost as it does not turn around as well as advertised

I would request the seller to replace the ball for me. It is not working normally or properly after 3 weeks from using it. This is not acceptable....