PAWZ RoadCat Scratching Post 4 in 1 Cat Scratcher Featuring with Cat Self Groomer, Cat Scratching Poles Spring and Dangling Balls for Kittens and Indoor Cats-Grey

My cat seems happy with it

Our 3 adult cats really love this scratching post. Only 1 of them liked our old scratching post (which was just a sisal pillar with a carpeted base), but all 3 like this one. I think they like it better because of the toy-like features, but I'll describe the basic scratching features first.It comes with 3 pillar sections (2 sisal and 1 carpet). You can assemble it using just 1, or 2, or all 3 of the sections. We put it together using 2 at a time, and put the third in storage/a cupboard. They like scratching the carpet texture best. It started to shred apart after a month or so, but that made it even more fun for them as they like the scruffier textured look and find it exciting to pull pieces off occasionally. It's been 6 months and it's still got a bit of life left in the carpeted section. I'll let them finish clawing off the carpet, and then shred the cardboard tube. Once that is destroyed after a couple months, I'll replace that with the spare sisal section that it came with. And, when that's been torn up, you can switch the places of the top sisal tube and the bottom sisal tube (which they don't scratch as vigorously due to it being close to the floor), and then you will have a few more months' use from them. All in all, I estimate that this will last another year (18 months total), or possibly more, in our 3-cat household.They really like playing with the little puffball on the elastic string. They will bat it around, or hook a claw into it and pull it back and then let it go and watch it spring back and swing around. They still do that from time to time after 6 months (it hasn't gotten old yet).They love watching the marbles roll around the 2 tracks in the base. As others have pointed out, the tracks are too tiny for adult cats to fit their paws in (it would be a design improvement to make them bigger), so, I will, from time to time, use my finger or a stick to fling the balls around the track. The love watching that. It makes it more interactive that I have to play with it with them. Since the cats scratch fibers off the post directly above the tracks, once in a while I have to tip the whole thing upside down and knock detritus out from the tracks, or vacuum them out.The base is pretty small, which is nice in that it doesn't take up much floor space. It also makes it less stable than some, and our cats do knock it down from time to time. It's not a big deal to quickly set it upright. We tuck one corner of the base under a piece of furniture, so it doesn't fall down too frequently (only when they have nudged it our from under the furniture).All in all, this product has been a big hit and excellent value for the money. I would definitely buy it again when our current one wears out.

My kitten uses it on a daily. Sturdy and worth the price!

My cat is always playing with it and using it. He loves it

It came quickly and went together easily. They even included the only tool I needed for assembly in the package they sent.

While I received the item pictured/advertised, I didn't realize most of the 5 star reviews were for a completely different product. Amazon really needs to do a better job on quality control as the reviews for this and several other products I've recently viewed are for completely different products. The scratcher wasn't complicated to assemble, but due to the base folding out like a board game it is basically impossible to assemble it so it's perfectly level with no wobble. My kitten will occasionally use it and she now scratches at the furniture less, but she isn't in love with it. It also slides across the floor too easily. I thought the kitten would really like the brushing part at the bottom, but she never uses it to rub against, just occasional scratching of the top section. Overall it's ok for the price and doing it's job.

They have rubbed all over and sometimes play with the springy thing. I don't know if they prefer scratching on it compared to one without the massager but they still do sometimes

Not as big as I was thinking (never thought to look at measurements on height). But, not bad. Quite easy to put together; was from unpacking to assembling, less than 10 minutes. Cats have approved it so far!

My cat loves this scratching post.