Side by Side Comparison of: HDP vs Bergan

OUR CATS LOVES THIS AND WE LOVE WATCHING HIM PLAY WITH IT. WE HAVE TWO OF THEM, ONE UPSTAIRS AND ONE DOWNSTAIRS.OUR CATS CAN GET THE BALL OUT OF THE BLUE BUT NOT THE RED ONE. WE DIDN'T BUY THEM AT THE SAME TIME, YEARS APART. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A MANUFACTURING CHANGE OR IF THEY WERE MADE BY DIFFERENT COMPANIES OR WHAT. WHEN WE SEE HE HAS GOTTEN THE BALL OUT IN THE BLUE, WE REPLACE IT ON THE TRACK. BOTH CATS ARE SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH WHEN PLAYING WITH THIS. I WOULD THINK THAT EVERY CAT HOUSEHOLD WOULD WANT THIS. IT'S GREAT EXCERCISE FOR THE CAT.

Really bought this for the scratcher center but my BIG Maine Coon has no interest in that attribute. He does, however, absolutely love the track and ball. He will be in the back room and suddenly run down the hall and attack the track and ball with great vigor. Or he lays on the center of it and shoves the ball around. Or he stands in the middle of the scratcher section and flips the ball while jumping in circles. I really needed the scratcher tool because he destroys them with great regularity but his pleasure in the toy part of this gadget makes it a really valuable purchase.

This is a bit hit with my cat, Cuthbert! Even after the novelty wore off, he still plays with it every day. I leave it on the floor, and he sits on it, scratches the center area, and bats the ball with his paws. He seems fascinated by the fact that he can make the ball go either way. Glad I got it for him.

My three cats love this toy and 2-year-old Seth, a golden, tried to remove the ball from the toy. Actually, he did manage to pick the ball up, but unfortunately, the whole toy came with the ball. When he lost his hold on the ball, the toy fell to the floor and made a loud BANG noise...Seth took off and ran to the bedroom and hasn't touched the ball since then. The cats, Airy, Puff, and Joanie, love to play with it, especially around midnight! I don't mind the noise (on a wooden floor no less!) but the woman downstairs might not like. :) ) The sound brings back sweet memories when Jennifer (golden) would prevent B.J's from playing with his toy. They're both at the Bridge now and have been for many years but I have that memory of Jenny being a spoiled brat and poor B.J's, who had a face like Grumpy Cat, just sitting there, looking so forlorn. Poor kitty!The Bergan Turbo Scratcher is a very good toy; it's well made and seems to be quite sturdy. I bought it as a Christmas present for the cats and all I had to do was place it on the floor and they pounced on it and boy did they have fun! This is their first Turbo toy and I know they would give it Four Paws Up and I'm so glad I bought it. That's Jennifer in the photo, preventing B.J.s from having fun.

I am a first time cat owner at age 41. One of the best decisions of my life. I got a Applehead Siamese. Anyway, I went crazy buying item after item. Now she has more than 10 toys at 11weeks old. Many toys don't get played with but this one was a HIT! If you are undecided on different products that are similar then choose this one. It is not cheap looking, very sturdy, and actually keeps my kittens attention.

I foster cats and litters, so I can say from experience that very few cats can resist this toy, especially if you sprinkle the catnip on it. Even tiny kittens love it.

It took a while for my cats to figure this out (one used it like a bed, the other was more interested in the box it came it.) I sprinkled the catnip that was included on it and it worked! It got their attention and they had fun batting the ball around and trying to chase it round and round. It was incredibly entertaining to watch.

Gotta be honest with you. I am slightly disappointed in the product. This thing got such great reviews, I was totally stoked on being able to watch my cat swat that ball around like a blissful idiot. Well that didn't happen. However, I did after all buy this for my cat, not for me, and my cat still seems to like it. She enjoys laying halfway on it (Why do cats love laying on the most uncomfortable things?!) and she does use it to scratch a bit (which is also a big reason why I bought it). My cat has swatted at the ball once or twice while laying on it, however considering she was laying on it, it's of course not going to go around and around, so it just hit her back side, then she kinda flips over and continues laying on it. Maybe she doesn't know how to use it. I have rolled the ball by hand in front of her to show her what it does, but she just doesn't go after it. I think it might move too quickly for her or something, I dunno. My cat usually goes after anything that moves so I was surprised to see she wasn't into this toy. But I definitely needed some toys for my cat, and this was one of the ones I purchased. She seems to like it, even though she doesn't use it for its purpose. I'd give it 5 stars if she actually played with it. Kudos on the intelligent design. The ball does come out of the track, but only if you pull really hard on it (there's kind of a lip at the top to keep the ball from coming out easily). The "scratching" part is really just cardboard. It works, but I'm not sure how long it'll last.

I wasn't sure if my 10 year old cat would like this as much as the kittens I had seen on the video reviews but he quickly took a liking to it. There were two issues I had with the product and immediately requested a replacement. 1) the ball that came with the toy had a dimple on one side and what looked like a pimple on the other side so it got stuck as it rolled 2) the label was attached to the cardboard scratcher by means of a sticky adhesive so it took me a while to pull the glue off the cardboard and out of the tiny holes. It was more of an annoyance than an issue. I wish I could just receive a replacement ball in the mailbox instead of have the UPS guy deliver me another box but I guess that's how it is. Overall I am happy my senior cat enjoys his new toy, and the box it was delivered in.

Our cats totally love this & play with it regularly. We have 3 generations of cats & all 3 generations like to bat the ball around. It is currently at the corner of my bed & the cats like to hide under the bed, behind the bedspread and reach out and move the ball - sometimes startling the other cats walking by & getting them to join in the fun. (The ball going around does make noise so unless your cats sleep at night, I would not recommend this in your bedroom!) Our cats have been a little slower in scratching on the cardboard center (even with catnip) so it lasted about 6 months using both sides. They did seem to enjoy sitting on the center to play with the ball. Not too sure I like the replacement pads yet as the cats got their paws in the center piece and are slowing unraveling and pulling out the cardboard.

I like it and my cat, who is very old and not very enthusiastic about toys in general, plays with it sometimes. For seconds. Knowing him as I know, I would say it is quite impressive hehe After a few seconds, he just ends up cutely sitting in the middle of the toy or lying down on the ball to make it stop moving. This is my toothless lazy guy. Sigh.

I was looking for something to help occupy my energetic kitten when I was too tired to play with him. He's loved this thing for a few months, so for the price it's definitely been worth the amount of enjoyment it's provided. If it's near your bedroom (we live in a very small apartment), put something on it to obstruct the ball at night, because Caboose has a way of waiting until we're juuuuust about asleep to attack it, and the rolling of the ball makes some noise.Our cat doesn't use the scratching surface much, though we haven't put catnip on it since he was a kitten, and he wasn't sensitive to catnip at that point. When we got it I had intended for him to use it as a scratching post and he never did, but then we got a carpet and a cat tree and scratches those. I don't think the cardboard is too alluring a scratching surface for him. He has used it a ton, and while he seems to be getting more bored with it (~3 months of use), it was worth the purchase.When we got this we only had tile floors, which was not great for how the cat wanted to use this. He would run and jump on it, and it would slide around the floor when he did, which put him off a bit. Once we put it on carpet he was playing with it all the time.

This is a very well-made cat toy, but more for older cats. I have a small kitten and didn't realize that this toy is so large (check measurements). Not sure why, but our 5-week old kitty is scared of this toy. We plan to save it for her and hope as she gets a bit older she will learn to like it. We're also thinking of purchasing the add-on part that fits on top and will make for a variety of activities for her to play with. It says it comes with catnip, however we couldn't locate it in the box or on the toy.

My 2 cats absolutely destroyed the cardboard in the center, and quickly (about 1 and 1/2 weeks) I didn't realize this came with a bag of catnip, so I had a pleasant surprise when one of my cats kept getting into the box my shipment came in and had found the catnip for me.I wish the center cardboard would last longer than it did. My cats tore out the center part and unraveled the whole thing. I think a better design for the center or a sturdier material than cardboard to scratch on is needed for this to be worth it. I know you can replace the cardboard, but with how quickly my cats destroyed it, it makes too much of a mess, with ribbons of cardboard everywhere.

It's made well and looks nice, but my cat doesn't care about it at all. She has ignored it even though I've got on the floor and played with her and shown her how to use it. I've rubbed catnip on it. I've still never seen her use it. Your cat may like it though, as all cats have different personalities, but I'm not sure it's worth the cost. Cats seem to prefer the simpler toys.

Presented as advertised. Can't complain. Not all cats love it.Our Bengal have lost every bits of interest at it, after the first three minutes. A waste that I can only blame myself. May be the grass was too strong, too noisy or both. Now sit there collecting dust.He like toys that let him "hockey" and "retrieve" like puppy. if you got one of those cat, he/she would love balls made from squeezed up printer paper. If you can afford to, get them a couple of coiled spring.

The photo is of this toy in action.I bought this for the two cats in my house, both a few months old, and I like watching them try to catch the ball. It works as described. But it's not exactly the kind of toy that a cat will play with on their own - you have to start the ball rolling and get their attention. And like many other toys, they get bored of it pretty quickly.Since buying the Bergan Turbo Scratcher, I've noticed one thing that the cats will play with on their own for hours on end, like I wanted them to with this toy. They love pouncing on those little plastic rings from juice or milk carton lids - pushing them around and attacking them. And unlike this toy, they are basically free.

Pros: Cat loves it.Cons: The product label was glued so hard to the cardboard scratch pad that it left behind an ugly residue. Not cool!

This product doesn't really work on hardwood floors because it has a smooth plastic bottom that allows the toy to easily slide around. Perhaps if the package were to include rubber feet (mine didn't, though I see that there are holes on the bottom where they could feasibly go--strange) then it would work much better.

My cat totally disinterested. Is she smart or dumb? I think she's smart.

Simply put, my cat runs from this toy. He hates it - makes way too much noise. The ball is hard as a rock and not much fun to play with. He doesn't even like the digger in the middle. I'd hate to say this, but I had one of these years ago and I don't recall it making any noise - my cat loved to play with it now and then. Now, this one - he just runs out of the room when I spin the ball. Had to trash it...

Potentially good; problem was, when I removed the label from the corrigated scratching surface, it left behind huge globs of glue, some of which had seeped into the holes of the cardboard. The globs were bigger than a half-dollar and joined by a string of glue that stretched 6 inches across the pad. I spent half an hour trying to pick out tiny pieces of glue with a small amount of success. When my cat tried to scratch, she stopped when her paws touched the sticky surface and never tried it again. But maybe the glue problem only happened to the one I purchased. Regarding the ball, she played with it with a lot of vigor for about 15 minutes and tried to get the ball out. When she wasn't able to, she lost interest in the toy even though I kept trying to interest her by pushing the ball around, myself.. But my cat gets bored easily and once she has something figured out, she's done with it. Other cats might enjoy it on a regular basis.

The label that came on top of the corrugated cardboard was stuck on with goopy plastic glue stuff (like the stuff that sticks a new credit card to the paper they mailed it on). The goopy plastic is embedded deep into the tiny holes and is very difficult to get out. It would have been 5 stars if this wasn't the case, because the cat loves it, but I'm afraid of her possibly ingesting the goop. I spent 20 minutes trying to dig it out and still couldn't get all of it. It was such a stupid idea - especially since they suggest sprinkling catnip in the holes of the cardboard which tends to encourage cats to nuzzle with their face or chew/lick. The label was already being held down by the tabs holding down the cardboard. There was no reason for them to package it that way.Other than that, my cat is enamored by this toy. One of the first things she did was bat the ball very gently, placing her head down in the path as she watched the ball slide around until it bopped her right in the nose. SO CUTE.

This item comes with info paper GLUED to the scratching surface in 3 spots. Upon receiving, I tried to slowly peel the paper back, but all 3 spots of glue stayed stuck to the center brown scratching surface. These are LARGE sections of glue- think a big wad of bubblegum. And it's extremely sticky glue. It's embedded in the honeycombs of the scratcher. I ordered 2 of these. Rather than go through the hassle of sending them back (I'd already cut up the shipping box), I'm keeping them. I had to use a paring knife to cut the sections out that had glue. Real nice. I even tried warming 1 section of glue with a blowdryer to see if it would come off easier. It made it worse- it melted into the scratcher. My cats seem to like this toy, but what a bonehead move with the glue. BTW, it's winter here, so the glue didn't melt in transit. There shouldn't be big wads of glue on the surface where cats scratch to begin with.

Ball is too small cat gets it out in a couple minutes

Wasn't worth it. The ball is already messed up, and the base is wobbly and feels "warped."

Instead of using it for a scratching pad, my cat laid on it - then urinated on it. I had to throw this out. I'm disappointed because it is a novel idea. Perhaps this is more useful for kittens.

Nice toy but received damaged.

Had this product only 2 weeks & the scratch pad has already begun to fall apart! If I have to repair the scratch pad twice a month I'll be sending this back. Too bad, because my cats love this thing. EXTREMELY POOR QUALITY!

The very FIRST day, my 2 cats had the scratch pad pulled out and the ball out of the track!! Actually, I think it took me more time to pry off the gunky adhesive holding the package graphic to the scratch pad than it did for the cats to pull the entire scratch pad from the disk!