Bergan Turbo Track Cat Toy

by Bergan

Product Features

• Hours of interactive entertainment for you and your cats
• Each piece twist-locks to another for endless possibilities
• Encourages exercise for a happy, healthy cat
• Includes ball that rolls in circular track
• The only limit is your imagination

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 27 x 13 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001RTTL1W
• Item model number: 88150
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (186 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,584 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Bergan Turbo Track is a track with a ball in it. It sounds simple, and it is, but it’s also amazing fun for you and your cat. Each piece twist-locks together with any other piece, so you can create many exciting designs and configurations. Place the included ball in the circular track, and watch your cat bat it around for hours. Your cat won’t get bored, because you can change the Turbo Track’s design whenever you want.

Product Description

The Turbo Track will provide hours of interactive entertainment for you and your cats. Additional pieces can be purchased to customize track, and with 9-piece of different shapes and sizes, you construct up to 5-different shaped tracks. Buy 2 to boxes to double your pets fun.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

147 of 149 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ding, Ding, Ding, We Have a Winner!, June 16, 2009

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venatrix (UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bergan Turbo Track Cat Toy (Misc.)

Like any cat owner, I've wasted my fair share of money on cat toys that produced no reaction from the feline in question, so it was with some trepidation that I clicked the "add to shopping cart" button for this item. The two things that convinced me to go ahead with the purchase were my guilt at leaving my cat unstimulated all day when I'm at work, and the veterinarian's insistence that "tubby boy" become a little less tubby.

So, I got the pieces out of the box and messed about with different shapes. The aforementioned feline was trying to play with the track before I even had it fully assembled. The figure-eight set up is the most successful, at least, so far. I'm not sure if the cat will leave it alone long enough to let me try other configurations.

For a change, I'm delighted to have spent my money on a toy that makes us both happy. I'm not saying that every cat will take to this, but it's definitely worth considering if you have a cat that needs additional mental and physical stimulation.

245 of 254 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MEOW - My cats LOVE it!!!!! (video's lighting a bit dark), July 25, 2009

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Kathleen Rose Maier - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bergan Turbo Track Cat Toy (Misc.)

Length:: 1:10 Mins

Bergan Turbo Track Cat Toy, Green

97 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the right fit for my cat, November 16, 2009

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Lokirat (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bergan Turbo Track Cat Toy (Misc.)

First, for specifics: My cat is an only cat, who is not impressed by most toys.

She already has the Classic Bergan Turbo Chaser, the circular one. She LOVED the original one, and played with it incessantly. I bought this new model because I was intrigued with the way that we could change the track around.

Although I love the idea of this model, I would have to say that in practice, it did not live up to my expectations. Although the individual parts are very durable (my cat could play with it 24/7 and never make a dent in the plastic), the junctions are not. Therefore, the same feature which makes it novel (the ability to rearrange the pieces), also contributes to its flaws.

While the ball shoots around with little obstruction in the original Bergan Turbotrack (the circular one), the junctions are not very secure in this new model. This defect causes the ball the slow down, and keeps my cat from being too interested in this toy. My cat plays continuously with the original Bergan Track, but only takes a few swats at the ball when it is in this new track, before she gets bored. I think that my boyfriend had more fun rearranging the track pieces than my cat had fun playing with her new toy :)

Another small point: The weakness of the junctions also makes it difficult to pick up; it only holds together when it is on the floor, and tends to crumble into its individual pieces when I pick it up to move it from one place to another. I understand that being mobile is not part of the job description for this toy, but is does add to my frustration when I am vacuuming and need to move it out of my way :/

I think that maybe when multiple cats play with it at once, the hinderance of the loose junctions will not matter as much, since the numerous cats can swat the ball back and forth to each other. However, since my cat is an only cat, I think that she prefers the smoothness of the original circular (junctionless) Bergan Track, because the ball shoots right back at her when she swats it. So if you have multiple cats, I might recommend this particular model, but I suspect that single cats will have more fun with the original circular track.