I have been waiting for this....what took you guys so long!?! Even my grandma kitties are playing with Mousr as if they’re kittens again! Mousr BAITS the kitties into trying to catch him. It is hilarious to watch the kittens catch him drag off their prize...only to have the prize escape their clutches!
So far I love this thing. It is super entertaining to watch my fur babies in action. I’ve only seen them go this crazy over crinkle balls and catnip before. Yes, the Mousr battery is short lived, roughly 40 minutes to death. For what he goes through though, and his size, it’s not a deal breaker. Besides, he’s rechargeable. Mousr can be controlled through the app, or a button on the bottom of his chin. The app gives options: fast speed, slow, flick tail, swat, pauses - and it is super user friendly. Mousr actively seeks out his play victims, so that sensor is amazing!! There were also a couple of times that Mousr was put on his back or side, and I thought: ah boy, better save the mouse...only to watch him flip himself rightside up again!
Yes, Mousr is pricey. BUT SO WORTH IT. We love our Mousr, and have officially named him Mousedini.
This is a great product, and my cat loves it. My only complaint would be the learning curve associated with smartphone remote control. My advice is to look at the nose of the mousr when you're steering, and trust your thumb to do the rest. I would have loved a physical remote control, but the app is more than serviceable once you get used to it. I do have on suggestion for the app however; please add all the tail functions to the remote page. Being limited to one tail action is slightly frustrating, because I'd rather not go into the settings to change it. I also recommend to anyone who purchases this product, that they get the tail pack. This only comes with 2 tails, and your cat may get bored of them quickly. All that being said, this is a great product, and like another reviewer said, spending $150.00 is worth it if you're sick of striking out on cheaper cat toys that break, or simply don't work like you expected them too.
My cat's love Mousr but the tails are a big problem. My cat's have destroyed the feather tail with in 10mins of having it and damaged the string on the other one. That being said they love it and I'll be shelling out another $40 for more tails.
This is really the best cat toy I've ever owned. I literally rage bought it after the pet smart 15.00 piece of junk worked quarter assed I'd say, then died, then I had to go through hell to return the thing, and thought, welp this is why retail is dead. Found this guy and purchased...
Kitty was warming it up to and then i pushed the enevelpe a bit chasing her down the bamboo stairs with it, and she bolted! Hid for like an hour but came back up and I slowly warmed her back up to it.
But now, I mean I have her chasing it all over the house, under table where she has lots of cover, she is still scared of it, but just enough to make it fun! she definitely will attack it when it pauses.
Only down side is the battery life is short, like twenty minutes of play if you're directing it, i think the auto mode keeps it alive longer though.
Yup! but I will tell you honestly, its just as fun for the wife and I playing with it as it is for our 3 cats. Connecting to Bt is simple and fast, battery life has been great, probably about 3 hours of random playing on hardwood and carpet floors. The auto functions are great of you can't "drive" yourself. This thing has all the bells and whistles (literally and figuratively)! The auto-direct option when it encounters a cat or an object, turning away is great. It also senses whenthe cat is near and operates the tail or moves, just enough to peak the cat's interest.
I know it's excessive at $150, but I just didnt care and wanted to try it. I'm glad we did, it's the best Christmas presnet the cats (and my wife) got.
Feature Product
- Named best new cat product of 2018 by the American Pet Products Association
- Senses and reacts to your cat automatically. Choose from 3 unique automatic play strategies. Customize automatic play to your cats personality.
- Connect with your smartphone to remote control. Driver assist gets Mousr free when stuck.
- Custom high quality gearbox. Highly durable can stand up to even the toughest cats.
- Works on any common household surface including high pile carpet.; Wireless Range: 10 Meters
Description
Mousr is the first fully autonomous mouse for your cat. Choose from three automatic play styles or connect your smart phone to remote control.
Mousr has been designed from the ground up to be perfect for cats, including a quiet high quality gearbox, the ability to work on any household surface, and the ability to handle floor transitions effortlessly.
Mousr has been play tested with Bengals, Maine Coons, and Savannahs to ensure he can withstand any abuse your cat can dish out.
Mousr features a motorized tail gearbox and a variety of tail attachments that can be customized to your cat's personality and mood, including springy Bounce Tails and string based Flick Tails. Mousr's tails are replaceable, so simply pop on a new one as they wear out.
Finally, a toy that both animal and human can enjoy. Worked well on all surfaces and got itself out of several tough
spots. It is a bit on the expensive side, but when I consider the amount of money I already spent on toys that worked for a few days before crashing, or didn't work from the moment the batteries were installed........ Auto-Play is the best when you have something you need to get done and your cat needs some exercise.
The cats were instantly enthralled! It definitely keeps their interest and seems to taunt them lol. They love it. Poor little mouse he’s harassed while in its cradle for charging, I had to move the cradle near me while he charges. It chirps and whistles, which keeps them engaged. It has multiple play modes, so you can go auto play and choose from different patterns of play, or you can control it yourself. I ended up getting one for my Sister and her Husband, as they have four kitties. It works great on carpets too. Big kitties like mine will destroy the feather attachment pretty quick lol, but you really don’t need the attachment for them to play. Also, the packaging is really efficient, so make sure you open all the little boxes within, as your attachments will be in on of the little white boxes within the main little box that holds the Mousr. Have fun!
I have been looking for this tech all my life especially after buying so many toys that either my cats weren't interested or that I had to push toys back n forth to keep them interested. I've had Mousr for 4 months now and actively using it every day. Most people already captured the cons of it like battery life, having to adjust or recover or just press play again after it gets stuck to resume, but whilst those are very true unfortunately, the idea, attempt and the fact that it makes wonders while keeping my cat of 4 years old still entertained is incredible! They are constantly improving the Android app, introduced all day play mode to conserve battery as much as they can.
That being said, product definitely needs improvement. As the battery unfortunately isn't best as its tiny, they can take a look at the many vacuum cleaners and Vector Robot by Anki and make a return to home and recharge when battery is low. Needs navigational improvement as well. I don't think the confine play area ever worker for me. It'd be nice if it could map out the house or floor. Not sure how vacuum cleaners navigate...
Also being able to hold the tails constantly at an angle would be improvement.
Traction wise, it's rear wheel drive and tail is at the back, so most weight is at the back, so it tends to spin it's tires a lot consuming the battery. This I guess is nature's fault as they're trying to stick to real mouse's silhouette :)
Anyways, I usually keep the settings at Wall Hugger mode and sometimes my cat just likes to watch it from a high ground, sometimes goes after it and really plays with it especially, interestingly when it's stuck somewhere and actively tries to free itself.
I've barely used the Precise Mode, but I use the manual mode a lot. It's really fun to wiggle the tail close my cat, it engages her.
She likes the bounce tail more than the flick, because it has feathers and sits upright.
Mousr works in 2 ways. Either double click the button on it to engage auto mode or use the phone app to connect via bluetooth to manually control or set to auto mode.
If it had a tiny camera and if playing worked over wifi (in addition to bluetooth) it'd allow remote playing even when I'm traveling or at work or something...
Well endless possibilities for improvement. I'm currently just glad with it's capabilities and was worth every penny.
Worth mentioning, something had happened to the speaker as it wasn't functioning as loudy as before (of couse it wasn't settings related), I emailed them, returned the product and got it back repaired in a week. Great customer service! While at that, the sounds Mousr makes also captures my cat's attention. No it doesn't meow, more like a chime and a whistle sound. 3 sound levels exists.
In short, for a 4 year old 10lb cat this is the best toy that she could probably ask for now which enables me to be even lazier :)
It's great and works as advertised, thus 5 points. Room for improvement for sure but, I'm not going to give lower score for that and discourage people. This is an awesome product! I hope they'll make a second version.
Sorry for rather unstructured review!
I bought this product for a certain cat of mine that likes to cause trouble when he's bored. Between 1 and 2 am. Any week a full moon happens, forget about it.. it doesn't matter if I wear him out early. He recharges like he's got some solar panel built in. Obviously it isn't easy to sleep. When I saw this on the news I was impressed by it. But I was skeptical. Especially with the price.
Well it turns out it was well worth it. The little toy is small enough to get in and under most areas without a problem. That's a good and bad. So be sure to close off areas it can get into that have clutter.
I'll give you the cons.
The battery is kind of short.
But it's not unreasonable. Considering the attention span of most cats is short.
It needs more accessories.
There are only 2 included. But it may have to do with the program it must run to entice your cat using the toy. It does an excellent job of it. So maybe in the next version or in an update it could happen?
It can't deal with wires.
Like really. This thing just can't even.
It doesn't return itself to the charger. This may have to do with the requirement of removing the tail first.
Sometimes it gets it's tail stuck in the wheel..
Nothing can fix this. It's called get off your lazy butt.
The controls are kind of difficult.
It needs options on customizing button lay out and sensitivity settings.
The pros.
It charges really fast
It will let you know it's stuck.
The ai is pretty fun to watch play with your cat.
It can flip itself over!
It has an all day mode. But it takes long breaks to pull it off. Still though it will wake up when it senses movements.
It's really fast for something so small. Your cat will be surprised.
Verdict. Buy it if you are desperate for sleep and you have a cat that must be exercised. Exercise is great for their overall well being. So that price tag will pale in comparison to a vet bill.
I think what can improve this product is a real controller. And a camera w/ night vision on the device. So you can drive it out of areas the ai can't work it's way out of. The ai is very impressive though. It problem solves pretty good.
9/10 value
0 comments:
Post a Comment