I've gone through about 3 or 4 dabird wands before I wised up. The problem is that they are very long (which is great) but very thin and rigid, so they break pretty easily, leaving you with half-a-wand, which is then too short to use comfortably. The flying frenzy wand is equally long but made out of flexible material so almost indestructible. What I regret is not getting 2 or 3 of them when I ordered. You didn't ask, but Neko flies are the other type of wand toy that cats go crazy for, but their wands just suck as well. They are thick and indestructible, but very short, which again make it difficult to move the flies about. So my advice is... get 2 or 3 flying frenzy wands. Not because they'll break, but because it will save you from having to constantly load and unload them with various flying objects