This is still a new item for our household. I thought  our naughty cat would love it more than he seems to, but the Scratch part does help with inappropriate scratching and is a deal for the price. Perhaps since the Brush-n-Scratch was the human idea and not our cat's (which he clearly finds not to his liking)  he may be choosing to ignore the Brush out of spite. Again,in all fairness it's maybe too early to tell  if it shouldn't be a 5 star rating.