Nov 19 2009FroliCat BOLT: A Laser Lightshow For Cats
Yay, two laser posts in a row! The $17 FroliCat BOLT is an award winning laser lightshow for cats with owners who are too lazy to wave a laser pointer around or have lost the use of their limbs.
Simply turn it on and projects a red dot and moves it in random patterns for 15 minutes, or until your cat (or dog, or baby) realizes what's going on and attacks the gadget itself.
You know why cats love lasers so much? Because they're from the future. Plus it has something to do with their nightvision. No, really, I'm not just making this up. I took a correspondence college course in beertasting science. I wore a lab coat and everything.
Video of the POS in action after the jump.
frolicat bolt entertains your pets with laser, not lightning bolts [technabob]
Thanks to Jessie, who just ties a string to a laser pointer and tapes it to the ceiling fan. Smart thinking!
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Reader Comments
1. naas - November 19, 2009 12:45 PM
I think most cats would destroy that thing pretty quick.... just sayin
2. Closet Nerd - November 19, 2009 12:46 PM
Be sure to give you cat some catnip before you turn it on.... just sayin
3. lolman - November 19, 2009 12:47 PM
second
4. naas - November 19, 2009 12:47 PM
So the video has people shining a laser pointer on the wall, basically you're just ordering an alien dildo?
5. Closet Nerd - November 19, 2009 12:48 PM
@4 an aliend dildo with LASERS...... just sayin.
6. pepe la PEWPEW - November 19, 2009 12:50 PM
The Church of PEW
and Lazer-day saints
7. 24-bit whore - November 19, 2009 12:51 PM
I've nearly given my dog a heart attack several times with a laser pointer before. The only reason I've stopped everytime after 15-20 minutes was because I thought he was going to overheat & explode.
Something like this, assuming it's on until you turn it off - will probably exhaust your poor cat within a day.... just sayin.
8. naas - November 19, 2009 12:54 PM
@5 yes, the laser is what makes it alien in fact. Alien clitori can only be stimulated with laser pinpoint accuracy.... just sayin
On a side note, do you think anyone's getting annoyed with the '....just sayin' thing yet? .....just askin
9. Pat - November 19, 2009 1:00 PM
Well, this meets my cute quotient for the day.
10. Chuey The Rock N Roll Midget - November 19, 2009 1:06 PM
@8...Nope! Just sayin'
11. suomynonA - November 19, 2009 1:08 PM
Saying just, just saying
12. ZING! - November 19, 2009 1:09 PM
No F'ing way! My fiance's parents just bought this yesterday for their new kitten. So funny to see this on Geek, that thing kept me occupied for hours too! If I was a kitten with this I would do things to that laser... know what I mean? ;P
13. The Dude - November 19, 2009 1:11 PM
Can I upgrade the laser to a Class 3a Laser?
14. Dasha - November 19, 2009 1:11 PM
Reminds me of those things in Dogo Dogo's Cavern.
15. Chuey The Rock N Roll Midget - November 19, 2009 1:13 PM
@12..would you do things with that laser now?? Cause it does look like a dildo!?!?
16. I-Kill-Bambi's - November 19, 2009 1:22 PM
Anybody think that looks like EVE from wall-e? but a more toned slimmer sexy version of her, i would totaly tap that....just sayin
17. Floatinglint - November 19, 2009 1:24 PM
Ugh! It's retarded. It moves so slow...yes...yes i had one. *cough* HAD...i took the thing back.
18. LSDiesel - November 19, 2009 1:25 PM
Its more fun to put a cat in a burlap sack and throw it in the pool. Just sayin'
19. I-Kill-Bambi's - November 19, 2009 1:30 PM
@18 or in traffic, because at least then you can see it can still move around before getting caught under the thor van's tire....just sayin
20. debiel - November 19, 2009 1:35 PM
@16: It's EEVEE. Just sayin'.
21. Blastphemer - November 19, 2009 1:45 PM
"Simply turn it on and projects a red dot and moves it in random patterns for 15 minutes, or until your cat (or dog, or baby, OR CRACKHEAD) realizes what's going on and attacks the gadget itself."
There...fixed your quote for ya big guy. PS. The video of the crackhead chasing the laser pointer IS pretty funny (for those that haven't checked it out yet).
...see what I'm sayin? ...readin what I'm writing? ...pickin up what I'm puttin down?
just sayin...
22. Closet Nerd - November 19, 2009 1:45 PM
@8 Ohhhhhhh, "LASER guided precision".... I thought "TAZER guided precision" was needed to stimulate the alien citorati....shocking
That might explain why she proceeded to beat me like a silly little monkey....just sayin
23. drop kick mom - November 19, 2009 1:46 PM
cat drug, use it once and they become addicted. They'll bug you untill death !!
24. Heather - November 19, 2009 1:48 PM
My pets will love this. Doggies be trippin' and listenin' to Pink Floyd.
25. I-Kill-Bambi's - November 19, 2009 1:51 PM
@22 um its spelled clitori not citorai...just sayin
26. GoSS Jerk, formerly sterilized - November 19, 2009 2:15 PM
need one for my 5 month old retriever... she is driving me mad... too much energy and i ran out of dope to keep her calm... just sayin
27. Andrew - November 19, 2009 2:27 PM
There will be hundreds of cats with a low sense of self-worth after hours of failing to catch it. Cat natural instinct fulfillment fail.
28. om3ga - November 19, 2009 2:43 PM
all animals love weed... just sayin'
29. Jaded Icon - November 19, 2009 3:05 PM
I'll wait for the version that punishes my cat for not catching the laser, like maybe..........a taser shot?...........just saying.
30. Zing! - November 19, 2009 3:13 PM
@15 Ahh Yeaaah! You know what I mean!
...know what I mean?
31. Rokiri - November 19, 2009 3:28 PM
They have one of these at our Humane Society in a room full of loose cats. It's great for them, and the one they have has 3 laser points you can activate!
32. Nikki - November 19, 2009 5:48 PM
But this takes away the joy of doing it yourself and pointing it on one of your friends crotch!
33. Zing! - November 19, 2009 6:20 PM
@32 Don't worry you can aim it in a general direction and it will just wobble around that new center point.
34. livingjetlag - November 19, 2009 10:54 PM
Yes, after 15 minutes the cat figures out that it can attack the machine. After 15 additional minutes, it is reprogramming the machine. First it gets the laser to spell out "Feed me, you @#$%wad," and if you don't, then the machine starts deliberately aiming the laser at your eyeballs. #$%^ing cats.
35. Tylith - November 20, 2009 12:00 AM
@17... If it is moving too slow... MOVE IT FARTHER AWAY FROM THE WALL... dur dur durrrr!
36. outkast - November 20, 2009 10:31 AM
OMG I saw this last night and had to get it for our cat. She played not stop for 2 hours. When the laser shut off she sat on the floor looked at the base and meowed til I turned it back on. Pure awesomeness!
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