ABC Pet 21021 3-Tier Cat Climbing Tree, Blue

I only have one cat and he absolutely loves it. It is pretty sturdy as far as not being knocked over goes, but it does turn a bit if the cat jumps off it too forcefully. The carpet material seems to be holding up okay for now, but I wouldn't expect it to last terribly long in a multiple cat home. For what you pay it is a good tree, especially if you have limited space (apartment, small room, etc.) like I do. Assembly was pretty simple. I could handle putting it up myself, but you will need a step stool. The only difficult part is holding the plunger on the top down when you are putting it up to the ceiling. The only issue I had was the box it came in was pretty beat up. Thankfully didn't lose anything though.

While this isn't a tree that will last years, it is a unique design that my cats love. It's difficult to find a tree that will go from floor to ceiling at this price. It's sturdy enough to withstand my cats' favorite activity, jumping on it and racing to the top. The only drawback is that once your cat scratches through the carpet, the only material underneath is a heavy cardboard tube, which is easily destroyed by a cat. I prolong the life of the cat tree by wrapping the exposed area in duct tape. Eventually, however, my cats do claw through enough of the tubes that the tree is essentially destroyed. I have purchased many of these trees over the years, tossing out the old one, and replacing it with a new one approximately once a year. As long as this product stays at a reasonable price I will continue to do so.

Our cat is a real adventurer and athlete. He loves to explore, run and climb so when I saw this listed, I thought this would be just right for him. I was wrong. It is rickety and the platforms are too small and unstable. My cat sees this and won't even sit on a ledge when I put him and a treat on it. The only positive thing going for this item is that it was easy to put together. Otherwise, a total and complete disappointment and waste of money. If my husband wasn't so quick to throw the box away, I would return it for a refund. Do NOT buy this thing.

Well, it seemed pretty neat at first, but we have a big guy who weighs in at nearly 20lbs, and his merely jumping on and off it kept throwing it out of whack, and it just became more and more unstable until we had to take it down after about a month. The shelves were small, and he could only sit up on them anyway (no laying down). Our little 8lb princess didn't have problems with it, but the average sized-cat or larger will destroy this thing with "normal" use.

I had to take this apart and sew covers over the whole thing, as the indoor/outdoor carpet material is is covered in was torn to shreads within 6 months by 1 kitten! But it is good purchase for the money.

I spent a lot of time reading every review for this (& in the tan color), as well as other sub-$60 trees, before buying. I do not regret my purchase. I wanted sometime that required my fat, lazy ~13+ lb cat to jump and get a little bit of exercise. She also completely ignores all three scratching devices in my apartment and tears up our carpet instead (thank goodness it's cheap), so the idea of getting her to scratch something productive was nice. Lastly, I wanted to give her something to help her from being as bored/lonely since we lost our dear friend, my other cat, recently. I can say that it's mostly fulfilling these needs and for a heck of a lot cheaper than anything else with this much height. That being said: 1) No, she does not use the topmost tier. But she uses the others and seems to love them. In particular, when I sit next to her on the adjacent ottoman, she adores either being at the same height as my face so she can easily get my attention, or pretending that she is stalking me from the 2nd highest tier (you know what I mean...getting the all-black eyes and clearly fantasizing about jumping onto my head when I'm not looking). She will even sit on it and meow for me to come sit next to her. In short, I see the top tier as maybe being a challenge for someday - but ultimately, the height of this tree is a benefit because it provides stability from being wedged between the ceiling and the floor, much more so than I could get with another tree unless spending three times as much for a heavier design. 2) The carpet is holding up fine so far, surprisingly (better than my floor carpet) but I plan to replace it with rope if/when it eventually comes apart. That stuff's cheap, so it's totally worth it. I would have preferred the tan color, but hey, I'm poor, so I wanted to save an extra $8 bucks. 3) Despite seeming to like climbing (more so when she was a kitten, however, and less...ahem..."pear-shaped"), she does not generally climb from one tier directly to another, other than jumping to the second (i.e., first elevated) tier. However, she jumps off of nearby mid-level surfaces to get to the next level easily. She also really likes when I put toys on the topmost or 2nd from the top tier with just a little bit hanging down so that she can reach up and grab them before viciously dropping them off her own personal "cliff edge." I wholeheartedly recommend this tree. The only beef I honestly have is that, when placed in the corner for extra support as I did, the dimensions of the tiers don't match up ideally, such that I have a bit of a safety concern. That is, there is a bit of a gap between the middle two tiers and the wall. One of these gaps is big enough that I worry a little about her falling partway into it and getting stuck (yes, she IS that clumsy). When I eyeballed it to see if I could rotate them to reduce the issue, I realized that there was no way to do it without just creating a same-sized gap on the other middle tier. The top and bottom tier placements don't matter at all since she doesn't use the top, but the only other way to get rid of the "gap of concern" is to rotate it so that the middle two tiers are oriented the same way, which would inhibit her beloved cliff-throwing activities. (If anyone else has figured a way around this issue, please let me know!)