VESPERHagen Premium Cat Furniture V-High Base - Walnut

Livré avec visserie, trois coussins en mousse viscoélastique, un tapis à griffer, fixés par scratches (à l’exception de celui de la cabane), tous amovibles et facilement nettoyables, jouet suspendu et notice de montage. L’assemblage ne pose aucune difficulté.Fabriqué en MDF (fibres de bois compressées), il pèse son poids (plus de 20 kg), assurant une stabilité à toute épreuve. Les poteaux griffoirs, quant à eux, sont recouverts de jonc de mer, matière d’expérience plus résistante que le sisal face aux griffes de nos amis félins.Côté dimensions, mesurées :- Pour l’ensemble, un encombrement d’environ : H 120 x l 70 x P 55 cm- Base : L 65 x l 65 cm- Cabane à deux ouvertures, dimensions intérieures : L 34 x l 34 H 32 cm.- Plateau supérieur : L 55 x l 28 cm- Plateau intermédiaire : L 55 x l 28 cm- Épaisseur des plateaux : 1 cm- Épaisseur des coussins : environ 1 cmCet arbre à chat reste « de marbre » face aux assauts de 7 chats, tous très turbulents, et dont l’un pèse 7 kg. Ce dernier affectionnant particulièrement la cabane, même s’il en « déborde » quelque peu, cela ne semble pas le gêner outre mesure (cf. 2ème photo).Tous aiment y faire la sieste.Depuis son achat début juin 2017, celui-ci se montre robuste et résistant à tous points de vue.Assurée que ces qualités perdureront à long terme, au contraire des nombreux arbres à chats que j’ai pu acquérir et qui n’auront pas survécu plus d’une année. Exception faite, du produit suivant, plus haut (141 cm), robuste et très stable à condition, face à des chats turbulents, de l’adosser à un mur. Acheté en 2014, il a vaillamment résisté. Nobby - Motega / 63063-63 - Arbre à chat - Beige Pour revenir au présent produit, un investissement unanimement apprécié, au prix justifié. Nobby - Motega / 63063-63 - Arbre à chat - Beige

Arrived the day after order. Was super easy for even an amputee with only 1 hand like me to put together in just over an hour and is very sturdy, only wobbling slightly even with 10kg of cat flinging himself at it with great vigour.The pads appear very comfortable as ‘His Lordship’ has taken to laying out full stretch on the upper deck pad and curled up on the pad fitted in the through and through box.He thoroughly enjoys the sisal scratching posts and the scratchy nature of the round fabric pad between the box and the top deck.The string and sisal balls have been given short shrift and are already at deaths door but that was always going to happen.The only thing I don’t care for or rather, I worry about is the metal post that sticks out from the upper deck like a metal ruler from which the string and balls dangle from. I do worry that, although it is blunt, the terrific speeds at which my boy throws himself at his ‘cat condo’ I worry that this metal prong sticking out could cause him an injury so I think I will remove the screws and take the metal prong off altogether, that wat there can be no worry for me and no high speed accidents for my lovely lad.Other than that, I’d recommend this item so far. I can not vouch for how heard wearing it is as we have only had it for a week, I will update this review in say, 6 months.All other cat trees, scratch posts etc have been rubbish and lasted no more than a couple of weeks with the exception of one rather expensive lotus flower cat tree from zooplus bought for him 3 years ago when I first got him. Despite being slightly chewed, it has lasted well and been the best one of the lot - until now.Merry Catmas Feline Fans. X

What a beautiful product. It took me a while to justify spending so much money on another scratching post but I’m glad I did. The quality is amazing and I love the removable fluffy mats which means cleaning is a breeze. Also, the actual scratching posts are sturdy and they are not going to be ruined within a few weeks or start unscrewing themselves until everything falls apart. My cat loves it and so do I. We have a new kitchen with oak windows and this piece of furniture fits there perfectly.

It is the most good looking cat tree i have ever owned.My cat is slow to warm up to it, she still won’t scratch it (she prefers her old tree for scratching) but hangs out in the cube or ok the top shelves every now and then.Update: after over 6 months, the cat tree is adopted. The top shelf in particular is a well liked spot - funnily enough she goes up there when she wants a brush session!My cat still prefers to scratch her old tree and I haven’t made efforts to switch her interest to this one, but it looks the material is not as “scratch attractive” to my cat.Update after 2 years: the toy balls fell apart after 1 year, even though she rarely plays with them. She still likes every now and then to go on top when she wants something, but she has never used it for scratching. Her old tree is now falling apart from over-scratching, and since she won’t touch this one I have to get her a new one.All in all it’s beautifully-made piece of cat furniture, but it’s never been good for its intended purpose: scratching.Update: I added a hammock to the tree and it’s been the perfect addition. My cat loves it. She still hasn’t scratched that tree since I got it (it’s been years), but it’s she’s been hanging out on top, in the little house and in the hammock depending on her mood.

It is sturdy, well made, fairly easy to assemble and looks attractive.However, we had to customise it (by drilling some new holes) as our cat didn't like the way it is configured.We turned the cat box 90degrees so she could walk directly in from the lower platform, rather than sideways), and placed the top platform about 7cm backwards, so that she could jump from it to the box at a gentler angle. (She's not a great jumper and is getting older).There is a video on youtube for standard assembly instructions (in Spanish but easy to follow). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgjmjC5EjZ0