The Overlook - Sturdy - Bamboo Cat Tree

Great bungalo

While a bit pricey, it’s a really solid piece of cat furniture. It’s very stable with a couple cats on this on the different levels. I think I’m still going to put a rubber mat underneath just to provide additional friction to prevent it from tipping or wobbling. The included rubber pieces that go under the legs help but I want some additional piece of mind. The cats don’t like the fluffy material so I just covered it with a spare piece of fabric lying around so they can lie in the middle shelf. The bottom level is great for the cats wanting to hide. Assemby was a normal difficulty that took 30 min. As some people noted, the included fabric is very tight and I needed a second person to pull on it while I wrapped it tight around the cross pole to secure it.

(Updated) Great cat tree, somewhat frustrating assembly

Updated Review: Catastrophic Creations reached out to diagnose the problem. I learned that the fabrics are delivered unstretched, and they offered to ship a replacement stretched canvas for me. I manually stretched the fabric out over the period of several days and got it to work without the replacement! My cat is very happy with the tree and it is very high quality, and so I've updated my review to reflect this. Just be aware that the fabric may be quite unstretched and maybe don't tighten the screws all the way until you've verified that the fabric will fit while assembling the tree. Original Review: After doing a ton of research on higher quality cat trees that would last longer than a year or two and be accessible for a senior cat who is not a fan of jumping on wobbly surfaces, I was so excited to find and buy this one for my cat. However, the product I received was defective. It was frustrating to put it all together only to find out that one of the fabric hammocks included was an inch too short. It renders the whole bottom half of the tree unusable, since none of the velcro lines up, no matter how hard you pull on the fabric. I wouldn't have spent over $350 on such a tree if I knew that this would be the product I'd receive. The pictures attached are of Fabric A on the bottom -- this picture was taken with one person pulling as hard as they can on the fabric, and the other person holding the tree still. As you can see, it is nowhere close to lining up. I double checked the video instructions multiple times to make sure I assembled it all correctly, and it just doesn't work. I'd love a fabric replacement for this, since I still think my cat would love it, but it's definitely disappointing to have to disassemble and reassemble the whole tree just because of this.

Freedom at last ...

The tree is fantastic, excellent design and quality. Our cat is a double-wide Tabico diva with all the attitude and she loves it! This cat actually knows quality and has strong aesthetic opinions about her space, and she likes to show of the tree as her new digs to guests! Best of all, it's the last cat tree I'll ever have to buy, no more $100 trees from Amazon every year!