cat trees that survived three cats (so far)

an honest wear test after two years of daily shredding. not sponsored, nobody sent me these

01
Frisco 42-in Heavy Duty Faux Fur Cat Tree & Condo
the sisal wrapped posts and double layer base held up two years of all three of them scratching at once
02
Frisco 72-in cat tree
the tall skinny one. wobbled within a year and none of them ever used the top perch, returned it
03
Tuft+Paw Milo
expensive and I almost skipped it but the joinery is genuinely tight, zero wobble after 8 months. worth it if you can swing the price
04
IKEA Kivik footstool, repurposed
bought it as furniture. it is now 100% a cat tree, they ignored the actual cat tree next to it for a week
05
SmartCat suction cup window perch
06
Catit Vesper cat tree
two of them love it, the oldest one took one look and walked away. she said no and that was final
07
plain cardboard scratcher pad on the floor
cheapest thing on this list and still the most used object in the apartment, replace it monthly

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