72" Cat Tree Condo Furniture

My cat's cat tree needed an upgrade, so I bought this partly due to the good reviews it has received. While this cat tree was easy to assemble, there are some design flaws that make this not a good cat tree for adult cats. First of all, the cat perches have a corner cut off, as seen in my picture. This makes the perch much smaller than they should be, too small for my adult 12 year old cat. You can see him try to lay on the perch in the pics, but he has to hug one side of the perch because the corner is cut, so he can't relax on it. He's simply too big for it and my cat is only a 14lbs cat. I've noticed my cat only laid on it when I initially set this tree up, but he has since moved back to his old cat tree for naps. He sprawls out when he's napping there's no way he could do that on this cat tree. I'm not sure why they cut the corners off, maybe thinking cats would use that side to climb up? I'm gonna tell you cats don't need the corners cut to climb up on a perch, my cat didn't even use that side when climbing up. They need to change the design of these perches to give us a full perch, and make them slightly bigger. Second design flaw with these perches are the screws, they protrude out even when tightened completely. This can't be very comfy for a cat trying to nap on it. My previous cat trees have all solved this issue by either making sure the screws lay flat with the perch, or one even removed the need for a screw on top of the perches. Next design flaw are these sisal posts, see the 4th pic. Compared to all my other cat trees, these sisal posts have fabric wrapped on the top and bottom of the posts. My cat is a good boy, he's well trained to only scratch on the sisal posts. So when he saw the fabric, he didn't lay a paw on them at all. He has completely avoided these sisal scratching posts, which renders one of the top 2 reasons you buy a cat tree worthless. When my cat scratches these sisal posts, he always scratches the top 1/3 of the posts, as you can see in the pic of this cat tree post sitting next to my old ones. Cats need to be able to stretch out when scratching. When you have fabric covering the top 1/3 of the sisal posts, you make them completely useless. Many cats would simply not scratch them. Cats really need that exercise daily, to be able to stretch out and reach up, and scratch these posts. Not to mention the fabric shed like crazy and my cat didn't even touch it. Lastly, a caution, the edges of all the boards and hide boxes are sharp. I have my 2 old cat trees there and compared, the other cat trees round out the edges a bit, or at least covered it with heavy carpet. Because the carpeting is very thin on this cat tree, the edges are sharp, and could hurt you or the cat if you happen to bump into them. These design issues can be fixed if the manufacturer is willing, and these would be good cat trees to buy. I would even buy another if these issues are fixed. But for now, I would not recommend these cat trees for any adult cats or any larger cats. They may be ok for juveniles and smaller, younger cats. But for larger adults, you should avoid them. I unfortunately am stuck with a cat tree that my cat can't and won't use. Do your cats a favor, and look for a better one. Don't make the same mistake as I did and get mesmerized by the number of good reviews this cat tree received.