Pecute Double Cat Shelves with Cat Scratching Post for Wall Window with Solid Wood Frame

This is a great set of shelves for cats. The instructions are very clear and they sent an extra bolt and screw to make sure that that you have all the right pieces. It includes a tool for assembly, but I supplemented with my own tools. You need a Phillips screwdriver and an Allen Wrench. The instructions showed a bevel shaped screw, but these are rounded heads with a flat base for the screw head. Otherwise the instructions are clear and assembly does not take very long. The cats love the carpeted shelves and the scratching post connecting the shelves. Our cats love it! you can see from the pictures and video, they are having a great time on these shelves. They love being able to stand on the high shelf and look around the room. It's a good price for this product and I can recommend it to you if you have cats that enjoy sitting up high in the room. The shelves are quite sturdy. I installed it using 2 studs, and and 2 of the included drywall anchors. You may need an additional shelf for your cats to get up to these shelves. Ours use the dresser in our room as their first landing point.

**Background:** we have three cats and we've turned one of our bathrooms into a dedicated cat room because in the evenings the cats get in trouble overnight so this is where they spend the night. They like to have their own space so the more purchase and more places for them to climb and find a quiet spot the better for everyone involved. We have a fiber class tub and I thought to use this on the wall to do nondestructive using the suction cups. That's why I bought this. This for the Pecute Double Cat Shelves with Cat Scratching Post for Wall Window with Solid Wood Frame

**Build Quality:** Wow!! I've ordered other wood, cat shelves, climbing things, and this thing blows away. Anything I've received. This is cabinet grade or furniture grade plywood. It's really good quality wood and it's finished well and all the screw holes and the recessed holes are all done very well. The carpet is nice. There's plenty of Velcro. I can't believe how good this thing is. You can sum up the pride and quality is that they put a little metal badge on the front of this with their company logo. It shows in their craftsmanship that they care.

** Assembly:** Assembly is a little bit of a bear. There's lots of screws. Everything is pre-drilled but it's still a lot of screws. I used the power screwdriver and it still took me 25 minutes to get it assembled and then mounted. I mounted using the suction cups. You have to preheat them. The only thing tricky with the assembly is the little bracket braces. There's a long side and a short side. It's a little confusing, so just remember long with long and short with short. Also, when you tighten these braces, the other screw hole gets a little misaligned. It's just a natural torque of the screws against the wood. But when you put in that second screw on the other side, just make sure the pre-drilled holes are lined up together.
The suction cups were great. You just screw down on the knobs to increase the suction. It's a clever well functioning design.

**Function:** the only thing I would say regarding function, it's kind of wide because the two platforms are staggered. So if you're going to mount this on a smooth surface that needs to be at least 27 1/2 inches wide so that's a pretty wide window. This barely fit on the back fiberglass wall of my tub, but it fits.

It's super sturdy. There's a total of six suction cups holding this and they're huge as long as you clean your surface and your surface is smooth. This thing will stay. There's no wobble or flex. It's super well built. I'm kind of shocked how good this is.

**Conclusions:** this is one of those things that I wish there was a sixth star or a + this is really good really good quality well-made well designed bravo!!! I think the value in this is the quality. It's so well built and attention to detail clever designed that allows you mount the suction cups to a smooth surface like a window.