The hole for the post on top of the playhouse was drilled directly in the center, not on the right side, so the house sits too far to the right instead of on the left edge of the deck, covering up part of the hole leading to the hammock below. Also there was hardware missing. Very frustrating, but too much of a hassle to disassemble and return.

This cat tree was very easy to put together. It's huge! But it has every feature you would want in a cat tree. My baby loves the top tier, the fuzzy toy, and the apartment. She also loves scratching all the posts! At first it seemed a little wobbly, but I tightened some of the bolts, and it is much sturdier.

Armarkat products are excellent! I had trouble finding a cat tree that didn’t contain harsh chemical adhesives (like formaldehyde), but armarkat delivered. Their product standards are so much higher than their competitors. This cat tree is pet and human safe! No weird new tree smell, no shedding carpet, it’s easy to assemble, and it’s super sturdy. Also, Quasar LOVES it! If your cat loves jumping, climbing, and sprinting, then this is the tree for you. It is a bit of a challenge to navigate, so if your cat isn’t explorative or incredibly active and/agile, then I recommend looking for a slightly different style tree, but I still definitely recommend this brand!

Very easy to assemble and awesome quality. I love it!

I chose this brand's tower because it does not have flimsy skinny poles like a lot of towers have these days. these are about 3.5" + wide, not flimsy at all and can handle our two wildest 2yr old creatures running full force at extended poles before climbing them while chasing each other.. We don't build the towers as shown in product pic because our cats like climbing upwards the most so we redesign the towers to meet our needs and this Armarkat model is best for us to do so with since it has 5 long poles. Normally we tie top part to DIY bridge near ceiling but, the base & second level on this tree tower is pretty sturdy so we haven't done so this time. The only issues i had with this product and why 4 stars only is the hardware was nasty with rust and somekind of grayish rust like stuff on almost all of them except for the tool & 2-3 long shiny pieces, these came tightly wrapped in plastic and inside a blue bag so they clearly were nasty when packaged up, for price we pay, there is no excuse for not throwing those out and including clean new hardware period!! one pole also had black machine grease/oil smudges on end area. Other than the minor issue, i really like the sturdiness of this tower and overall the sisal on the poles is tightly winded up and on thicker side so they should last for at least a few months hopefully (we have 10 cats, nothing lasts longer than that in our house) if not, i will still replace it with this exact model in future.