🛋️ Elevate Your Cat's Playtime—Because They Deserve the Best!
The SmartCat Ultimate Scratching Post is a 32-inch tall, durable scratching tower made from sisal fiber, designed to withstand your cat's claws while protecting your furniture. Its modern gray design fits seamlessly into any home, and it can be easily assembled with minimal effort.
Product Care Instructions | Hand Wash Only |
Material Type | Sisal |
Item Weight | 13.5 Pounds |
Item Dimensions L x W x H | 16"L x 16"W x 32"H |
Color | Gray |
Theme | Modern |
Style | Modern |
Additional Features | Durable |
Number of Levels | 1 |
Mounting Type | Floor Mount |
C**T
The best
These are the best scratching posts! They look nice and last many years. We have several cats of different sizes and they all get a good scratch at their preferred height. These arrive flat packed, but are easy to assemble and very sturdy. The sisal is tighter and stays in place and is so much nicer than the usual stuff out in stores.
T**S
Impressive! Big! Sturdy as a Brick **** House! Did I say Impressive?
OMG - Insanely good and sturdy. OK, now for why I say that. I used to have a huge carpet covered cat tower with a pagoda type house on top (still have it, just not in the living room any longer). First thing each morning and thru out the day, my indoor/outdoor (ie has claws) female cat would just shred the daylights out of it. And there would be plastic strands sticking out all over so every month or so I had to give the cat tower a "hair cut". Finally it looked so bad I moved it out to the porch. Which started Ms Claws (Tootsie) going after a couple of recliners, and (her favorite) the wicker shelving in the bathroom. I needed a scratch post for inside.I looked at ALL of them on Amazon. I read HUNDREDS of reviews. While sisal covered things never excited Tootsie, it became obvious any scratching post with carpet would be quickly dispatched to the dump once she laid into it. So sisal it would have to be. Then everyone said having the post be tall enough so the kitty could stretch was very important. Made sense to me as she would stretch out on the wicker shelf unit in the bathroom before reducing it to rubble even further. So I found this one. Kinda pricey I thought but at 32" high, it was the tallest one on Amazon. And reviewers said it was sturdy (don't need some tippy piece of crap).So I got this cat scratching post. And some of the catnip spray that some reviewers used to entice kitty to like the scratching post. And I got a dealie bob that is covered in sisal to hang from the front door knob (hoping she'd scratch that to go out rather than the trim around the door) (that hasn't happened yet).Before we see how it worked, let me tell you how it's built. I come from an engineering background as does all my family. So I can recognize sturdy and well built from cheap piece O crapola. Ha! Even tho it said it is 32" tall, it doesn't really register until you see that it stands taller than the bathroom vanity. The base is 16" x 16" which others have said gave it stability. They are correct. And then if you look real closely at the base of the sisal part you'll see some molding that rings the square vertical post. Because that part is screwed firmly into the vertical part covered in sisal, it increases the stability factor a great deal (someone was thinking when they designed this). The wood surfaces have a nice finish on them. It's a nice nuetral color overall so will match nearly any decor. Oh, and the sisal covered part is approx. 6x6" so quite stout compared to a 4" cardboard tube with carpet stapled to it. And it is bombproof.I first tried squirting the catnip spray on it. Meh! says the cat, the wicker shelf unit is more fun. Then I take the peacock feather that I use for the "behind the bathroom door" game and wiggle the eye end of the feather up by the top of the post. Tootsie sees it. She crouches. She wiggles her butt in the pre-launch stage. Then she LEAPS up, landing clinging by front and back claws to the upper part of the post, nailing the feather and hanging well above the floor. Whoa! and the post didn't even wobble or jiggle or lean. Ninja Kitty made a flying leap and the post just sat there, all nice and steady. After a few rounds of flying kitty onto big tall sturdy scratching post, she got the idea that THIS was the new Scratchable of Choice. And it is definitely tall enough that nearly any cat (even the Big Boys) can get a good long stretch - fully extended my cat doesn't reach the top.I did read that the same company makes a shelf that can be screwed on top for your cat to lay on ($15.99 elsewhere on Amazon). But that person said they thought you could as easily make a better one by taking a piece of board, putting foam on it, then stapling fabric of your choice over that. While that is true, I figured what is the real chance of me doing that? (like in the next 5 years - let's be real - not very big). I don't really need a laying place on top of this but just thought I'd mention the options because others might like that. What we're doing now is I put one of her toys up on top of the post. She sees it up there sometime during the day, and has to leap up and cling to the top of the post so she can knock it off. Then later I find it and put it back on top. You get the picture.Anyways, this gets a 2 thumbs up as a big beefy cat scratching post. Oh, and another side note: My Maine Coon kitty (Cassie, built like a tank - a biiig girl) who had no front claws when I got her - she also likes to "scratch" and stretch on this sturdy post. So she can lean her big self against the post and remains rock solid. Love it!
S**I
Amazing deal to keep your cat from clawing furniture.
Does Your cat Scratch furniture? Well this scratching post will solve that issue, our cat Douglas developed a habit of scratching the corners of beds and couches and we tried cat tape, tin foil and all the tricks but nothing worked until we bought this tower, it's tall enough so that he can stretch really well and is pretty sturdy, we've had ours for about a year now and it's still holding up, his claws never get snagged and won't leave strands on the floor overall a great price too especially now that Douglas has completely stopped clawing at furniture and prefers this post now, the only thing I can think of that is not ideal is that it does have some pretty sharp corners for the platform and base and stubbing a toe on it doesn't feel the best.
M**M
Eight and a half years, and it’s still going strong. A great scratching post!
Ok, I just realized that we’ve had this post since December of 2016, and decided to write a review.It’s been used daily by our two cats. Two pretty large cats.This post is tall enough to allow them to stretch up when they scratch. The material is just right for their claws. They seem to like it. One uses it exclusively, and the other occasionally goes for the furniture. Some spray treatment has mostly solved that, but requires maintenance.To get them started on this post, we rubbed some catnip on the fabric. That piqued their interest, and eventually it became the preferred scratching location.It is sturdy, easy to assemble, and the material is still working, although a bit worse for the wear, after eight and a half years.Highly recommended.
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