80 reviews forBear's Den Cat Tree

We have had this cat tree for nearly a year. We had a similar one when they were kittens, but this one is better as the hanging basket is much bigger. The tree is stable and is useful in front of a window for looking out. I like the bed on the top shelf as it provides stability when sleeping. The cats are not so fond of the little cabin but play in there. My only complaint is that not all posts have sisal but I got around that by putting the fabric ones at the back and they have left them alone.

A lovely cat tree at first glance. When putting together, the scratch mat from the base to the second layer doesn’t reach at all. We tried all sorts of angles and ways but didn’t work. The den also didn’t have a hole in the fabric to get the attachment through to fasten to the post - and when you make a hole, the cat then has to lay with the cap of the metal attachment sticking out. We put the scratching posts on the bottom layer and the fabric on the top, which worked better for our cat

We bought this to replace our Bear Dens Tree of 5 years. There are good and bad things about this version. The good is that the design quality is great, it is sturdy and our cats love it. The bad is the dubious design choice to replace the lower pillars with fabric. Our original had all the pillars as scratching rope, this doesn't. Which is crazy as the bottom pillars get scratched the most. These will get ruined quickly; had I looked more closely I might not have bought this in the end.

My cat took to this right away and I love the colour, it looks very stylish and is sturdy and easy to put together. The only flaw for me is that the bottom posts aren't scratching posts, because most cats will prefer the steady footing of the ground to then scratch. No point in having the higher up poles be scratching posts. I've had this 2 weeks and my cat has ripped through the fabric on the bottom poles trying to scratch them. So I will probably get some rope to wrap around those instead.

If it's the same quality this has been a brilliant buy. My two are quite small so for bigger cats I'm not sure how long the bowl part of it would last, which they fight over.... annoying that you can't take it off to wash it, but I give it a good brush they don't mind. They've never really used the thing they can go into, nosey buggers like to have a look around

Built from bottom to top in approx. half hour. Very sturdy. Unfortunately my two large cats, haven't taken to it yet, they prefer the Rapunzel Cat tree which I purchased about a month ago.

The tree is excellent and the cats love it and I would recommend it. However it was let down by the instructions and the way it's designed to be put together. If you do buy one make sure you "START ASSEMBLING IT THE TOP!" or you can't fit the top plinth. The screws are fixed in the "top posts" and not screwed in from above, which would the logical thing to do and be much simpler. Although the instructions did sort of indicate to start from the TOP, it was not obvious and could/should be much clearer. I started from the bottom which I think is the logical thing to do and judging by other reviews lots of other people did too. Problem is – all goes well until you come to fit the top plinth and there is no way to connect it because you can't turn the screws. Result is you have to waste your time taking it all apart and start again from the TOP. Assembling it this way is also much more awkward as you have to lay it on its side. Anyway hope this helps you not waste your time like me and many others seem to have done. Manufactures take note and either redesign to connect the top plinth with screws from the top or at least make the instructions more explicit with a big WARNING to start at the TOP! I showed your instructions to a few other people and asked how they would put it together and they all said start from the bottom.

Excellent except 2 years on and the pole with the round house has broken. It was wobbling like mad which made my cat nervous then one day fell off around the brown thing which screws into platform. Just wish it had been attached to main bed to make more sturdy! It would be great if base was made of natural wood rather than covered in fabric as very hard to keep clean if beige! My cat wouldn't swap it for the world!