About Cat Tower Lab

Cat Tower Lab exists because most cat-furniture buying guides read like they were written by people who have never met a cat. We started this site to fix that: sizing math for large breeds, stability testing notes, apartment-friendly layouts, and honest recommendations that account for how cats actually use their trees (not how the box art suggests they will).

How we work

For every cat tree we cover, we compare manufacturer specs against verified owner-review patterns from 100+ recent buyers. We look specifically for stability complaints, dimension accuracy, and long-term durability signals. When we do hands-on work we say so explicitly; when we're synthesizing published sources, we say that too.

How we make money

Some links on Cat Tower Lab go to Amazon through affiliate URLs. If you buy through them, we earn a small commission — this funds the site's hosting, image licensing, and the time we spend on comparison research. It does not change what we recommend: our top picks are based on our sizing/stability criteria, not on commission rates.