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I have owned and used both the Feline Fun House and the ABO Gear Happy Habitat for Indoor Cats. My cat preferred both, as all he wants is to be outside. I definitely prefer the ABO to the Feline Fun House. First, the ABO was $30 cheaper than the Feline Fun House. And truthfully, I think spending $70 on the Feline Fun House is too expensive for a "cat toy." $40 for the ABO was what I consider the max on a present for my cat. Other than price, I prefer the ABO for the following reasons.
First, the ABO is easier to put together, and literally opens into form, when you take it out of the travel case. The Feline Funhouse Opened easily, but was impossible to break down after opening it. The one and only time I tried to break down the Feline Fun House, I spent 30 minutes trying to follow the "easy" break down directions, and ended up bending the support wires, and the Feline Funhouse never opened up fully again (since I accidentally bent the supports, in trying to break it down, to transport it.) The ABO is truly "easy" to open and can be broken down in an second. When the ABO is broken down, it actually fits back into the little bag it came in. There is no way the Feline Fun House would ever fit into the bag it came in when you try to break it down. The ABO breaks down so easily and is to small, that i will take it in my luggage when we travel with my cat.
The ABO is also completely see though, as it is completely made out of mesh. The Feline Fun House has parts that are made of blue fabric that your cat can not see through. My cat can see in all directions without any obstruction in the ABO. The ABO is definitely larger then the Feline Fun House, in that it is taller. It may not be much larger in the base, where the cat sits, but the fact that it extends higher, makes it a larger enclosed space in general.
My indoor cat is SO happy in this tent (as well as in the Feline Fun House) that I DEFINITELY recommend indoor cat owners try one model. My cat wakes me up every day meow-ing then running to the back door, wanting to be let out in the tent. Just a little note: I put heavy chairs on the edges of the tent to hold it down. My cat has discovered that if you run into the sides of the tent, it moves (as does the Feline Fun House). I have found both tents, across the large yard/ and street, (with my cat still inside). So if you dont pin it down, your Kitty could end up across the street. I dont think the stakes that came with the ABO are big and deep enough to really "pin" this tent down. I would not trust them. My cat is very large and could easily take off, and pull out the stakes that came with the ABO tent. The Feline FunHouse stakes are the same, and not deep enough. I opt for the heavy metal chairs on both ends of the tent. Just beware of this:)
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I've been wanting to purchase something for my indoor cats to safely enjoy the outdoors for years. I was pleased to see this product come along since the dimensions are larger than competitors. You also can't beat the price. The item appears very well made and likely to last for some time. I found it easy to put up and take down, and I usually struggle with assembling anything. I put it up inside the house for a few days with their favorite scratch posts, blankets, and some catnip inside so they could get used to it first, then tried the experiment this evening. They loved it! I was surprised and thought at least one cat would be frightened, eager to return inside, or desperately trying to figure a way out. Instead, they were all stimulated yet content, and they even carried themselves differently for the rest of the evening, like they remembered who they really were or something! Check out the pictures of them and you'll see what I mean.
Please consider purchasing this or a similar item for your indoor cats to enrich their lives. I don't trust them outdoors unprotected but this gives them a chance to smell fresh air, feel the sunshine on their backs, and get back in touch with who they really are--wild, outdoor animals! Very highly recommended! My only regret is that now one is pestering me to go back out, and I do have to physically carry him out to zip him into the habitat vs. the similar items that can attach to the pet door. He also tried to run back outside whenever I was bringing the folded up Happy Habitat back inside, so I might have opened Pandora's box.
UPDATE (6/13/13): I've had the tent about 3 years now, and it's still going strong. Actually, for the last year, I've just left it outside on the porch assembled since Perkins wants to go in and out several times a day. Even though it's very easy to put up and take down, I got lazy about taking it down every night to the point I was willing to replace it sooner if needed. It's held up through rain, strong winds and even snow/ice. The material has not deteriorated at all. I've recently adopted three kittens, so I'm considering buying a new one to keep them in indoors while I'm at work. I can't speak to durability with cat escape attempts, since my elderly cats have been very content to just sit and enjoy themselves. My 15-year old tuxedo cat Cooper recently passed away, and I am SO incredibly thankful for this product as he was able to more richly enjoy his final years, stretching himself out in the direct sunlight as cats should. I'm sure the sun felt wonderful on his joints as well. And the best part is that the cats as well as all the neighborhood birds I feed stay safe and alive.
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I just got this from Amazon and I was so happy thinking that my cat was going to enjoy being outdoor safely. Well, I put her inside of the tent and 20 minutes later she is running in the yard like crazy, she has ripped the tent and escaped. I was furious. The material of the tent should have been stronger and resist cat's claws. I feel I just flush 45 buck through the toilet.
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Looked around for several options for our three indoor cats. Saw some great looking ideas (for hundreds of dollars or complex installations), but settled on something a little more practical. Let me start with the "end users" of this product. We have three mostly indoor cats that we allow out in our fenced backyard while we are out with them. So why did we need a "Cat Tent"? We have a male Ragdoll who likes to jump the fence, a male Siamese/Tabby mix who likes to hunt everything, and finally we have a young female Balinese who thankfully is leash trained! So my point is we have three happy cats, but with totally different personalities. The unit itself is extremely easy to set up and take down. The first time you look at it you may wonder, but after one time up and down it was a no brainer. I set it up indoors at first just to see the cat's reaction. Typical...looking, smelling, even stepping in the opened zippered door, and then finally ignoring it. After they started to ignore it I then started to place them in it one at a time. A little concern on their part but then "acceptance". Then I put multiples of cats in this confined area. All the cats get along fine roaming the house, but the small female Balinese did assert some extra authority on the much larger male Ragdoll, but very soon there was peace again. I then did the same process outdoors, with about the same results. By day 2 everything was getting to be routine. In the end, now when we go outside with the cats we start with their monitored "free roaming" then when it is our time we place the three in the tent. It has gotten to the point that many times one or two of them just walk into the tent without any encouragement from us and lie down. Now, not only can we all spend more time outside together, on the occasion we get too busy to go out with them, the cats can still get their own outdoor time in the tent.
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I bought 2 Happy Habitat tents for my cats so they could be outdoors without going into my neighbors' yards. My assumption was that a cat could not escape from them-one would assume that they would be made out of a product that a cat could not bite or claw through. My cats were fine in them for 3 months and I was in heaven. One day I looked out to see that one cat had excaped-I figured I had not zipped them completely. I noticed a hole in the side of the tent. Assuming that my cat had clawed through the tent, I got his nails trimmed. A few days later he was in the other tent and I looked outside to see him biting through it! I now had 2 unusable tents.
When I called Amazon, they told me to call ABO Gear since I had had the tents for 3 months. The person I spoke to was very rude and impatient. He said I could not get a refund because the product was not defective. I asked him why they didn't make the tent strong enough to withstand a cat clawing or biting through it and he had no answer. He said I'd have to talk to Amazon and there was nothing he could do. That is why I am writing this review-I want to spare other people from what I went through. If my cat could bite through then so can other cats. Also, it took my cat 3 months to figure out he could bite through it, so I cannot even have this product for my other cats as they might figure out how to escape also. If you buy this product be forewarned: if your cat gets out and damages the tent, you are stuck with it. I am now looking for a more durable product and will never do business with this company again.
