The windowsill was never deep enough.
The Window Perch. A board on two steel legs that bolts to the wall under the glass, so the cat gets the view without having to balance on four inches of paint.
Ships from a US warehouse. Three to eight days to your door, handling included. Nothing is pre-ticked on this page.
Suction cups fail warm.
The cheap version of this product sticks to the glass with suction cups. Glass in direct sun gets hot, the rubber relaxes, and the failure happens on the sunniest afternoon of the year, which is exactly when the cat is on it.
This one takes two steel legs into the wall below the window. It is more work to fit and it leaves holes if you move it. That is the trade, and it is the right way round for something an animal sleeps on.
We have not load tested it and the supplier does not publish a weight limit, so we do not quote one. That row is marked unknown in the table and it will stay unknown until somebody measures it.
Including where it contradicts itself.
The supplier’s drawing and the supplier’s spec sheet give two different widths for this board. We have printed both rather than picking the flattering one.
| Mounting | Two steel legs, bolted to the wall below the window |
|---|---|
| Overall size | Their specification sheet says 23.63 × 11.82 × 1.97 in. Their own measured drawing says 24.4 in across. That is a three quarter inch disagreement and we do not know which is right. If the board has to fit an exact gap, measure for 24.4 in and you will not be caught out |
| Cushion | Removable, washable |
| Cushion fabric | Photographed as a grey velvet. The supplier’s sheet does not name the fibre, so neither do we |
| Frame material | Their sheet says only "Metal", which cannot be the whole story for a board with a padded top. The legs are visibly steel. What the board itself is made of is not stated |
| Weight limit | Not published, and we have not tested it. Nobody has given us a number we would be willing to print next to a sleeping animal |
| Fixings included | Not stated on the supplier’s sheet. Assume you may need your own wall plugs, and assume masonry needs different ones from plasterboard |
| Colour | Black board, grey cushion |
| Shipped weight | 3.31 lbs |
| Carton | 360 × 360 × 105 mm |
| Country of origin | China |
| Ships from | United States warehouse, New Jersey |
| Delivery | 3 to 8 business days, handling included |
| Stock today | 230 units, read from the warehouse as this page loaded |
Four reasons not to buy this.
If one of these is a dealbreaker, we would rather you found out here than after the box arrives.
It puts holes in your wall.
That is the point of it, and it is the reason it holds. If you rent somewhere that will not forgive four fixings, buy a cat tree instead and put it next to the window. We would rather lose the sale than have you patching plaster.
We cannot tell you what it holds.
No published weight limit and no test of our own. Most cats are nowhere near any sensible limit for a steel bracketed shelf, but we are not going to invent a figure, and if you have a very large cat you are making that judgement without help from us.
The two measurements disagree.
Three quarters of an inch, between the supplier’s drawing and the supplier’s spec sheet. It will not matter in an open room. It will matter if you are fitting it into a reveal, and we have not been able to resolve it yet.
A cat may simply refuse it.
Cats choose their own places and no piece of furniture overrules that. Height and a view are good odds, not a guarantee. If yours sleeps in a cardboard box in the hall, it will probably carry on doing that.