Here’s a unique cat product that looks more like a piece of modern art — or perhaps something that you might see on display in the Apple Store. It’s the CatWheel from Catswall Design, the same team who created the Curvynest cat tree. Clearly, this Taiwan-based cat product design company has an eye for beautiful, modern form, as well as function.
The CatWheel provides indoor cats with an intense workout, without creating an eyesore in your living room. The design is really quite brilliant: a large circular piece lined with a colorful textured surface, sits on top of a streamlined base. The circular piece spins quite easily as kitty steps forward. Laser pointers and wand toys are perfect for coaxing questioning kitties to use the wheel for the first time, but once they get going, they’re off and running!
These are perfect for active breeds, like Bengals or Savannahs. Cats can run and run for miles! And not to mention the entertainment value it has for cat guardians! Now, this is a serious investment with a price tag close to $1000, but if you have the budget and the room, this is an amazing thing to provide for your indoor cats. If you want to see how much fun the CatWheel is, check out this video:
The CatWheel is now available in the US through WoofCenter.com, along with several other products from Catswall Design. The CatWheel comes in Lime Green or Zesty Orange and is currently selling for $949, which includes shipping to addresses in the continental US. (If you want to swing by St. George, Utah to pick one up, you can save $300!) Beware of knockoffs! Make sure it’s a CatWheel by Catswall to get the quality you’re looking for.
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The best looking and most expensive cat wheels i’ve seen!
I love this cat wheel, but for nearly a thousand dollars, I prefer to just chase my cat around the house. It is much cheaper and I get in some cardio too. LOLOL!!!!
Check out One Fast Cat Exercise wheel…great price, very cool design. http://www.onefastcat.com
Sure… Cheap to buy, but go on Amazon.com and read all of the *one star* reviews and horror stories about the poor quality and terrible customer service issues that people have gone through. Sure, there are good reviews as well, but if you focus on the negative responses you get a much better idea about the quality of a product and how the company deals with customers’ problems. Don’t take my word for it – read the reviews for yourselves. That’s why I am on this website looking for a better product in the first place.
Poor quality. Absolutely NO quality assurance. Requested replacement,TWiCE, of the inner pads, that the cat runs on. Both times, mine arrived damaged, poorly cut, had rips, or, had lines traced on them.
As far as the traced lines, I t was as though they were used as an under-pad, in a nursery, for children to use – when they were scribbling w/thick crayons. You could see these lines, as traces, on this black rubbery material. They went in all directions, making no sense.
Also, the unit does absolutely NOT feel safe. My cat is explorative & adventurous, but he won’t touch this.
It was a waste of $200.°°.
I explained qa to these people, but, it went in one ear, out the next.
Spend the money on the nice, attractive one – it’s hot looking. Just cleaning the other one, is going to take me forever. This “2.0” one, looks like one only need to run a vacuum brush, from one end to the other, & repeating for the interior. The one I originally bought, has so many nicks & crannies – it’ll NEVER look clean. There are grooves & indents, or, dust crannies: e v e r y w h e r e.
Just to clarify, you’re talking about the One Fast Cat exercise wheel, correct?
I like it a lot, but it’s a lot of money to find that your cat won’t get on it because it moves and isn’t “stable”. I’ve normally noticed that cats won’t stay on something unstable. I can see mine laying in it though. It is quit beautiful.
Cindy, if you buy an original CatWall product you will find it is very high quality and stable.
Anita, Cindy very obviously does not mean this item is unsafe. What she is saying is her cats will not stay on anything that moves, like if the cat was on a desk chair and you tried to spin it. My cats are the same way, they might check this toy out but the second it moved on them, they would be long gone.
These wheels are more meant for cats that have a lot of energy…specially for Bengal cats. I own two Bengals and they aren’t afraid of anything…they love to run and jump.
There was a knockoff floating around that was NOT made by CatWall. This product is stable and very well made. My cat absolutely LOVES it. Gets on it by herself and runs for up to 20 minutes at a time. IT IS STABLE!
This looks like an awesome product, but I hate to say it’s WAY overpriced. I can’t see many spending this kind of money with today’s economy.
When you get the price down to affordability- $50.00, let me know.
1K for a cat wheel? Yikes! It’s pretty and all, but I guess my po’ kitties will have to settle for running around the house…
I wish some one would make a kit or one that’s not so expensive for us poor people, lol. I run a rescue and could never afford something that this but would love to make one or buy one less expensive.
Sue, Check out OneFastCat exercise wheel. New product, about $250.
Still noisy, though eliminating the side panel helps a lot.
Would like to know about how to get at and clean the wheels, which are going to get cat hair in them.
Charles, the wheel rests on top of the base in contact with the rollers. By simply lifting the wheel off of the base, it exposes the rows of wheels which can be wiped clean of cat hair, etc. Manufacturer also recommends occasionally adding a few drops of household oil as well. -Ron
Looks like a lot of fun for cats and people. I agree some cats may not like the movement. And sometimes they even like something at first, then later don’t. You don’t know what could happen. It is another luxury item, though, and a big gamble if you’re not wealthy. Otherwise, it’s a great idea and beautiful design and can accommodate 3 cats!
I LOVE that you gave these fascinating cat wheels a modern look that doesn’t look unsightly or clunky and is easy to clean.. I’ve enjoyed watching various cat wheel videos on youtube in the years past. I have a coon cat that loves to run, thankfully we have a large house for him to gallop through. He is also the one who has boredom induced behavior problems- I’m sure this would help! I have the room but sadly no where near the budget! I haven’t even been able to muster enough for a decent scratching/climbing tree for my 3 cats, but this would definitely be second after that on the kitty wishlist! I would worry though that it would be a gamble that any one of them would use it. (LOL, maybe add a hook to hang a live catnip plant) I know one of my cats is a scaredy cat so if it made much noise she wouldn’t even be in the same room with it. I just wanted to share my admiration for the product, I’m sure there will be some lucky cats out there somewhere! I’d love to see videos.
Go to http://www.ebay.com and look for cat exercise wheels .
They really cheap on eBay.
Wish they can do some kind of payment…way so expensive.
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im trying to decide between the go cat and the fast cat wheel. The go cat site had their wheel for 515.00 and the one fast cat has theirs on sale for 199.00 I like the look of the go cat much better but the price is better for one fast cat. Any thoughts on which one is better?
I have the fast cat. I admit it is on the cheaply made side . My smaller cats love it and have been using it since kittens and has lasted four years now. It is a little warn on the pads with their nails digging in. My Georgio flys on it! Uses it every day. It’s really healthy for him. Sadly, my main coon is too big for it and would love to have something like this he could use. I am wondering if the $1k Catwheel would be big enough for him. If so, after having the fast cat, I would invest as I have 5 cats that could use it. If the size were right, at least 4 of them would use it. The fast cat is noisey. I have it in the basement now. I wonder how the Catwheel is on sound. I hope this info helps.