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2OEH8eoCRo0: They should add radiative heating. Cats often just want to steal your warmth.

kevin_thibedeau: That's what the tower PC is for.

ivraatiems: The problem is that cats can flawlessly detect when something was made for them to use, and then will not deign to use it.Meanwhile, the cardboard box you have forgotten to take to the recycling for three weeks will become their palace.

pdpi: I deliberately leave the most recent delivery box out for my cat to lounge in. Sometimes it’s a small studio flat, other times (like when my 3d printer arrived) it’s a whole palace. She likes them either way.

goodpoint: Pretty poor design all around.

sdoering: I am working from home, my office is actually the former (and current) "cat room". For nearly 10 years my SO and myself were a foster home for rescue cats. And quite a few stayed here for various reasons.None of them would use the desk. But they really enjoy their cameos in my Teams and zoom calls. And when I am not at my desk, when I am closing my laptop for the day, they instantly enjoy flopping down on the still warm machine.

PhilipRoman: Mine likes them as well, but usually within 24 hours they're transformed into thousands of tiny cardboard pieces.

green-salt: I love the weight limits being described in case someone has a particularly chonky cat

CamouflagedKiwi: Valuable lesson about understanding your potential customers. There is in fact zero chance of my cats (and probably most others) sitting where they are supposed to, they much prefer being on top to look around - and sometimes to look intently at the screen as though they are reviewing my code.

jmugan: My cat and I want a chair with a little shelf on the back by my head where he can sit.

vjvjvjvjghv: [delayed]

MichaelDickens: I can foresee a design flaw, which is that the cat will ignore all the specially designated areas and sit on your keyboard instead.

conartist6: It could have a special heated area of the desk that isn't used for any technological purpose

nickpsecurity: Nah, they like to lay on the laptop to eliminate their competition. They want all our attention.

ge96: Every time I get up my cat steals my chair even though he has his own next to mine

kleiba: Get two identical chairs.

vidarh: There are desk attachments that will allow your cat to lord it over you from on high.

mrweasel: Also illegal here in Denmark, if you use it while working from home. Desks must be height adjustable. Your employer is responsible for providing ergonomically correct office equipment. Basically any influencer and YouTuber who's showing "clever" desk hacks or builds fails because their creations aren't height adjustable.And my cat sleeps behind the laptop anyway.

slopinthebag: Wait, what? Can you chose not to use a height-adjustable desk, and your employer is only responsible for offering you one, or are you 100% forced into using a height adjustable desk?

mgarfias: Was easier when I had a big CRT on my desk, and the cat would just chill on top and bat at the mouse pointer moving around the screen.

geephroh: Sounds like a good diy project with an old monitor and a raspberry pi...

throwaway290: cat review: 1 star, I want to sleep on my warm desktop tower again

andai: Remarkable. What else is illegal there?

dboreham: Not proper bacon, which seems to be illegal in the USA!

olyjohn: [delayed]

stronglikedan: Heh, cool. It's the complete opposite of my idea - an office chair for people who work at home with a dog. It's just a regular office chair but double wide - an office loveseat maybe? Anyway, the point is that the couch just isn't ergonomic enough for me to be productive, but I like when my dog cuddles me while I work.