by Michael » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:52 am
BTW, I don't think a cage has to be stainless steel to be a premium quality cage. To me, premium quality means the a solid, well designed, cage that gets top marks in all aspects for the material it's made of. I'm sure you can have a premium quality wire cage and although we generally don't like those, they could still be a great home for a budgie. However, poor workmanship, parts that don't line up, dangerous/insecure doors, poor design, etc. make a cage lousy.
Don't get me wrong about the Kings Cage for Truman. I'm satisfied with it and I think it gets the job done. Mainly I'm disappointed that for that kind of money the cage is poorly built and has all the flaws I've previously mentioned. The cage is usable but it cannot be categorized a premium quality cage.
BTW entranced, do you have the plastic or stainless steel bowls? Cause when I was complaining about some of the bowl/rings not lining up I was referring to the stainless steel ones. Originally I bought 4 rings and 8 bowls. I've narrowed down that 2 out of 4 rings were poorly made so I ended up not using them. They were bent and the bowls didn't fit well. Then out of 8 bowls, several had the bulges in the wrong place so it takes a lot of work to drop them into the notches in the rings. I can use those myself but when someone's watching my birds I have to hide those cause they'd be too confusing for anyone else to get in place.