FixZilla Anti Cat Scratch Furniture Protector, 10-Pack Couch Protector from Cat Claws – Heavy-Duty, Easy-to-Apply Scratching Deterrent and Shield for Sofa Corners, Walls, Doors- with 50 Twist Pins

20 bucks for plastic paper. Not even a name or anything completely anonymous packaging. The pins are easy to remove and easy for my cat to choke on! My advice—find yourself any hardware store and get the same sheets for 1/4 the price.

Applying *any* cover to a couch is problematic, complicated by fabrics that don't accept adhesives on soft, pliable surfaces as well as the added complication of moving surfaces for recliners, etc. With all that in mind, I found that these cat scratch furniture protectors work quite well. Pros: * Adhesive is just about right - neither too sticky, nor not sticky enough. * Size of pieces - also just about right (2x sizes), which can be combined as needed. * Good ease of use, e.g., removing the tape backing, applying to couch surface, etc. * Fastener pins - although not perfect - work well enough (see my comments below) Cons: * Kind of pricey, though I did get a discount when shopping during Christmas time. * The "1, 2, 3" instructions gloss over some challenges, e.g., how to combine / position sheets, how many fasteners to use, and how to use fasteners under different circumstances. Fasteners: Worth a few comments (see close-up pics of the fasteners, and of the fasteners installed). They're these curious twist/push pins with a sharp tip that you push through the protective sheet and couch fabric, then firmly twist to "grab the couch fabric" and help keep the protective sheets attached to your couch. When I first looked at them, I initial reaction was that they were kind of sketch - a strange shape, and not very strong. But as I applied them I began to realize that they work pretty well under challenging circumstances to provide some degree of improved "stay in place" durability for your affixed protective sheets. After installing dozens of fasteners here's a few take-aways I hope will be helpful: * The fastener head is small and it's a bit difficult to force the fastner tip through 1 or 2 sheets and through the couch fabric, so I used a vice-grip to hold a fabric needle and used that to "pre-drill" holes for the fasteners, which then were easy to poke through the hole and begin twisting. * Even under ideal conditions twisting the fastener into the couch fabric and ensuring it is flush to the protective sheet in order to hold it in place is an art. It helps to visualize the spiral needle worming it's way through the fabric then at the end you need one last extra firm twist to "lock" the fastener in place, which on the inside means that you've compressed the spiral needle against the back side of fabric. * It's a bit more tricky when there's wood behind the fabric. If the fabric is glued to the word, you're probably out of luck, but if there's some "flex" to the fabric you can wiggle the fastener and gently pull the fabric toward you (away from the wood) to allow the spiral needle to worm it's way in. * Sometimes despite your best effort the fastener doesn't go in or stay in properly or mount with the head nice and flush against the protective sheet. My take is that this is to be expected since the whole process of inserting the fasteners is a combination of art, skill and luck. If a fastener doesn't work well, pull it out and try again with another (I got pretty good after a few dozen, but tossed some out as I was learning). Cat Scratch Prevention Effectiveness: Best I can tell so far, wherever you place these protectors the cats do not even try to scratch - it's just not satisfying. So when affixed, these protectors work quite well!

Bueno creo que ahora si ya puedo hacer un comentario pues han pasado varios días desde que me llegó el producto e inmediatamente los coloqué estrategicamente a mis muebles. Puedo decir que desde que los puse mis gatos no han rascado las esquinasl. Si lo han hecho ha servido para disuadirlos y eso es exactamente lo que yo quería. Los vinilos llegaron doblados y pensé que ya se habian arruinado pero los puse en el piso primero con peso encima para hacerlos planos y como son suaves si funcionó. LLegaron doblados porque los empacaron en un sobre muy pequeño en vez de algo como una caja para protegerlos eso es lo único que no me gustó. Pero hasta el día de hoy puedo decir que están haciendo su trabajo de proteger las esquinas de mis sofás y sillones.

Comprei pra usar nas cadeiras de jantar. Funciona super bem. Meus gatos pararam de arranhar minhas cadeiras. Quando fixamos no móvel fica o acabamento brilhoso do plástico mas não me incomoda. Prefiro assim do que os gatos rasgando o tecido.

My cats are notorious for scratching the h*ll out of furniture (even though they have several scratching pads and posts and get regular nail trims). We had to replace part of our sectional, so I added these the second the delivery people left my house. They cut very easily and the little circular pins were fairly easy to “screw” into the fabric, except where I was near the wood/metal pieces inside. They even came in a smaller strip that matched the size of the armrest area. In the third picture, you can see I even put it over top of a part of the couch they had previously scratched, which we did not replace. It hides the scratches pretty well. I missed a tiny one inch space and they definitely got their claws on it lol. But you can see in the last picture that the plastic sticky pieces aren’t even punctured. Best cat/furniture thing I’ve ever bought. There was a ton leftover too for future furniture pieces.