New sleep cage, what I found out.

[Sweet Louise]

Boy, buying a cage is challenging, no stock and Avian Adventures is no longer making cages....
I plunged ahead because my new retirement, my sleep schedule is not great for Louise-- I stay up later and she in the main room with me. I purchased a smaller sleep cage so she can get more hours of darkness and be safer in my room. It will also be Grady's chalet when he visits and they will both sleep in the main room...
I looked at tons of cages and settled on a Kings Cage. It wasn't available in white and wouldn't be for months. Wasn't thrilled but got it in the copper color. It doesn't really look copper, more of a deep brown with a copper tone. It looks better color-wise than I thought it would. It is a nice looking cage and color.
The feeder doors... are different than I expected. They would be excellent for birds who tend to throw the bowls- their set up makes it challenging to toss a bowl. I will have to set a new pattern of bowl cleaning as my current bowls won't fit. Not a big prob as this is primarily a sleep cage and food in the cage won't be much of an issue.
The big surprise was the quality. Everything went together easily/fit was good. NO rough areas that needed to be smoothed out - only exception was a screw I slightly stripped on the screw head-and that was totally on me.
It's a solid cage. Louise is currently terrified of it and hasn't yet been tempted by the assortment of nuts in it and on it within her view.
I would have rather bought a pair of Expandable Habitats or another Avian Adventures but that wasn't possible. The only difference between the ease of the Avian Adventures vs the Kings is the feeder system where you are pretty much regulated to using their bowls.
I have no regrets with the purchase. Now to get Louise more comfortable with it....

 

[macawpower58]

Congrats on the new cage. I also do cage shopping now and then, and these days the choice is very slim!
I'd love to see a photo of it.

 

[Kassiani]

I found most of the Kings cages I've encountered have been good. I'm glad you found one you like (mostly), and hope your Louise will come around soon!

 

[Aviphile]

I am glad that you like the new cage. I know you hated not getting the color that you wanted, I would have hated that too!

I've had a few kings cages but I just did not like the changes to the food doors and the bowls, no thank you. Same with HQ cages. Expandable Habitats isn't making cages at the moment. I had one of their cages and I am just not a fan of the paper system but the cage quality was great. Quality cages are just hard to come by anymore. I bought a brand new Featherland cage 48 X 32 Stainless Steel and while I like the cage mostly, it isn't without its problems. Actually I feel like I bought a used cage instead of a new cage. One of the top pieces was bent down, both of the bottom trays has dents (I hate the way the bottom is made 2 grates and trays), the door has a slight bow to it and it only came with 3 food bowls but has 4 food doors! I have sent several emails to them and all of my emails have been ignored. Horrible customer service or maybe I should say absolutely NO customer service at all!

This is from the Expandable Habitat website:
NOTICE: Due to supply chain issues, unpredictable rising material prices and ongoing health issues of our older workforce, we are temporarily suspending all cage orders. Even the 10% surcharge we have been imposing on our listed prices is no longer sufficient.

 

[flyzipper]

Thanks for the review -- I'm curious which model you went with.

I have 4 different King's cages and am happy with each.

The smaller bar spacing models have smaller bowls which are interchangeable between them, and the same is true for the larger bar spacing cages, but those bowls are larger (so I have spares).

They also sell extra bowls if that would make your bowl cleaning routine easier.

The only gripe I have with King's is they appear to setup to deal with retailers rather than consumers. For my last order, I was required to pay by bank transfer and was asked which ground freight company I used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This was workable, but very different than simply entering a credit card number and having the them take care of the rest.

 

[GreenThing]

I looked at tons of cages and settled on a Kings Cage. [...]
The big surprise was the quality. Everything went together easily/fit was good. NO rough areas that needed to be smoothed out - only exception was a screw I slightly stripped on the screw head-and that was totally on me.

I got a King's Cage open box sale-- it was one of the only models I could find of its size that had budgie-safe bar spacing. I had the same experience with the quality-- the powder coating and assembly were better than any of the other cages I'd looked at in stores!

 

[Sweet Louise]

Here is the cage I purchased. Please excuse the set up, I am changing the toys/perches up as Grady (brother of Louise) is coming for a visit. Also racing to get toys made by Friday for the rescue, have 2 more colors at another drying station…

 

[Sweet Louise]

Thanks for the review -- I'm curious which model you went with.

I have 4 different King's cages and am happy with each.

The smaller bar spacing models have smaller bowls which are interchangeable between them, and the same is true for the larger bar spacing cages, but those bowls are larger (so I have spares).

They also sell extra bowls if that would make your bowl cleaning routine easier.

The only gripe I have with King's is they appear to setup to deal with retailers rather than consumers. For my last order, I was required to pay by bank transfer and was asked which ground freight company I used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This was workable, but very different than simply entering a credit card number and having the them take care of the rest.

Their customer service may have improved. I made the order over the phone and paid by credit card. Cage arrived same week I ordered, I think it was fed ex.
Here is the bowl set up. Bowls in the cage are oval and have a set up that attaches to the cage. Nothing to hold the bowls unless the provided set up is used. The bowls on the playtop are pretty standard but need to rest on the rim.
For Louise, I have 4 days of bowls so I can wash them then have a pile to bleach. I use crocks in her cage, just feels cleaner to see the white in the bowls after cleaning. Attached a pic of the Avian Avenue bowl set up too. (And a reason to post a pic of Louise .

 

[flyzipper]

I made the order over the phone and paid by credit card. Cage arrived same week I ordered, I think it was fed ex.

Glad you had a good experience.
Mine wasn't bad, but perhaps the difference may have been that I'm in Canada, and ordered two cages with a combined weight of over 400lbs

Bowls in the cage are oval and have a set up that attaches to the cage.

Those are very different than the round bowls in my cages.

Thanks for the details pics!