Anyone working from home with a cat knows the pattern. Keyboard, paperwork, monitor stand, anywhere at all except the bed you bought them. Cats want to be at your height and near you, and a perch clamped to the desk edge grants both at once, putting them level with your face in a nest of their own rather than sprawled across the thing you are trying to type on.

The clamp fixes to a desk or table edge and carries the whole weight through that fixing, so nothing stands on the floor and no space is lost in a small room or a home office. The arm adjusts to set height and reach, and the round nest on top is padded with a cover that lifts off for the machine, which you will want, because a bed beside a warm laptop collects hair faster than one in the corner.

• Clamps to a desk, table or shelf edge
• Adjustable arm for height and position
• Padded round nest with a removable, washable cover
• Takes up no floor space at all
• Four finishes: light grey plaid, dark grey, beige and a woven climber
• Puts the cat at your eye level while you work

Worth knowing. A clamp needs a flat, accessible edge with clearance underneath, and a desk with a thick apron, a drawer runner or a rounded lip may not take one. Older copy for this line describes a free-standing floor tree with scratching posts, which is not this item.

Who it's for: Home workers whose cat insists on being on the desk, and small flats with no room for a cat tree.