Kittywalk Town & Country Collection Outdoor Cat Playpen

After reading that this system was designed for a deck or patio in the questions, I decided to give it a try. When laying out the parts, I quickly noticed the middle tower support rod (3 loops unevenly spaced) was different than the parts list showed (2 loops about one inch in from each end). When we finished assembling the tower, we found that, possibly in part due to the misplacement of the loops on the supporting bar, the supplied bungie cords would not hold the tower stablizing legs outward in the correct position and they swung toward the middle; thus, offering no extra stability for the tower. Thinking we had an incorrect part - called provided customer service number. Inventor's husband assured me they NEVER had this question or problem in the 18 years of marketing the product. Best he could suggest was to buy tent stakes and try staking the legs (to my patio??). Contacted Chewy who promptly sent a second system (greatly appreciate their customer service). Unfortunately, this system has the same support bar issue as the first. I will not use the tower piece as it seems VERY unstable/unsafe without the stabilization legs in the correct position. While I may use the adjoining walkway tunnel piece; this greatly cuts down on the play space I hoped for and could have been purchased separately for less than half of the money I spent on this larger piece.