Pets · Head-to-head
Prevue Pet Products Playtop Bird Home 3153 vs Prevue Pet Products Large Flight Bird Cage F050
Which should you buy? Our verdict on both, pulled from our full The Best Bird Cages: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) comparison.
The 3153 pairs a genuinely wide 30 inch body with 3/4 inch spacing, 9 gauge wire, double locks and a metal tray, which covers most medium parrots without compromise. The F050 gives small birds even more width for less money, but with a plastic tray and no listed seed guard or double-locking door. The two are not rivals: different spacing, different birds, and you will only ever be shopping one of them.
Prevue Pet Products Playtop Bird Home 3153
Buy itA wide, well-latched medium-parrot cage with 3/4 inch spacing, a metal tray and seed guards included.
- Prevue lists 30 inches long by 22 inches wide with a 29-1/2 by 21-1/2 by 36 inch interior, so the bird gets real lateral room.
- Bar spacing of 3/4 inch in 9 gauge wire suits the medium and large birds Prevue rates it for.
- The front door is listed with double locks, and rounded-corner seed guards plus separate top and bottom debris trays come in the box.
- 3/4 inch spacing is too wide for a budgie, canary or finch, so this is not a one-size cage.
- At 63 inches tall with a playtop it occupies a corner of the room permanently and is awkward to move alone.
- Only two eucalyptus perches are included, both 7/8 inch, so you will buy varied-diameter perches separately.
Prevue Pet Products Large Flight Bird Cage F050
Buy itThe most usable width per dollar for small birds, on 1/2 inch spacing, with the corners cut in the tray and latches.
- Interior is listed at 36-1/8 by 22-1/8 by 47 inches, which is more flying length than anything else in this group.
- Half-inch wire spacing is the small-bird figure, so budgies, canaries, finches and lovebirds cannot get a head through.
- Two large hinged front doors plus six small side doors make reaching perches, cups and nests straightforward, and the stand rolls on casters.
- The tray is plastic rather than metal, so it scratches and stains faster.
- Prevue does not describe the doors as double-locking the way it does on the Playtop Bird Home, so latch-picking birds may need added quick links.
- No seed guard is listed for it, and a wide flight cage throws seed a long way.
Side by side
| Prevue Pet Products Playtop Bird Home 3153 | Prevue Pet Products Large Flight Bird Cage F050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Our verdict | Buy | Buy |
| Best for | One conure, quaker, or similarly sized parrot in a home with floor space to give it. | A pair of budgies, a small finch or canary flock, or anyone who would rather buy width than fittings. |
| Price tier | $$ · mid-range | $ · budget |
The bottom line
Our overall pick is the Prevue Pet Products Playtop Bird Home 3153 - A wide, well-latched medium-parrot cage with 3/4 inch spacing, a metal tray and seed guards included. Choose the Prevue Pet Products Large Flight Bird Cage F050 instead if a pair of budgies, a small finch or canary flock, or anyone who would rather buy width than fittings.
Want the full picture, including the other options we compared and the popular one we'd skip? Read the complete The Best Bird Cages: 4 Compared (and One to Skip).