The sticker price usually tells you why a tent is that cheap, and ultralight gear from Instagram brands often cuts corners on the stuff that actually matters, like zipper quality and fabric weave. My buddy ran a $90 naturehike tent for the whole CDT and it held, but those aren't really marketed as thru-hike gear, they're just heavy. The real issue is you swapped proven design for grams, and the mountains don't care how many followers the brand has. Sometimes the boring, slightly heavier tent from a company that's been around forever is the cheaper move in the long run.

Well, I read somewhere that those pheromone diffusers are hit or miss because cats react differently to synthetic scents, and some just ignore them completely. My own cat used to cry at the door every night until I realized he just wanted the hallway light left on, so now we leave a cheap nightlight plugged in and he's quiet as a mouse. It's funny how often the answer is something simple and boring, not the fancy gadget the store wants to sell you. I also heard that a lot of those plug-in calming products lose their strength if you put them too close to a window or vent, so maybe that was part of your problem too. Anyway, good on you for finding what works, and I bet that heated pad is doing double duty keeping his joints warm as he gets older.