We originally bought this cat tree right after we brought our kitten home from the shelter. He loved it and got a lot of use out of it, but ultimately destroyed it in the course of about a year. He loved climbing it, using the scratching pad, and sitting on top of it so I feel like we got our money’s worth since it was pretty inexpensive, but after a year decided to replace it with a new sturdier cat tree made of real wood and covered in real carpet, since this one is mostly just cardboard covered in thin fabric