Not sure how this got so many positive reviews. I'm guessing so many people just use it as decor and don't actually sit and swing in the hammock. We put a child's hammock on it, and as my kids were swinging, the frame was moving and coming off the ground and at one point almost tipped over backwards (thankfully I was behind it and was able to steady it). In order to make it useable and safe, I had to wedge it into between two pieces of a sofa and now my kids can swing over our sofa, but not exactly the free-standing hammock swing we wanted. Am looking into weights to put over the feet to maybe make it more stable. However, on its own,is not good for more than decoration