My boys love this tree! They were trying to crawl all over it before we even had it put together completely. They are large cats and are pretty rough on things, in fact the last tree they had they broke within a week of having. This one is as tall as I am and it has stood up to their jumping all over it. It makes me a little nervous when they get up to the very top platform, but that's the mom in me. I was also worried that they might knock it over but that hasn't happened either. It's pretty sturdy though it does move a little when they jump from platform to platform. I enjoy watching them play on. It entertains us all.