This is a great post for people with multiple cats who prefer different scratching surfaces. However, the wood and the sisal hold up so much better than the carpet, especially because the cats can only access one side of the carpeted post. As a result, the carpet wears out much faster than the other sides and is then useless for your cats that prefer carpet. You cannot recover the carpeted side either since the three posts cluster so closely together. I would not buy another post like this again.