We have had two of these ottomans for 6 months now and we loe them! they are durable and our kids use them to climb, as trains, as tables, to sit ad watch tv on. You have to reshape them if you use them a lot but it's easy to do. We are very happy with these! They are So child friendly and work well! They do not stay as cube ike and structured as the picture ver time but they do come out of the box that way.