Quick and easy to put together - literally took 5 minutes to do. All 3 posts are different textures so my kitties can pick the feel they prefer. Sturdy and all the pieces screw in securely. It's very difficult to find decent quality cat scratchers/towers at a reasonable price. Often you end up paying for overpriced garbage. This is one of the rare finds that I actually feel will last (so far it's only been used a couple of weeks, but so far so good) and I'm not afraid to leave my fur babies to play on unsupervised - no risk of it falling apart and causing injuries.