I chose this cat stand because of the size of the beds as 2 out of 3 my cats are bigger. And unlike the cat stands the just have the pedestals these have an lip to them allowing my cats to curl up and go to sleep.I have 3 cats therefore 3 places for them to curl up and cat nap. Plus the base gets by all 3 cats. No wasted space on this cat stand it all gets used.