Our 3 adult cats really love this scratching post. Only 1 of them liked our old scratching post (which was just a sisal pillar with a carpeted base), but all 3 like this one. I think they like it better because of the toy-like features, but I'll describe the basic scratching features first.It comes with 3 pillar sections (2 sisal and 1 carpet). You can assemble it using just 1, or 2, or all 3 of the sections. We put it together using 2 at a time, and put the third in storage/a cupboard. They like scratching the carpet texture best. It started to shred apart after a month or so, but that made it even more fun for them as they like the scruffier textured look and find it exciting to pull pieces off occasionally. It's been 6 months and it's still got a bit of life left in the carpeted section. I'll let them finish clawing off the carpet, and then shred the cardboard tube. Once that is destroyed after a couple months, I'll replace that with the spare sisal section that it came with. And, when that's been torn up, you can switch the places of the top sisal tube and the bottom sisal tube (which they don't scratch as vigorously due to it being close to the floor), and then you will have a few more months' use from them. All in all, I estimate that this will last another year (18 months total), or possibly more, in our 3-cat household.They really like playing with the little puffball on the elastic string. They will bat it around, or hook a claw into it and pull it back and then let it go and watch it spring back and swing around. They still do that from time to time after 6 months (it hasn't gotten old yet).They love watching the marbles roll around the 2 tracks in the base. As others have pointed out, the tracks are too tiny for adult cats to fit their paws in (it would be a design improvement to make them bigger), so, I will, from time to time, use my finger or a stick to fling the balls around the track. The love watching that. It makes it more interactive that I have to play with it with them. Since the cats scratch fibers off the post directly above the tracks, once in a while I have to tip the whole thing upside down and knock detritus out from the tracks, or vacuum them out.The base is pretty small, which is nice in that it doesn't take up much floor space. It also makes it less stable than some, and our cats do knock it down from time to time. It's not a big deal to quickly set it upright. We tuck one corner of the base under a piece of furniture, so it doesn't fall down too frequently (only when they have nudged it our from under the furniture).All in all, this product has been a big hit and excellent value for the money. I would definitely buy it again when our current one wears out.It was easy to assemble. It’s not too big or too small. Our cats love it. Keeps them off my couch.Nice post but it slides on hardware floorsMy cats are so happy about the brush! they feel Very comfortable and use them all day, I will buy another 2 colors for my furball, looks nice and well made! Hope it last longer than others, so far so good! Good choice!Easy to put together but I had to fix it firstLove this post, cat is finally leaving my house alone! Only giving 4 stars as the ball popped right off. Other than the stupid ball it’s a great post! The marbles at the base also make for a great toddler sensory toy ?When my purchased arrived, I opened it to see that the lower section of the scratching post is poorly put together by a hot glue gun and is falling apart. Didn’t assemble yet, trying to see if they can replace with a new one since I read so many good reviews on this product.My cat loves this scratching post.