The scratching post should fulfill the purpose that my cat sitting on it and can look through the window to the outside, something she likes to do, and until then they had always used the back of the sofa. However, she likes the scratching post very well. Also playing great, the little cave down inside they use very intensively in order to hide from their "prey" and then go off to them :) For the price really great. From me there's a recommendation.