I bought this stove for my three year old boy, who loves 'home corner' and had asked for a stove for Christmas. It was very reasonably priced compared to the other wooden cooking units on the market. A year down the line, the stove is still in action. He runs his own cafe from the corner of our lounge (where the stove sits on a box)! It has been an all round great success. My only criticism is that the tabs that keep the top section up are quite flimsy compared to the rest of the design and have broken off several times. Easily fixed though.