We purchased this walker at the end of 2012 for my now 4 year old. She still thoroughly enjoys playing with this, as does our 17 month old son. I have to say, this is the best "toy" investment we have made to date. Most items you buy for your children have a short life, either due to interest (the excitement of a new toy fades quickly) or quality of materials (plastic crap doesn't last too long). That is not the case with the HABA walker. This thing still works perfectly and is constantly evolving into new forms of entertainment for both my kids. They can use it during the learning to walk phase -- it's super sturdy and the ability to tighten or loosen the wheels to control the speed of the cart is genius. It doesn't turn as easily as something with wheels on an axel would, but once they are big enough, they can figure out how to turn it just fine. And it does not scratch the floor (more on that later) like most other plastic/rolling toys do. Once my daughter learned to walk she began using the walker as a pretend grocery cart and stroller for her dolls/stuffed animals. Now that she has a little brother to push around, she LOVES it even more. And so does he. They can get going pretty fast and so far no major accidents have occurred, other than my daughter failing to stop in time (not the walkers fault). Back to the floor scratching. We have dark wood floors that show EVERYTHING so I was a bit worried about whether we could use this toy inside but it has not made a single scratch, even with children sitting on it while being pushed/turned/dragged around. I am really glad we splurged on this toy (it's definitely a splurge) -- we still have years left to use it!