I cannot recommend this carrier enough!I’d been looking for a carrier for my 2 floofs/cats that I could travel with, go to the vet with etc. and was hoping that it would help soothe my other cats anxiety. He notoriously hated the large hard carrier I had for him. I always had a towel or blanket on the bottom, but he hated the spring door and latch. This soft carrier is extremely well built, sturdy, stable, and very spacious for larger cats. The bottom pad is wood with a thin plush gray velvet over it. It’s thin but very soft. Fine for everything except going on very long journeys. There are locking zippers, metal side hooks for the shoulder strap instead of plastic, which impressed me, top, side, front and attachment side doors. When you unzip the mesh doors, you roll them up and stick them to Velcro to stay. There are handles and a shoulder strap, but it’s easy to carry. There are metal pieces sewn into the side fabric, so the carrier never sags. The carrier is true to size, because I did measure it when I set it up. It had the smell of a new piece of luggage for a few days when I first had it out. Nothing too overpowering and I’m extremely sensitive to chemical smells like the animals. I mention this because in my research for carriers, I’d seen carriers I was interested in, only to see in the 1 and 2 star reviews that they had a very strong chemical smell. This carrier does not have that.I researched for a long time something that would help my cat Gabriel travel comfortably and change his perception of traveling. I put this carrier out with the main carrier door and the attachment pop up open and the door on the attachment open the minute I got it because his vet visit was 6 days away and I wanted him to get used to it before I put him in it. My girl Stella stayed in it right from the start. But it took about 2 days for both of them to “claim” it. She took to it right away. He followed her lead 2 days later. They’ve been sleeping and playing in it ever since. I waited to write this review until I traveled with Gabriel and took him to the vet in it. I’m extremely happy to say, we had a very successful day! I also switched his vet because the last one moved too fast, and the office was noisy and chaotic in general, so I changed the vet and the carrier to change his experience of having to go out.I threw a treat into his carrier and then zipped up the front door, so I didn’t even need to pick him up and force him in. The last 2 pictures are Gabriel in the carrier waiting to go into his appointment today. He wasn’t overly happy going in lol He did still cry a little bit coming and going from the vet, but nothing like he used to. Plus I sprayed Sentry’s Calming Spray (recommended) into the carrier 30 minutes before we left. I also left 2 toys that were in there with him and attached a black travel pack bag (6th picture) that had velcro tabs that I could attach for traveling since I knew he can be a shy and anxious cat in the past when traveling. Normally, it is open mesh top. The mesh held up with him as well. He is a 13 pound cat for reference.The 1st picture is my cat Stella checking this carrier out right after I got it and put it down on the floor. She’s about 10 pounds to give you reference of size.What I love is this carrier acts as both a play zone and carrier all in one. You can easily customize it as well. I wish they’d put a security flap option on here but outside of that, they thought of everything. The attachment is very easy to close. It “pops” in or out depending on how you want it set up. There’s plenty of room and it’s very comfortable for cats that traditionally have problems in other carriers if you set the environment up right for them to feel comfortable in advance. Overall, I am so happy I bought this (because I was seriously considering another carrier for color I liked better but it was just a carrier with no attachments) and since I’ve gotten this, it has both relieved me, but more importantly my cat of those scary travel times. Plus, my cats LOVE playing in this, running in and out of it and sleeping in it in general. I’ve had cats all my life, I do cat rescue, have fostered in the past and network and this makes things so much easier going forward. Highly recommend.