If you are a serious bird owner and want a quality cage for your birds, this is definitely one to give consideration to. As you are probably aware of, cages need to be longer than they are taller. Birds fly vertically, not horizontally. I'm currently using this cage as a breeder or my red factor canaries. Once I put my birds in this cage, the automatically started flying from one side to the other, they loved it! Most traditional cages just do not give the bird ample room to fly around. I feel that this cage would be ideal for canaries, finches, parakeets, love birds, cockatiels and other small to medium sized birds. I don't use the food bowls that come with this cage, they are a bit large for canaries. I do use the bowls as bird baths for them, it works perfectly.This cage is definitely a quality cage and made of good solid construction. I use it indoors and even though it gets wet from the birds bathing, I don't have to worry about it rusting. The instructions were sensible, and I assembled it in under an hour. You don't need any tools besides the ones they provide with the cage.For me, I like that an additional cage can be added or stacked on top of this cage if you so choose to. I can't speak for the other cage brands that are similar to this cage, but I can tell you that this one is well done and worth the money.