Extremely easy to open and close. The wheels make it easy to go over uneven ground and it fits an absolute ton of stuff. My first trip back from the store using the wagon, I loaded it with a 24 pack of soda, a 25 pound bag of cat litter, A 16 pound bag of cat food and about 12 bags of groceries on top of that. It easily handled all the weight and still it was problem to pull and navigate with.￼￼