Just put up this rotary drier with my husband doing most of the work! I am very pleased with it and now have washing hanging on it. We used the metal spike that came with it and did find it very hard to bang it in the ground using a mallet (my hands are a bit numb) still one broken plank of wood later it's in. One would only assume that our ground is very hard and more likely to withstand the rigours of time. We are going to try the spike first and if needs be purchase a plastic one to set in concrete if there are any problems (I hope not). I chose Brabantia because I new it was a good product. I have been married 45 years and I am still using a Wedding gift of a Brabantia Ironing board just changing the covers now and again. Good to see that the quality is still there.