Shade from the blistering sun, why yes please ! The set up came with directions and were helpful. If you have common sense, this will not be a challenge however I believe for a stress free set up; you will need two people to assemble. It’s not heavy to set up. For the netting, it’s a plus but if it is remotely windy, I don’t know how much help it would be for keeping mosquitos out. But visually it looks great and does the trick for easy set up for shade.