I bought this just for the stand, not the hammock, so I can't comment on that quality except to say spreader-bar hammocks are topsy things and you should buy a nice gathered-end hammock no matter what brand or material you're looking at.

the wood is fine, I think I might re-stain and oil it at some point to clean it up a bit. it assembles easily, I was chilling within 30 minutes assembling by myself even with the cheap little included tools.

does what I wanted, it's a nice size (check the dimensions, there's tons of variation between different brands on this website) and seems sturdy enough.