I listen to these people that write a review and say their shelter didn't stand up to the weather or didn't last long. For the winter months I put ten foot 1x4 stapping between the cross members so it would give extra support for the snow loads. Also I made a special wide broom to make sure I took the snow loads off each time it snowed. These people have got to use some common sense if you get a foot of snow and it rains, no shelter like this is going to take the weight. I have had my shelter for four or five years now and I'm in northern Canada where we know about snow loads. This shelter has even had a tree fall on it and I ordered more support tubes and it's still going. It has a few tears in the material but it's still holding.