We needed this to keep our dogs out of the pool.  It was everything we were expecting, size, color etc.  We don't use it as a pen, we open it out from end to end at the edge of the pool and it does that well.  The only surprise we had with it is we began noticing rust stains on our deck after only having it a few days.  When we have it up, no one is entering the pool and there isn't any water on the deck, so it was a mystery.  We ended up putting clear plastic tubing along the bottom edge of the pen, by slicing it and popping it on the metal.  No problems now.