We bought three to cover our back patio area. So far they’re working out great! We added a rectangle over the center to cover the area where the triangles meet. (The sides of the triangle are not straight lines so they don’t meet up exactly.) We’ve had some pretty heavy winds and these salesshades have stood up perfectly! They appear to be reinforced at the attachment points very well. They are thick enough to provide excellent shade but yet the weave isn’t so tight that rain water accumulates. I bought the beige ones so I can’t comment on whether or not the colored ones will fade. So far so good! And they arrived very quickly!