I wanted to love it, really I did. The size is perfect for our patio, assembly was relatively simple with 2 people as long as you’re prepared to put in the man hours. Unfortunately the poles continue to separate in the middle almost every single time we close the shade leaving it like this. No matter how slowly we open and close it the poles do not keep pace with one another and constantly pop off. We don’t want to have to glue them together as we live in Ohio and want to remove the shade for the winter.