I absolutely love hammocks and this one was beautiful when I saw it. Purchased and put together myself although it would have been helpful to have someone else holding the other end while assembling. The pieces are a bit heavy for one person, but doable. The fabric hammock piece is nice but oh goodness is it easy to flip out of. I'm tempted to buy more of a cocoon fabric piece to put on instead of this. I have fallen out of it about 3 times now. There are chains on each end so you can easily swap out another type of hammock material to attach to the stand. You can move the assembled stand around with someone else's help. This item recently survived a tropical storm and all is well!