It really is a great canopy. I love the ability to slide the canvas back and forth to block the sun angles as needed. However, rain is a problem :( It pools in the top sections and the weight is starting to cause little tears in the canvas. We have to do daily maintenance during rainstorms to carefully push the water off to keep it from tearing completely. If you live in area that gets rain often, I would not recommend this. However, for somewhere that is mostly dry, I think this would work great!