This has worked well for my upper patio for parties!  It is very thin so you definitely can't leave it out in any wind or weather.  We had a pop up rain hit our area that wasn't in the forecast and my husband didn't get it down in time and it tore at the corner.  I guess for the price we can't complain and the instructions were very specific about leaving it out in any weather.  But it has worked well,  looked great and was worth the purhase!