This is definitely something you need 2 people to put on the matress, it does not zip all of the way open so someone has to slide it onto the bottom of the matress while the other person lifts it up and then you both have to work together to get it on all of the way, once on we realized that it is to big all around for the queen sized matress so there is extra material all around. I do like that it will help keep my daughters matress safe but all together it could be better.