We put it up yesterday within an hour or two after it was delivered. It started to go up easily, but when it got to a certain point, we realized that we needed an extra pair of hands. After that, it went up quickly and easily. We put the canopy on before the poles were completely extended (highly recommend doing this). It is exactly what I wanted, non windowed side panels, and we only used one on the West side. There is a 20 ft windowed panel that we probably won't need to use.