I'm rather assembly challenged. I hate putting things together, setting things up. Granted, we're only talking an umbrella here, but you'd be surprised at the hassles I've had in the past.

Lol. I'm little - 4'11 - and the hardest thing about putting this together was getting it out of the box!! I actually laughed out loud 3 min later when it was standing proudly open on my patio. The crank works like a dream. 

Highly recommend.