We love our new fire pit. It is more sturdy than those we have typically seen in HD etc and bigger to...giving off quite a bit more heat than our previous one which is only a difference of 5 in diameter.  However, the screws that came with it andor the screw holes where not threaded correctly and we had to find replacements for 2 of them. That was frustrating but we were able to muscle in some longer screws from the hardware store even though we're not quite aligning with the treads either.