I ordered this set on a Thursday, and it was delivered on Saturday morning. My son put it all together for me in less than 2 1/2 hours, but he used his own power tools and it went much faster. I haven't had a chance to really use it yet as it has been raining since I got it over the weekend, but I'm very happy with the fact that it is as described, and that it was delivered so quickly. I also like that it has screws on the bottom of the furniture to keep it up off the deck so that it doesn't just sit in the water when it rains.