I purchased these as we were building our new home so I couldn't put them up for awhile but they finally got put up on our Southern covered porch. We get the afternoon sun and they really do a good job with cutting down on the hot afternoon sun. And the rain! Fabulous in the rain. The one thing I will say is they do need some weight on the bottom to keep them from blowing out in the wind and rain storms but that is an easy fix. I would definitely purchase these again.