I believe that this item works as expected and was a good value for the money, but it was MUCH bigger than I thought it would be!  The dimensions are there, so I suppose it was my fault, but I looked at photos of this product on other websites, and the photos made the product look half the size that it is!  I purchased this for an apartment balcony, and I'm worried that it's too big for us to use.  I've attached a photo, although the photo still doesn't do a good job of showing how large it is.