36:T446,Although it seems to have great potential, the assembly of this thing makes it pretty useless to me as an "everyday" sun shade for events like kids soccer games, picnics, playing in the yard, etc. I'm an experienced camper, put up full-blown tents hundreds of times. This thing requires as much space and nearly as much time to assemble as a medium-sized camping tent. The poles are extremely long which means you need about 20 feet of space to put it together. It also takes more than a few minutes; like I said I'm a pro at putting up tents, but I spent easily 20 minutes on this the first time and didn't even finish. It doesn't help that the instructions are just cartoonish pictures, no words (like Ikea).I had it about 75% assembled and can see it has a lot of potential; it seems to be durable and well designed. But the instructions didn't even make it clear how you set the roof and adjust it in different positions. Still, if you have the time and space to really get into it I guess you could get good at putting it together; it seems like it would work well *if* you take that time.37:T5f4,I'm using this item to provide shade to my dogs during the hot afternoons. They were a little scared at first but soon realized if offered them a shady spot to lie on the grass. I assembled it by myself (which is doable) but would recommend it be set up with two people available. I was concerned at first whether it would hold up under heavy rain and/or mild wind but have found that the rain rolls right off it and the wind passes through with no problems. I live in Hawaii where the sun shines all year long and we get 140 inches of rain per year (usually at night) and I am very happy to have discovered this item and very pleased how well it is working for what I intended to use it for. It stands high enough for me to join my dogs if I'm in a seated or kneeling position or standing but bent over.10/07/2014 Changing my initial rating of 5 stars to 3 stars due mainly to lack of response by company to my inquiry about warran