I tried to decide to buy between this one and one other much more expensive tent, and finally made up my mind with this one. It turned out it worked out just fine. The tent would've been heavy for me to haul around if had I not have my husband to help. Setting up the tent was pretty easy. We didn't even use the stakes and ropes came with in the package and it stayed up from Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. It rained during the nights, but it didn't fall, granted it wasn't too heavy of rain storms, but still it made me feel better getting this item. I even used one of the sides taken down as a table cloth, the color and the size was perfect for the occasion. Overall, it was a good buy.