This awning is great for providing shade while camping in the southwest or stopping for lunch on day trips. I can put it up by myself (providing it is not windy) in less than 5 mins. These awning are extremely common in Africa and Austrailia with most camping and off road vehicles having one. I am very pleased with the ease and quickness of setup and its ability to provide much needed shade in the sweltering southwest sun. ARB provides many accessories for these awning but be warned that these are often shipped from the manufacturing and built to order so a month or longer delay is common. Those complaining about rain don't seem to understand that this is a canvas tarp and unless it is angled during rain to let water run off then of course there will be problems with bearing the water weight as there would be with any tarp like awning. I customized some L brackets and bolts to fit the awning to my factory 4Runner roof rack. I leave it on all the time so it is available went I want shade for lunch stops on day trips, camping or the roadside emergency. I also added a smd 5050 RGB+WW LED strip to the bottom of the awning rail that runs off 12V DC. This light can also be used by just opening up the awning cover without setting up the awning.