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(More customer reviews)I bought one of these this past summer and found it well-designed, solidly built, easy to install, and, overall, a good value for the money (even including the $63 shipping). My only gripes with the product itself are minor: (1) the anchor-ropes do double duty as anchors and as tighteners for the canopy material, which makes it tricky to optimize both (i.e., it would be nice to have tight anchor-ropes as well as a tightly attached canopy, but the mechanism involves twisting a spiral-bound leg, which tightens one end of the rope while loosening the other); and (2) the structural pieces are friction-joined, and our driveway's very slight slope coupled with some occasional wind was enough to pop loose one of the T-couplers at the top, which left a 10-foot section of steel pipe dangling over our car. (I plan to epoxy some velcro straps across the upper joints to make sure that problem doesn't recur.)
The packaging, however, is seriously defective. I ordered a second canopy last week, and just like the first one, one end of the box had torn open and was spilling pipes when it arrived. This time it was clear that one of the pipes had fallen all the way out and had been shoved back into the hole by the shipper; the paint at the protruding end was chipped and showing evidence of having struck concrete, while the bubble wrap at the other end was scrunched up (away from the hole). In neither case were any pieces actually missing, and as long as the chipped end doesn't start rusting within the next year or two, I don't consider the damage severe enough to request a replacement. I do find it surprising, however, that the company didn't stress-test the packaging--if I'm zero for two, this has to be a fairly widespread problem.
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