I bought a 16' x 10' retractable awning last year and was skeptical when I bought it as the price was very reasonable, a fraction of the cost of some other brands, I have used my awning a lot over the last year and it works great, a friend and I installed it and it did take us a couple of days to put up but it works great, my only slight complaint would be that the valance has faded some, but in all fairness it does face west so it gets a beating from the sun, I can always reverse the valance when it fades a lot, also I was looking at The Aleko site at replacement awnings as I plan to buy the same material to put on a Pergola I am planning to build and a new awning is only $89.00 for a 16' x 10'. I would suggest the motorized version as to hand wind would get very tiresome.