Overall, they feel very flimsy. They are surprisingly difficult to straighten, and they can only be used in grass where they can be staked. If you use them on a matt, they are not very stable because the stable feet are set under the actual poles so they wobbled. ^all of the above are okay to deal with for a set of inexpensive poles, but I also two pope bases fall off because you are screwing metal threads into soft plastic so even slightly pressure causes the screw to strip. (Weaves are stored indoors so they are not exposed to sun). I ended up having to buy new screws and nuts to hold everything in place