This thing required some manual assembly, it felt like something from IKEA. Getting the screws in required some brute force and a piece of plastic cracked and flew off while screwing it together. Also, the vertical bars are not fixed in place and can swing down. Maybe they wanted it to be easy to pack away but for me it just makes it feel flimsy. It's cheap and it does the job but I kind of wish I had spent a little more and got something more robust. I actually do have another stand that was a similar price that feels significantly sturdier.