I got this for my wife's herb garden. We live in a condo and have a very small patch of ground at the corner of our building that we can garden in - anything but vegetables or other deer attractants. Rural New Jersey has got to have about 1 deer per square foot and they eat everything and anything.Came in a fairly large box, I got the one with the gate so it weighed in at just under 50lbs. It was double boxed, plus bubble wrap around the metal tubes that make up the item. All contents were present and in perfect condition.The main bits all slip together and are fastened by sheet metal screws, which I'll probably replace with larger screws since they don't really bite into the pre-drilled holes. The larger bolts that hold the actual curved pieces of the arc apart work just fine. Everything went together with only a tiny bit of persuading needed, nothing that a little muscle couldn't handle.I'd leave about 1 inch of space between the gates so that they will close properly. The "feet" of the arch are supposed to be driven into the ground using a piece of rebar or something that can make about a 1/2" hole about 8 inches deep that the legs then slip into. I suppose you could leave the rebar in place and slip the legs over them to add a little more sturdiness.I wouldn't call in flimsy, but it does rock side to side a bit. If you do as I suggest and use 2 foot long rebar and put the legs over that after they've been driven in the ground I think it will be much sturdier. The gate and latch work very well, no issues at all.Overall, I really like this gate. Not too wide, not too deep, a little taller than I thought but height doesn't matter in my applications.