I fell in love with this background. Lightweight and fast / easy to set up. I've been using it about 3 times a week for 7 months. About two weeks ago I noticed that the edges around the black part started to have holes. The holes are bigger now and I'm just waiting for the day I set it up and everything pops out of the metal ring. I think if the metal ring had some kind of coating or wrapping to prevent rubbing the backdrop would last longer. The problem is that the metal ring is quite sharp in relation to the material. I love this product too, only 7 months old.