I chose these for affordability as I initially couldn't justify the cost of proper outdoor furniture covers. However, by the time I covered my furniture outside in less than a year, all those garden tarps had crumbled under the California central coast sun, rainy winters, and high winds. So if you plan on leaving it outside for a long time, it won't last. Also, it was very painful to use plastic zip ties to attach the tarp to the furniture; The drawstrings rarely held up in strong gusts of…