Review on Upgrade Your Lowe'S Garden Treasures Pergola With ALISUN Replacement Sling Canopy (Beige) by Alex Foley

We purchased out pergola from Lowes about 5 years ago. The original canopy lasted quite well, as we would take it down after the spring/summer season. The original straps broke after 2 years and we just used bungie cord through the fabric to secure it. It finally ripped due to wind storms, so we began the search for a replacement. This search provided to be rather difficult to find a fabric close to what the original was. I came very close to purchasing a similar canopy for Garden Treasures pergola's for $119. After doing quite a bit of research on that particular sku number on the $119 canopy I found that it was more of a fabric than than a more durable nylon type canopy that originally came with the pergola. I contacted the manufacture and they informed me that this alternative didn't even come with attached straps to secure it. I was not going to spend that much money on a cheaper canopy top that we would have to replace after a year or two. Also that fabric didn't allow water through, so people complained a lot about having to take a broom to push up to remove water after every rain.So I stumbled upon this product, but was put off by the price. After looking more into it, it appears this was the same material that the original canopy top was, which proved to has for almost 6 years. We received it last week and couldn't be happier that we went ahead and spent the extra money on this product for the build quality. I do wish it was cheaper due to having spent so much money on the pergola itself, having to replace these can get quite costly. We were on the fence on just putting that money towards a solid metal roof pergola to mitigate the cost of having to replace the canopy in the future.