I used this tent on a camping trip with my girlfriend to glacier national park. Before we left we set it up in the driveway once, and after that it was easy to do. We set it up four times on the trip and I think we can do it together in 5-10 minutes now. Our preferred method was to lay it out on top of the truck bed and then put the poles in, contrary to the tip in the instructions. That way you don't need to try lift and maneuver it around with the poles in. The instructions are sewn into the bag and it gives a specific order for insertion of poles. We followed this order and did not have any poles break. A few tips of my own; don't loosen the straps to take the tent down, just stretch the elastic straps. That way they are the correct length for your specific pickup the next time you install it. The easiest part to screw up is the pole which forms an arch over the door. It needs to be assembled exactly as shown in the image for the product listing. The fabric goes inside of the tailgate support cables, and the pole goes to the outside of them. Otherwise it will get all stretched out funny in the front. You will realize if you make the mistake. Be careful when inserting the poles, and don't pull too hard on the shock cords, some people don't realize that all fiberglass tent poles can be easily broken if handled incorrectly and the shock cords will pull right out if you try remove the poles by simply pulling on one end. They must be pushed through to assemble and pushed back out to disassemble. The tent fits over the sides of the bed so the bed rails create somewhat of a shelf on each side that is nice for putting things you want to find at night. I bought a $7 lantern at walmart that was a perfect size for the tent, and the tent comes with a carabiner in the center for hanging just such a thing. I brought along a moving blanket and layed it out on the floor to protect the floor and our knees, it was the perfect size for it. I used my big cooler as a step for getting in and out with an outdoor rug in front of it for shoes. We stayed in two cots which worked out nicely, but they make air matresses for truck beds which would be nice to try. It fit fine in my regular box 2004 dodge ram 1500, and I had a tonneau cover rolled up in thd front while we used it. It fit over the rolled up cover and didn't seem to mind it. A few minor complaints would be that the elastic portion of the straps seems to be way too stretchy, to where it seems they wouldn't do much to hold onto the tent in a heavy wind. I would like to see them more firm feeling to be confident they will hold up and last a long time. Also the door portion assembles with 3 straps which must be dropped down in between the folded down tailgate and the bed, and fished out from on top of the bumper if that makes sense. The straps go all the way around the tailgate, parallel to the length of the vehicle, and getting them through that gap and around the bumper is a serious pain. I would have the girlfriend hold up the tailgate at about a 45 degree angle so I could drop them through and reach in and get them. It was a serious exercise in trust to have my fingers in there with her holding the guillotine up. I am also not entirely sure I am sold on the tent pickup concept yet. I would say that this tent would be absolutely ideal for a music festival or other trip where you would park the vehicle and don't move it for the duration. But if you are on a trip where you need to drive somewhere it means that every time you need to leave you need to take it down and then set it back up at the end of the day. On our trip we moved campgrounds all but one night, so in theory we would have only left it up once, but you also cannot get to camp early in the day, set up, and then go about your day to return to a fully set up campsite. Setting up camp is always the last thing you will do if you drive. Also you do need to remove everything from the bed to set this tent up, which usually I would do anyway as I like to set up camp...but it could be an issue for some. This tent certainly has its uses, and I dont regret buying it at all, but it's certainly worth a hard thought on what you are looking for in a tent.