Theres no instructions so if youve never seen or used i recommend you to bring people with you so its really easy though pretty much common sense you can roll it up and make the tightness in the link and the firmness different or you can let it out and make a difference its really neat this is one of the neatest things ive ever and its great for just around the house its great for camping its great for going any kind of trip involves water its awesome for the beach easy to keep clean this thing is awesome i love to use mine to actually read in my yard while the kids play i received this at a discount for reviews purposes i only give my honest opinion is i had to use your views on shopping on amazon to make my purchases the sofa is as good as last time i brought one couple weeks ago and most of our friends who visit the house love to sit and play around with it