It's designed well, it's stylish, and it both auto opens and closes. I love that it's automatic open and automatic close. It both opens and closes with the push of a button.

It is very compact and opens to surprisingly good size. It folds down compactly but when it opens it is large for one person and adequate for two people. When not open, it's small & easily portable.

Wind resistent construction (the spines are reenforced and it is vented) also the pouch keeps it from getting the contents wet. Steel is heavier than tinfoil.

This umbrella is very sturdily constructed. Nicer materials throughout (better fabric, coated metal parts, wooden handle). They also look pretty classy. This is a lot bulkier and heavier than i had anticipated.

It is a sturdy umbrella, however it is not very good at keeping me dry. This product is too expensive to be the piece of junk that it is. Would not recommend it to anyone looking for a sturdy reliable umbrella.

The button to open and close the umbrella is *extremely* difficult to press. There's an internal spring their runs up through the post that pops and collapses the umbrella. When the handle broke this coil popped out and rendered the whole thing useles...  Read More