TropiShade 11' Light Wood Market Umbrella, Multiple Colors

NICE AND BIG....COVERS OUR WHOLE TABLE FROM THE SUN

color is good, quality is good and the price was good.....Happy

Okay, this has got to be one of the largest umbrella's at this price. In fact, I have two of them. My two patio tables outside each have one, and the umbrellas overlap a bit. This creates so much shade it's like having a little roof over my patio. It is not a crank handle to open, which I like because they always break on me. Instead you pull a string on a pulley system. Then you pop a pin (on a chain) into one of the holes in the poles depending on what height you want the umbrella. Now the thing I like about the "pin on the chain" is that if a large gust of wind comes, your umbrella doesn't go flying. Instead the wind causes it to open up a little which in turn pulls the pin on the chain out, and the umbrella will close. This is great if you are at work and some unexpected weather comes in. No more worries! If the rope should break and the pulley system not work anymore for you (this happened to me, the rope eventually dry rotted) I am still able to open the umbrella by hand and put the pin in. It's awesome. No this umbrella doesn't tilt, I don't see how they could make something this large tilt. So if that's what your looking for then go get a small 9 or 8 ft one. This umbrella is huge and for the price provides a great amount of shade.

We have strong winds where we live. We purchase a green one last year and it held up threw our heavy winds for a year. This one snapped in half during our first wind storm, but you can't blame it on the umbrella unless it wasn't made as strong as the first. It would have been nice to use a couple of times before it broke. It ia a nice umbrella for the money. It is at a afordable price, so we can afford to replace it.

product broke after first gust of wind hit it.