It's raining. Not that nice, gentle, soul-filling rain. I'm talking the rain so hard you can barely see your neighbor's house across the street. Where you end up looking like a drowned rat. And, because it's Texas, you can throw in some wind gusts of 30-40 mph just for good measure.
Do you have that mental image now? I can't tell you how many times this has played out in my life. Throw in an umbrella that flips inside out and some fighting with it - in the rain, of course, - and it's easy to see why I hate rain. Or why I have sworn off umbrellas and usually just run through the rain, arriving at my destination soaked.
I was dubious when I was offered an umbrella to try in exchange for an honest review of it. Here it is right after it arrived.
I fully expected to have another broken umbrella and move on with life. It hasn't rain since I've received it yet, but I thought I had the perfect way to test this thing out without having the dreaded scene I described earlier. See, Texas is known for wind and winter is filled with blustery days with high wind gusts. I planned to wait until the next windy day, take it out, watch it break, and be done.
Isn't it pretty? And, because it's Texas, we have lush grass in January.
I fully expected to have another broken umbrella and move on with life. It hasn't rain since I've received it yet, but I thought I had the perfect way to test this thing out without having the dreaded scene I described earlier. See, Texas is known for wind and winter is filled with blustery days with high wind gusts. I planned to wait until the next windy day, take it out, watch it break, and be done.
Isn't it pretty? And, because it's Texas, we have lush grass in January.
Imagine my surprise when it didn't break. I stood with it pointing to the sky. I stood with it facing into the wind. I even tried facing against the wind so it would blow up into the top of the umbrella. It didn't break. You can see how well built it's skeleton is here.
The icing on the proverbial cake and quite possibly even more my favorite part of this umbrella is that it opens with the push of a button. Click the button, it pops up and open on its own instantly. No fighting to get it open or clicked into place while you're getting rained on or a kid is pulling on your arm and whining about being wet. Closing it is equally easy - push the same button and it collapses so all you have left to do is to close it.
Look how easy that is. And that's was left-handed too. I'm sure doing it with my dominant hand would have been easier (and harder to video!).
If you'd like to get one and try it out for yourself, here's a link to do so (NOT an affiliate link). If you do try it out, I'd love to hear what you think of it too!
I only have one problem now: The kids love it as much as I do and have informed me that I'm going to have to buy one for each of them if I want to actually have one for myself.
Look how easy that is. And that's was left-handed too. I'm sure doing it with my dominant hand would have been easier (and harder to video!).
If you'd like to get one and try it out for yourself, here's a link to do so (NOT an affiliate link). If you do try it out, I'd love to hear what you think of it too!
I only have one problem now: The kids love it as much as I do and have informed me that I'm going to have to buy one for each of them if I want to actually have one for myself.
