Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

So this is a short term review, I haven't had this umbrella long enough to really beat it up and put it through its paces. However I got it for free in exchange for my promise to review it. So you kind of have to get that review out there if you want to hold up your end of the deal. If you want shoot me a message and ill update you on how it goes and if i get that ill shoot back here and update this whole thing. but generally you gotta remind me or im not gonna. Unless of course it turns out really bad then I get pissed and dig this up. So here is my initial use impression. Its a good compact umbrella. They spent a little time on the canopy part. I took a picture of the ribs inside and you can see a lot of moving parts as well as springs I am not used to seeing in an umbrella. I whipped this thing around to "blow it out" and you can tell that the outer sections of the ribs are flexible plastic so you can blow it out and pop it back. Looks like you can do that several times without incident. However since this is the initial impression I will mention that I would prefer a more solid feel on the shaft of the umbrella. Also a snappier spring. There is nothing wrong with it as it is, I think, but it didn't instill confidence when i opened it. The canopy did, but the collapsing shaft and spring action didn't strike me as the same philosophy as the time spent on the canopy. Time will tell. EDIT I feel bad about my comment about the shaft feel. I have picked up a second umbrella today and when opening it I felt that it was a more solid feel upon opening. so i picked this umbrella back up and it feels the same as the second one. So ill retract that comment and say that the shaft felt perfectly acceptable to me upon further consideration.