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So it's July in Tennessee. The weather app on my phone says 'no rain' so I walk out of the house with no raincoat or umbrella. I commute by train and foot - about a mile each way. Of course, at 4 o'clock when it's about time to leave the sky will open up. The last time this happened I had my old umbrella at my desk and headed off home. About 1/3 of the walk through my walk it started to rain. Pulled the 'old' umbrella out of the bag and opened it. First gust of wind turned it inside out. I was soaked. My mission was to find a reliable umbrella. Enter the Travel Umbrella from Upper Echelon. At a price I thought was fair but not cheap, I ordered it directly and received it quickly. On first use, it is sturdy and didn't flip inside out at the first gust of wind. It has an automatic open and close (I really like the auto close). It came with a nylon carry bag, great for keeping the interior of my tote bag dry. It's large enough for 2 people but not too big for one. It's lightweight, with a small collapsed size. Black is the only color available. It repels the water really well. I still have my old umbrella sitting under my desk (just in case) but the new umbrella is so small and light that it stays permanently in my commuter tote so I'll have it for the pop up showers I've come to expect.