Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is one of the best purchases I've made through Amazon, and I've bought a lot of stuff from them over these past many years. Here are the facts on this umbrella. It was inexpensive compared to its quality. It's outside in the SoCal sunshine everyday. I use the solar lights every night we're outdoors without fail - and we spend a lot of time outdoors. That's the short of it. Okay, it's an umbrella. What else can I say? Just this; the wind blew pretty hard one afternoon, and the umbrella left its stand, fully open, and flew to the far side of the pool, landing on its canopy, where it sunk to the bottom of the pool. I came home to see the umbrella's pole sticking straight up out of the water. Not good, right? Long story short: no damage. Period. No bent or broken ribs, the crank works, the solar panel works and believe it or not the lights still work. This thing was submerged completely. When I retrieved it, water was dripping from every seam, every light bulb, the On/Off switch. If there was a place for water to get in, water got in. I didn't expect it to come through an aerial somersault into a pool unscathed, but it did. For $77? Are you kidding me? This thing is da bomb.