Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love this umbrella. It helps keep the heat from the sun off of me. I spend a lot of time at the softball fields and it gets really hot, and this umbrella helps alot. It provides so much shade. You can really tell the difference in the uv protection from this umbrella and a regular umbrella. This one is so much better. It is a thicker material. It has more of an arch than a traditional umbrella. It is big but I was looking for big. It is a little on the heavy side but i do not mind that. It does have slits in it so it makes it easier to hold when the wind is blowing. It has an easy to use plastic button to open it up. I have used mine for a year in rain and heat, plus I keep it in rhe trunk of Texas car and mine is not peeling. I read some reviews and it said theirs started to have dots and peel. Mine has one dot were the silver has come off. It is the size of pin head but it was like that when i bought it. This is a great umbrella for the rain and especially for the sun. !!!!!UPDATE!!! November 15, 2016 I received my second umbrella. I ordered another bc i loved the first one so much. I was SO DISAPPOINTED!!!! It is not the same umbrella as the first one i purchased. The material is so much thinner. The umbrella does not have the uv lining in it like the first umbrella that ppl would say would peel. This is just colored vinyl material. It does not block the sun as much as the first one. It is a lot lighter than my first umbrella but that is bc it is a cheaper, thinner, material. It feels like it will break at the first gust of wind, whereas the first umbrella was very sturdy. This new umbrella is plastic and cheap. I am sending it back and looking for another one!!!! I no longer give it 5 stars.