Title: Great Potential but Fatal Design Flaw
Product review: My family bought one of these umbrellas, but during a rain storm, the wind was apparently too much for the plastic part that serves as the fulcrum, because it broke. It seems from the other reviews that we were not the only ones to have this problem.Our efforts to obtain a replacement part have been unsuccessful. If only they had a stronger, preferably metal, replacement part, this would be an ideal umbrella, especially with it's very reasonable cost.Why such a key part is made of plastic instead of metal when this part is at the key point with the most stress is beyond me. But unless you only use this umbrella when there is no chance for any strong wind, we could not recommend it.
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