Such a lovely solid product.  Looks very stylish in the garden and very easy to use. Having a cover for it is an additional bonus.   It is shame that the instruction booklet is in German only, but the diagrams are quite easy to follow and we did a bit of translation on google just to check!  It does however definitely need weights for the base, which I wish I had purchased at the same time, as this is an addition expense to consider.  The weights seem to cost almost as much as the parasol itself!  Also the exact size weights seem difficult to find, so suggest checking this out first, so you know just how much the total cost will be.  However, this appears to be a product to last so I am sure it will be worth the expense.