Great umbrella for the price. We drilled a hole right into our cool decking, which works as the umbrella base. Now, the umbrella works perfectly to shade the shallow end of our pool. It cranks open and closed very easily. The only bad thing I've noticed is that the umbrella comes off the rods occasionally, but it's easy to put back together.

If I were to buy an umbrella again, I'd get one that could be set at different angles.