Save your money. The rope used to raise and lower the umbrella broke the 2nd day of use. They were not windy days and we left the umbrella lowered when we were not using it so it wasn't under constant strain. Thinking it was a freak accident, I replaced the rope with heavy duty paracord - This made no difference as it happened again 3 separate times in the first month. I am associating it with bad design as it keeps breaking in the same spot (just above the the area it connects to the umbrella itself).