We love the size of this umbrella because it’s big enough to keep my kiddos under the shade while playing on their slide. The umbrella itself  has a pretty good weight and having the base in the middle helps a lot with keeping it balanced. It did held up with light wind even without putting any heavy weight on the base. I would highly recommend putting some weight on it for safety. The assembly of this umbrella was pretty easy and straightforward, I just wished there were ways to keep the plastic framing at the base secure because they literally just gets disassembled when we moved the umbrella to another location. I just wished they use a better design and better quality materials for the base because really it’s one of the main components of this product and if it’s not sturdy enough and design have a major flaw then pretty much the umbrella is no use.