I do love how this looks and it's perfect for our patio table set up. The one nitpicky issue I have is that opening it/adjusting it can be a bit awkward when you're doing it by yourself as a not-tall person. This is probably worse in my situation because I have this through an umbrella hole in a table which means it's an awkward angle when I'm leanign over the table and the hole I have to put the pin in is pretty high for me.