Putting an umbrella together should NOT be this difficult. #1. If you are planning on using this umbrella with a bistro pub style table, don't purchase it. The bar that the umbrella attaches to is to short! Which means that the silver button sits below the table which will not allow you to crank the umbrella. #2 I am now on 15 minutes trying to slide the top bar of the umbrella into the bottom bar of the umbrella! Seriously? Not happy, not happy at all.