I was wanting to get a fun patio umbrella and saw this black and white striped one. It so reminded me of Beetlejuice and I just had to have it. It has a crank to open and close the umbrella and button we can push to tilt the umbrella for better shade. It's water resistant and has UV protection. It's super cute. Only thing I didn't like was that the pole was brown. I thought it totally ruined the look, so hubby had a buddy paint the metal pole black. Now it's perfect. It's held up in some high winds and heavy rains so far.