This parasol is a good quality heavy sunshade. It tilts and it’s also possible to swing it round to follow the sun. I love it. The only issue that I have isn’t really about the parasol itself, but the advertising. I understood that there was no base with this item BUT it would be useful to indicate what base is needed. This is not really hard as it is states clearly in the instruction booklet that you need slabs that are about 35 x 50 cm. I ordered a 4 set base that can be filled that did not firm even though the link on the website linked to “bases for this parasol”. This is even more annoying when you realise that instead of paying £85 for a base, it is much easier and cheaper to get 4 paying slabs from BQ. The perfect base for this would be 2 x 450 slabs and 2 x 600 slabs. Make sure they are max 40mm thick or they won’t fit under the cross in the centre. Don’t spend a fortune on a base.