Appears to be good quality. Two issues - the crank handle does not click in place. The ballbearing is stuck down, which will require the handle to be put in and taken off each time. If it gets lost I'm out of luck. Also, the umbrella does not pull tight to the verticle pole - this is a design issue not a defect. As such, the umbrella cannot be tied off to the verticle pole. We have ours on the roof of a house on the water with high wind. This is not stable on the top end and I'm going to have to get an outer cover that is going to have to be very wide if I can find it and then some sort of strapping so it all stays secure otherwise this is going to fly into the Gulf of Mexico. I've had other umbrellas this size and this was not an issue. If this doesn't work out, I'm going to have to unscrew it from the base anytime we have high winds. The umbrella is very heavy and this will not be fun.