Well waiting for 3 months to finally get our umbrella I will say it seems very nice and easy to get up and down and provides good shade. If you are worried about it holding up in high winds, don’t... just after we got it up we had a horrific storm with wind gust up to 50 miles an hour and it withstood it all. Like suggested, use the milk cartons to fill the base and make sure you have it where you want it because it is very hard to move even with the wheels on one side. You definitely need two people to put together. I too wish the cover was the same color as the umbrella and for the price it should be but after that storm was glad to have it.