These are great umbrella's.  I originally ordered the grey color and due to a mix-up with the manufacturers numbering system I got black, but to my surprise the black looks great, we live where it can get hot and these don't absorb it like I thought they would and they look great on the patio which is surrounded by black fencing.  Love the crank up and down and the ability to tilt as well.  When the grey one came I kepted it too.  Everyone was great as we tried to figure out the problem with the color code, they did a great job figureing it out and keeping me informed with what was happening.