The umbrella is as described and after receiving it, I realized I should have ordered two. Found the same on on the RST web site for over a hundred dollars less so that was irritating. When my husband assembled it he discovered something rattling around inside the pole. Something had obviously broken so he had to hammer it in place to keep the pole from scratching other parts of the pole when moving it around. Likely damaged during shipping. Regardless, we kept it because it’s sturdy and the Sunbrella fabric matches my patio cushions. We opted to fill with water instead of sand because if we ever want to move it somewhere else how do you get the sand out!