Have had this only a few weeks and it's a major disappointment. The wooden pole is already bending and each day when we raise the umbrella, two (the same 2 each day) of the ribs slip out of the pockets and I have to reach up (I'm short so this isn't easy) and manually put the rib in the "too small" pockets. If I could return this, I would. It was not cheap but it's made cheaply.