ShedRain WindPro Auto Open & Close Portable Compact Travel Umbrella – With Vented, Teflon-Coated Canopy for Rain and Wind

Wow, this is a big umbrella for being automatic open and close (half close-it does not retract down the stem, but does close the spanning umbrella head). It's well made and has vents to prevent gust of winds turning it inside out. The handle , auto open/close button, stem, and spanning head are all well made. It also comes with its own sheath, belt clip, and corded handle. It fits two adults under it's canopy, comfortably enough to walk together at least. All in all this is a great umbrella. I recommend it to my family and friends.

As a guy who works in the city, I have to park and walk to my building which is about 5 minutes away. I have a big golf umbrella but I needed a small portable one for the chance of an occasional shower. This umbrella was the answer! I love the small compact-ness of the umbrella but it's awesome ability to deploy and expand to a very large size is great. It's comparable in size to my golf umbrella when deployed. This gives a great coverage area and is even big enough for two people. He only complaint I have in the umbrella is also related to its size. When deployed, because it is so big (and light), the least amount of wind is able to push the umbrella very easily. I feel like the ShedRain WindPro Jumbo is sturdy so I'm not afraid it'll break on a strong gust but it's not very stable in wind. But overall I am very pleased with this product and would purchase it again!

This company stands behind its products and warrentte. This is my second bought for a family member. My first was replaced free upon damage. Excellent product

I really have never used umbrellas. Never saw much of a need, if I got wet, I got wet. But lately we've had record rainfall and it's been getting annoying, especially since I shave my head, and it's still in the 30's here in Wisconsin. That gets COLD very quick. I wanted an automatic, since I preferred to just be able to crack the car door open, shove my arm out, and hit a button to open it up, and keep the interior of my car (and my head) from getting drenched as I got out of the car. Since it would sit in the car, needed to be pretty portable as well, so this one fit my criteria. I've never had an umbrella that turned inside out from the wind, but I've seen it happen to enough people that I hoped the design of this one, supposedly engineered to help prevent that to some degree, would keep it from happening to me. It arrived quickly. The handle's pretty comfortable, the auto open works VERY well. Push the button and SNAP! It's open and extended. The "auto close" feature is a serious misnomer though. It's an "auto-kind of collapse the top loosely" button. It doesn't close, it just brings the umbrella back into a mostly collapsed at the end loose bundle. The downside to that is there's a surprisingly strong spring inside there that makes it extend, so you have to work to get that collapsed again. The way the spines fold make it pretty rickety when they're in that folded up state, so I don't feel very comfortable just grabbing the whole contraption around the outside and pulling it down, so I just get my palm over the very end of the shaft, and push it back down to the handle. The cover for it really could've been a little bigger, or open rather than being sewn closed with just the slight split in the end, since this doesn't consistently fold up and wrap up again into a nice small bundle that's easy to get back into the case. That's a minor annoyance though since I got it to keep me dry, and lately it's been doing just that. I don't even put it in the case or roll it shut and secure it with the velcro strap, it's easiest to just push the shaft back down and drop it behind the passenger seat on my car to dry and for storage. Out of the way, easy to grab. All in all, it's a nice umbrella, and is a good enough size that even someone my size (over 6' 1") can stay relatively dry.

Says auto open--works fine / auto close--is not auto but manual close, to reset springs and length.push close Ad is misleading OR I just can't get the auto close feature to work ! / For man as slightly heavy from canopy size and construction. Putting it back into pouch is tight fit, so not a snap - would not want it if used OFTEN. Thought description rather made item seem like a one-handed easy operation, Anyway still to test out and figure if it somehow will AUTO-CLOSE as in ad, but seems highly unlikely. Too expensive for just auto open and manual close, unless the operation, material, and construction is as good as it appears. Due to size, slightly heavy closed or open is expected. Appears will be great in wind and rain-strong looking shaft and as compact as a reg. one. Expect will last rather long and work well, unless if frequently used. Good canopy design to protect two people. Rated 3 stars, as not tested-and misconception, I think so far, about the AUTO-CLOSE not being a real feature. I consider it top-of-the-line in general, so extra cost appears a good investment, vs. dealing with umbrellas breaking and small, but cheaper. Better than a TOTE brand, for sure. ---------------------- UPDATE UPDATE - On first use with light sprinkle and wind under 10 mph, it turned inside-out. Very surprised because of excellent construction, especially the wind resistance design at top, allowing wind to pass thru a small 2nd layer canopy cover. / Auto open button may require a few opening attempts. NOTE; Springs under good tension, so manual close requires good push./ Dry well, so no shaft rust ! / 1 star added to rating--BUY UPDATE--kept me dry few times in windy driving rain. A MUST TO OWN ! ADDING 5TH STAR for rating after using lots of times in rainy florida. UPDATE UPDATE -- NOT taking away 1 STAR for the tight fit to get this back into storage bag....mostly because I do not need an umbrella very often. UPDATE April 2014 - Carrying for "if it rains" - nice size. Cannot defend it under heavy wind really, as usually just rain with light wind....and when I use it, I'm usually on my bicycle, so holding it while steering makes keeping real dry, difficult. I do recommend it as probably one of the best, from Amazon. UPDATE Aug 2016 --owned 4 1/2 years --- Very Very seldom used as I'm retired, but sure works well when needed.

This is a lot better than the other umbrellas being sold on Amazon right now, and a nice compact umbrella the black color might make people feel bad on a rainy day but I think the fabric is quick drying and it isn't depressing.

"Vented double canopy provides superior wind resistance and withstands any windy, stormy, or rainy conditions without inverting or breaking" None of this is true. This umbrella inverts as easily as any other cheap umbrella that I ever owned. That's not that big of a deal. What is a bid deal is that while it is true that its struts are made from fiberglass (at least I think it's true) the fiberglass parts are connected together by plastic parts that break easily.

This is my second ShedRain, the Jumbo is great just like the compact. I work outside rain or shine and these umbrellas flat out work. This latter generation works fine just like my old one. Its a big unit though, the wind catches it much more due to the large size. I wish this Jumbo came with a larger handle, in wind your hand will tire out gripping the small handle. Two people can fit under it, I use it often and so far it retracts like new. I have not had a ShedRain break yet, the compact is around 10 years old now, the Jumbo is around a year old now. I have a 50" chest and I'm 6'-4" tall, the Jumbo keeps me very dry on nasty days, the small retracted size is very nice, it fits in my luggage well. Small enough to also fit in my car's door pocket at an angle.

Funciona bien el mecanismo para abrir y cerrar con un botón, es compacto y cabe en una mochila pequeña. Para cubrir a una persona. Con viento muy muy ligero funciona bien, pero con el viento de una lluvia normal de la Ciudad de México se voltea

Ordered black colour, got a brown one. Cheap umbrella, you get what you pay for.

Good quality and meet our purpose.

Due to the wind turning it inside out it broke the auto close/open mechanism.

Ich habe das Modell für 12 Jahre im Outdoor-Einsatz gehabt und war stets zufrieden. Der Schirm hat sich in zahlreichen Stürmen und Regengüssen erprobt. Es handelt sich um einen Nachkauf, der von mir bislang nur einer allerdings zufriedenstellenden Funktionsprobe unterzogen worden ist. Bislang habe ich noch keinen besseren Ersatz für einen harten Outdoor-Gebrauch gefunden.