Not For The West Coast:
We bought this beach umbrella last spring in anticipation of our mid-May trip to Coronado in San Diego. We even bought the Rio Sports Sand Anchor to go with the Rainbow 8′ Beach Umbrella with carry bag. My son set it up on the Silver Strand Beach on Mother’s Day Sunday. The umbrella was in place for about five minutes while my son sat under it. The wind then picked it up and started to blow it off the beach. My son chased after it all the way into the parking lot. It was about to blow into the roadway right before he finally caught it. We noticed that everybody else at the beach had umbrellas or shade tents with four big wooden poles that they hammered down to withstand the wind. I can’t imagine anyone using this umbrella except maybe at a Gulf Coast Beach in the middle of the summer when there’s absolutely no weather at all. Either that or you might use it in your own backyard.
We bought this beach umbrella last spring in anticipation of our mid-May trip to Coronado in San Diego. We even bought the Rio Sports Sand Anchor to go with the Rainbow 8′ Beach Umbrella with carry bag. My son set it up on the Silver Strand Beach on Mother’s Day Sunday. The umbrella was in place for about five minutes while my son sat under it. The wind then picked it up and started to blow it off the beach. My son chased after it all the way into the parking lot. It was about to blow into the roadway right before he finally caught it. We noticed that everybody else at the beach had umbrellas or shade tents with four big wooden poles that they hammered down to withstand the wind. I can’t imagine anyone using this umbrella except maybe at a Gulf Coast Beach in the middle of the summer when there’s absolutely no weather at all. Either that or you might use it in your own backyard.