As good as it gets in my experience. While they are a bit heavy in hand, that's because they're built strong. Excellent water shedding and dry time, works perfect every time. Note that both the new and old versions, single and double canopy open with the first button push and then snap shut with a second push. it doesn't retract, but the idea is that as you're shutting your car door, you push the second time, collapse the canopy, and pull the umbrella thru a 6" gap into the car and generally avoid getting wet. It works great.

This, like every umbrella known to man, will invert with enough wind, but the double canopy version is darn resistant to flipping and seems to not be damaged if it does invert.