This is a very well-made and pretty umbrella. Overall build quality is excellent. It's a bit more resistant to wind than non-vented counterparts, but this capability is somewhat oversold by the manufacturer. It's less useful than implied under gusty conditions--it's not much more stable under high winds than a typical umbrella. What it really offers is 'survivability'--it doesn't turn inside out, weaken and break. The gel handle is quite comfortable. A very good but not great product.

Update Sept. 2013: still intact and functioning well. But the bottom of the handle fell apart, which made it quite unwieldy. It was fixed with a few small screws and now is as good as ever (and perhaps better). Still a 4-star product, with good but not great build quality.