This umbrella is awesome! It is huge, but it folds down to about a foot long. It's not extremely heavy either. It opens and collapses at the touch of a button. I read another review on this product somewhere that said that this umbrella comes with a cover of some sort. It does not come with a cover, but the velcro wraparound is pretty wide to keep everything under control.

Update: I purchased myself the black umbrella, and my mother asked for one of the striped patterns. Hers came with the mesh cover.