I received this item, hoping that it would be able to withstand the winds in downtown Boston. I've seen quite a few wind-resistant umbrellas do the trick, so I was excited (in some mildly perverse sense) to walk around with my impervious WindJammer, looking down upon those flailing about with inferior umbrellas. The first cross-breeze hit at Dewey Square, and my haughty smile turned upside-down in synchrony with my shiny new umbrella.

See, little did I know that the slightest sidelong wind would crumple the edges of the umbrella like they were made of paper--which the might as well be, seeing as how the umbrella is reinforced by cheap plastic and tin spines. So, I thought to myself, "Hmm...I should just let it flop over and wait until the wind passes." Turns out that the umbrella lifts its skirt faster than a Parisian consort--and not nearly as enjoyably.

This product is great...for impressing others with the sheer volume of fail you can produce in the rain.