Update:

The umbrella has turned out to be of poor quality. And worse, the company that sold it is unresponsive.  On September 26th I sent them this email, through Amazon: "I bought an umbrella from you via Amazon, Shedrain Gellas Golf Umbrella, Auto Open , order# [...], in April 2010.  I keep it next to my back door and use it only to walk to a club very nearby when it's raining.  I've only used it about 5 times, for a total of about 10-15 minutes, and it's now broken.  At first one of the "strings" came loose, and now the slide mechanism is jammed up. Can I return the umbrella?"

Here we are a couple of weeks later and nothing from the company.  Don't but this product from this company.

Original review:

I got sick of having one umbrella after another get wrecked in the wind, get blown inside out, fall apart, fabric ripping, cheap parts rusting, etc.  When I thought about it, I realized I bought few of these... I got most at promotional events like golf tournaments, or when donating to charities.  The ones I had bought were in emergency situations in NYC when it started pouring and I'd duck into the closest drug store for a $10 model.  Which would soon fall apart.

So I decided to buy a "real" umbrella and got this one.  What a difference! It's actually built like a somebody cared; it just feels like it's well made.  I've only used it a couple of times, but I'm pretty confident that I'll have this for many years (or until I leave it somewhere which has also happened many times).

I recommend this - it's my first "professional" umbrella!

By the way, I think this would make nice, unusual gift for someone.  I wouldn't normally think of giving an umbrella as a gift, as I have previously associated them with disposable, cheap products.  But I think most people probably don't have a good umbrella, and it's one of those gifts that a person may first think, "He gave me an... umbrella?", but years later would appreciate it much more than another bottle of wine.