This is a nice umbrella and worked well for a couple months until someone set something onto the rear seat of the car where this umbrella happened to be sitting.  A hinge on one of the arms broke so now part of the umbrella doesn't extend outward, it's kinda wonky.  I'm not sure how well this umbrella would hold up to strong winds.  However, for the price, it's easily replaceable so if you're looking for an umbrella and you have a habit of misplacing them, it won't be too big of a hit to the pocketbook to replace this one.