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Good garden umbrella that won't blow away?

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TheSaucepanMan · 01/06/2021 15:52

Need a largish umbrella, looking at cantilever umbrellas so I can have shade all day. With so many to choose from I'm not sure what to go for, I don't really like the ugly grey/cream ones I've seen but the pretty ones seem quite small. I also don't want to have to worry about it blowing over when we have a puff of wind.

Has anyone got something brilliant they could recommend?

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Wildweather · 01/06/2021 16:01

Just a heads up OP - make sure you get one which blocks UV rays; i was sat outside all day yesterday in the shade of our garden umbrella thinking I was nice and safe. Today I am burned to a crisp despite never moving out of the shade.

Perhaps everyone else in the world already knows this but I didn't 🤷‍♀️

TheSaucepanMan · 01/06/2021 16:06

@Wildweather

Just a heads up OP - make sure you get one which blocks UV rays; i was sat outside all day yesterday in the shade of our garden umbrella thinking I was nice and safe. Today I am burned to a crisp despite never moving out of the shade.

Perhaps everyone else in the world already knows this but I didn't 🤷‍♀️

Funnily enough I read about this today and thought to myself then 'who knew' so yes UV blocking will be a must!

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HerRoyalNotness · 01/06/2021 16:09

We for our cantilever one from IKEA. It’s ugly cream of course. But the base of it is made so you have to have pavers to keep the umbrella down. We had big winds last week that blew our trampoline over, didn’t budge the umbrella

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