Windproof Travel Umbrella Auto Open Close, Compact 42" Folding Umbrella

I really like this umbrella. It’s compact enough to fit perfectly in my purse, making it easy to carry every day. Even though it’s small when folded, it opens to a good size and provides great coverage. It handled the rain well and felt sturdy, even on windy days. The opening and closing mechanism works smoothly, and the quality exceeded my expectations. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a portable and reliable umbrella.

I have only had my umbrella for a few days, but so far it works great! I travel quite a bit and am on the road more than 50% of the time. Because I travel so much a very compact umbrella is important to me. The EEZ-Y is lightweight and compact. It fits in my backpack, or my suitcase, without taking up too much room. A golf umbrella is really good for providing a large footprint and keeping the rain off of you, but they aren't exactly small and don't pack well. The footprint of the EEZ-Y is significantly smaller comparatively, but it's perfect for walking the crowded streets of NYC when it's raining without hitting all of the other umbrellas on the sidewalk. You might be able to squeeze two people under it as long as you both don't mind getting a little wet, and you really like each other. Otherwise, for me, it's just about perfect. I read several reviews where people complained that they could only get a few fingers on the handle. It is definitely a small, nubby handle. If you have big hands, you won't be able to get more than two or three fingers on it. I have fairly normal-sized hands and I can grip it with my thumb and three fingers no problem. The grip is also rubbery and provides plenty of leverage and grip to stabilize the umbrella. However, if you want a larger grip you may want to look at a different sized umbrella. Again, I was going for something that is compact. The one-touch button for opening and closing the umbrella works just fine. Keep in mind that when you close the umbrella that it doesn't fold all the way back down. The button will close the canopy, and then you must manually collapse the umbrella. This is under tension, but unless you have problems with arthritis or some other physical disability this shouldn't be an issue. You could even push it into the floor if it was too difficult, but I don't find it to be an issue. I also have been amazed at EEZ-Y’s customer service! When I registered my umbrella I made a note that I thought the color was a bit off, and that the grey looked a bit too green. EEZ-Y promptly arranged to have the umbrella replaced with a different color – without me asking! They have been extremely polite and responsive to emails throughout the process. Top notch customer service! Other than the grey color being slightly off I have yet to find any faults with the construction, materials, or operation of the umbrella.So far, I am really enjoying the umbrella and the service offered by EEZ-Y. I would definitely recommend this to someone!

good product, portable, light, stands in strong wind and good even it a short bouts of heavy rain, good sun shade. Dries easily and opens and closes easily too with the press of the button, just needs a bit of force to completely close it. But overall a good item.

I’ve owned this umbrella 2.5 years - using it every time it’s rained- and it’s still going strong! I check the weather forecast each and every time before going out to see if it’s going to rain (I don’t want to get my hair wet!). This umbrella opens quickly (and powerfully) when pushing the button (closes easily too). It’s light-medium weight (not the lightest but also not heavy) - I would call it the Goldilocks of umbrellas. This umbrella can take a bit of wind as it has a gusset like canopy and is made VERY well! I’m very impressed with the quality and durability - the product is well deserving a excellent review!

Great umbrella for those windy days, dos not go inside out on me

The open and close feature is easy to use.

Great umbrella

I've had this umbrella for about a month now during the rainy season. It's held up fairly well. I purchased it because of the lifetime warranty. I was looking for a compact travel umbrella after my last one fell apart. The trouble with umbrellas is that they don't hold up to the conditions you'd typically need them in... like a rain storm where the wind is blowing. I figured the double layer open slit thing would help spill some of the wind. After owning this one for a little while, I think that the wind spillage is somewhat of a falsehood. The fabric is pulled so tight that the wind doesn't escape at all. The umbrella is, however, designed somewhat flat so that the wind just kind of spills out the sides instead. But one could very easily purchase a single layer umbrella and have the same result. Another feature of this umbrella that I really like, aside from the lifetime warranty, is that it's designed to open upward, say in a heavy wind, and then pop back to normal without breaking anything. So of course, I put that to the test right away and sure enough it worked as expected. Other umbrellas not designed for this are just too frustrating and should be labeled as "disposable" because after your first rain storm you're gonna have to toss it in the trash anyway. Some points I did find disappointing, however, were that the fabric seemed to become waterlogged pretty quickly. I noticed this during a fairly light rain day too. I felt some water drops hit me while under the umbrella and sure enough the fabric near the peak was soaked through. The umbrella also became twisted on one occasion so far when collapsing it. Two of the supports had crossed over on themselves somehow while collapsing it with the spring closure. Fortunately I noticed it and was able to untangle them to store it away properly. But it was definitely a disappointment in its function. That said, however, I did buy a second one for my wife... again because of the lifetime warranty. Funny enough, however, I was standing in the grocery store on Valentine's Day and came across a very similar umbrella, also with a lifetime warranty, for about half the cost and with much better decor on their canopies. So that too was somewhat disappointing to see. I'll keep looking for the half-price ones at my local grocery store for the kids.

Fit and finish of poor quality

Lo usiamo già da un po' e si è rivelato più resistente del previsto. Non ha fatto ruggine e il meccanismo dopo 1 anno e mezzo è ancora perfettamente funzionante. Regalato a mio figlio per la scuola . Consigliato

Toller Regenschirm, hochwertig, stabil und auch bei stärkerem Wind hält er stand.

I’m really happy with this umbrella. It’s super sturdy and thus far surviving the British climate! It has a button to put it away as well as to open it. It’s not lightweight, but I’ve lost a few umbrellas that were and so I think it’s a positive!

I've not actually used this umbrella yet, but I looked at quite a few umbrellas before buying this one and noticed that a lot of reviews focus on the automatic opening system, either praising it or complaining how difficult it is to close. Most better compact travel umbrellas in this price range seem to have the same automatic mechanism as this one: you press the button to open and it opens very quickly, so you need to watch where you point it. To close, you press the button, which folds it, then you have to push it down until it clicks shut. It is quite stiff, and you need to exert a bit of pressure (as with other umbrellas with this mechanism), so for someone with arm/hand strength issues, this type of umbrella is maybe not ideal. Most umbrellas in this price range seem to offer different features, but few combine them all as this one does: high number of ribs, reinforced ribs, water-repellent fabric and vented canopy. This was one of few umbrellas I could find that had all of these features, it has nine reinforced (but flexible) ribs, which look very strong, but I doubt that this alone will prevent any umbrella from inverting in strong winds, so also wanted a vented canopy. It's has a curved, easy-grip handle, but is still not longer folded than others with a straight handle, whereas some others with easy-grip handles are a bit longer than this one when folded up. This does mean that this one has less grip-space on the handle, but it's therefore only 29 cm long when folded. The handle itself is around 6 cm long, so just about long enough for me to hold comfortably and my hands are quite small. If an easy-grip feature is important to you, then the shortness of the handle might be a draw-back, especially for larger hands, but for me, ability to withstand wind and compactness is more important than grip comfort and the trade-off made here suits me well (wanted one that fits within a water-proof cover purchased separately). It has a nice wrist strap firmly attached to the handle, and comes with a slip-on cover which is generous enough to be able to get the umbrella back inside it easily. It says on Amazon that it comes with a life-time guarantee, but you need to register the product on their website and there, it states that they guarantee their umbrellas for 2 years. I have contacted the seller about this, and will update this review when I hear back, also will try to update it after I've used the umbrella, but am reasonably confident it will perform well even in windy weather. Having now used this umbrella, I wanted to point out that this type of automatic opening/closing mechanism has a draw-back (don't think this is unique to this umbrella, have another the same): once you press the button to fold it down again after use, you can only open it again after having fully closed it, so pushed it right back down until it clicks into place, you cannot press the button to fold it down and then press again to open it, without fully closing it. This is a bit annoying, if you briefly enter a covered area. Other than this, I am very happy with how it performed in windy conditions: according to the Met, today there were wind gusts of up to 21 miles per hour, and this barely broke a sweat, so can see it being stable in far higher wind, as in the product description. The vented canopy did not even come into play at this wind speed, when holding it into the wind. I suspect, although did not test, that it would also have handled being held sideways or underside facing the wind direction, which a good, really weather-proof umbrella should withstand, as you can't always move it around quickly enough. Time will tell, and if possible, will update when I've encountered really stormy weather with this.