Only after 4 weeks up the lights are already not working any more. Thats sad! I was looking forward to enjoying this umbrella for much longer. Other than the lights it holds up well.
It's really hard to push the base upwards. You have to wriggle a lot to get it loose to push upwards but once it's out its easy to hand-crank the canopy open.
I'm 5 feet a couple of inches. For me to lift it alone out of its base to store it inside, its super heavy. You actually need someone if you need to lift the cantilever out of its base.
The base can't be rolled. It's fixed. Water collects under it since there are not many areas where the air can circulate. So after a rain, it will stay wet thus collecting dirt, limestone, and algae.
So all in all a good umbrella but has some areas of design improvements.
I think I passed the request period, I wished there was an e-mail to contact the helpdesk for a replacement solar unit.
