Vintage Manual Stick

Really nice wood feel of handle and shaft. Smooth operation, easy and quick. The wood tone is very pretty, a matte medium brown stain that looks nice all the way up inside and just as nice in the brass-detailed wood extension above the canopy. There are other wood stick umbrellas you can find online that open automatically, but consider how much stronger a simple wood shaft is when it doesn't have to be drilled out to contain the auto-open mechanism. The canopy's 16 point rib design is surprisingly worth it for support function as well as looks. It's not merely for the vintage effect, but that part is good too. The 16 point canopy is something I didn't know to look for, but it shows ShedRain's excellence that they did. I was looking for regular full size umbrella for home use and travel use, and I wanted a classic wood shaft umbrella, and they're not easy to find. This is everything you'd want in a wood stick umbrella. Wood and fibreglass are lighter than steel, and the 34.2" closed length is surprisingly easy to carry around on the go (or strap to a small bag or backpack) especially when so lightweight (381g, 13.4oz). Canopy is a generous 39.5" (one meter) wide when open, not including rib points but only cloth width. If you shop full-size umbrellas, you'll see many that are wider than that, but they're mostly marketed as golf umbrellas and rest assured, this ShedRain Manual Stick umbrella is full size and can easily be shared with someone walking close.

Beautiful. High-quality. Good to know such things still exist.

Very well made, sturdy and a beautiful umbrella.

This not my first Shed Rain Umbrella, and probably won't be my last! It is elegantly simple, lightweight, good size for navigating sidewalks and as always beautifully built. Look forward to seeing what they do next!!