Comments on: Umbrella recommendations?

Question: Umbrella recommendations?

kprincehouse — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:14:58 -0800

Recommendations for an awesome umbrella?

Please share any links to cool umbrellas! Big or small, pretty or functional, innovative or classic. Thanks!

By: fings

fings — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:25:39 -0800

I haven't seen one in person, and doubt I would spend the money on it, but the unbreakable self-defense umbrella struck me as cool.

By: betafilter

betafilter — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:26:11 -0800

Can't find it online, but my latest umbrella features a map of the Arctic Circle along its surface (just in case I'm ever lost north of 66°, I guess). Thank you, Geological Survey of Canada!

By: Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:29:31 -0800

Being something of a goth at heart, I've been coveting one of these for a while.

By: ersatzkat

ersatzkat — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:32:31 -0800

These folks have cool stuff.

By: jennyhead

jennyhead — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:36:53 -0800

accessorize makes some cool ones (though the crop currently online isn't super inspiring I have some older awesome ones).

By: peacheater

peacheater — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:44:37 -0800

Not quite as cool as some of these other ones maybe, but I just got this MoMA sky umbrella.

By: DingoMutt

DingoMutt — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:45:28 -0800

I lust after ThinkGeek's LED Umbrella, myself ...

By: bunji

bunji — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:51:24 -0800

I haven't actually seen one in person, but I find the Brelli intriguing!

By: diamondsky

diamondsky — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:07:41 -0800

I collect umbrellas, and my favorite ones come from Pare Umbrella.

By: diamondsky

diamondsky — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:09:29 -0800

One other link to add. I prefer the classical shape of the ones from Pare, but the ones here are really cute, too.

By: mkultra

mkultra — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:26:54 -0800

Knirps makes good umbrellas. The X1 line is light, compact, and about $50.

By: aquafortis

aquafortis — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:29:23 -0800

I'm very happy with my Malacca cane umbrella from Swaine Adeney Brigg.
The quality is out of this world--it's lasted over 15 years and still looks great!

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:54:10 -0800

Well, my favorite umbrella so far was a small, red, Eddie Bauer one. Not because of the brand but because it had a button which would not only automatically open the umbrella but close it, too! Very handy for the transit commuter.

By: furtive

furtive — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:06:03 -0800

Merde, il pleut. - shit, it's raining, in a lovely Tin-Tin font and colour. Look around, also popular yellow, and black.

By: armage

armage — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:14:04 -0800

You want one of these umbrellas from Fukui, Japan. It doesn't get wet -- the water just flows right off without soaking into the fabric.

By: pyro979

pyro979 — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:31:36 -0800

This one. Also these others from thinkgeek.

By: Countess Elena

Countess Elena — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:36:00 -0800

I recommend a Gustbuster umbrella as top of the line, if you live in a windy climate, because it will stand up to anything a storm throws at you. But you must fulfill two conditions:

You must have at least $42 to throw at an umbrella purchase, because that's what the compacts cost, and
You must never forget anything you carry.

I treated myself to a Gustbuster umbrella because of how windy the storms are in my town, and how sick I was of getting a drugstore umbrella ripped to pieces as soon as I got it out in the rain. But I juggle a lot of baggage when I'm walking back and forth between errands, and what did I do three weeks later but leave the damn thing in a train station when the weather had cleared. So I am basically not allowed to buy myself another.

By: x46

x46 — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:52:33 -0800

I like the adult sky umbrella at the Museum of Modern Art: http://search.momastore.org/?storeId=10001&catalogId=10451&langId=-1&pageSize=12&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&q=umbrella&promoCode=&Submit.x=7&Submit.y=9
Sorry - one day I'll figure out how to do this properly.

By: advicepig

advicepig — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:57:26 -0800

I have Shedrain WindPros. I have an older style of the Mini that I keep in my day to day work bag. I also have two full sized ones that I can't seem to find online. They are about a 2.5 ft long and come with this shoulder strap so when closed you can wear it. I have one at home and one at work so if I find myself in one place or the other and it's pouring, I'm covered.

Like the Gustbusters, they have a venting system to prevent them from inverting. I've had the umbrella practically pull me upwards without inverting. I am not a small fellow.

I don't even consider myself an umbrella person. They just work so well, I was willing to pony up the $40 for them.

By: Quinbus Flestrin

Quinbus Flestrin — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:26:14 -0800

You probably couldn't do better than Fox Umbrellas (though, if I may say so, the £700 silver handled job is a little ostentatious).

With one of those you might well need to wear a bowler hat, drive a Bentley and have a comely, leather jumpsuited sidekick, but such is life.

By: kprincehouse

kprincehouse — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:15:21 -0800

Some excellent links above, thank you everyone!

By: lioness

lioness — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:48:57 -0800

15 creative umbrellas on Oddee

Includes:
F*ck The Rain Umbrella
Water Gun Umbrella
Light Saber Umbrella
Senz Umbrella (storm resistant up to wind force 10)
Cloud Umbrella (walk with your head (almost) in the clouds)
Couple Umbrella
Nubrella (full head and shoulder protection)
Polite Umbrella (can instantly be made narrower)
UNbrella (make an umbrella out of anything)
Brelli Umbrella (100% biodegradable)
Bumpbrella (inflatable and illuminated)
Huge Japanese Umbrella (shield yourself completely)
Flask Umbrella
Umbuster Umbrella (knuckle duster handle)
Ufo Umbrella

By: asuprenant

asuprenant — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:34:40 -0800

2nding Knirps, I just found one of their longer, classier umbrellas in a department store for $25 and love it.

By: anthy

anthy — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:48:56 -0800

My mother has one of these Monet umbrellas, and it's the coolest thing. Not because of the looks (though it is pretty, and it's big when open and folds down small). Because it's one of those umbrellas (like Amanda mentions above) that opens and closes automatically when you press a button.

Makes the most satisfying swoosh, too.

By: anthy

anthy — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:06:01 -0800

(and, on browsing the site, they have a number of other styles; not just Monet.)

By: quatsch

quatsch — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:42:35 -0800

I've had this color wheel umbrella for over 3 years, and it's just starting to break down.

By: mismatched

mismatched — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:59:45 -0800

Veer has a cute umbrella with a different inside and outside, especially if you like words. I have it, but haven't used it too much yet.

By: IZ

IZ — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:37:05 -0800

seconding the Senz Umbrella: http://www.senzumbrellas.com/

The SENZ umbrella effortlessly slices through the wind, from a summer breeze to a heavy storm. Due to its smart design, the SENZ Original umbrella will not invert, and is windproof up to wind force 10!