My excitement about this umbrella took me by surprise. It's just an umbrella, but as we walked along, wind blowing all around us, the umbrella stayed upright with such little effort I was giddy with laughter. Having not had a modern umbrella I was used to wrestling large golf size umbrellas with 2 hands, but the vented system meant I could simply hold this light model with one hand and laugh at the pathetic wind. The mile to the restaurant was pleasant.
On the way home a change in wind direction turned the umbrella over and the wind tried to turn it inside out. I help onto it, and one of the spoke hinges snapped. They're just little pieces of plastic, they don't belong on a 'Stormshield'.
That's why there are mixed reviews here - it's brilliant while it works, but it breaks too easily.