Last year I bought mid grade stuff for our pool area. It went to crap right away. Barely making it a year. Obviously need a better stand as well, but that seems easy. Any advice here, I thought the cheaper route was the way to go, but dont see it that way now when I am already buying another. Also, the stand as mentioned falls over in moderate winds even with umbrella down.

we live in the windiest place in La it seems. Any advice to better umbrella and stand set up that will last and function correctly. I have reviewed them online but have gotten where I dont trust half of what I see there.
TIA

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Posted by Ziggy

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 10:51 am to tigerfoot

Umbrella base:

LINK

And look into California Umbrellas on Home Depot.

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Posted by LSU Tiger Bob

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 11:24 am to tigerfoot

Treasure Garden ...brand

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Posted by Weekend Warrior79

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 11:26 am to tigerfoot

Following, as I am looking for a new one myself. Ideally, I need one that's a 10' * 10'

What size are you looking for? Salt/Chlorine pool?

We would just spend $100 and get one of those 8' umbrella stands from BigLots where you fill the base with sand and call it a day. But, now on my 2nd one in 3 years because the umbrella tears through the ribs.

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Posted by tigerfoot

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 11:32 am to Weekend Warrior79

Salt pool

Scared of a ten foot one w our wind situation

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Posted by GeauxldMember

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 12:53 pm to tigerfoot

I’ve got a couple of the 8’ sunbrella fabric Home Depot brand (Hampton Bay?) ones. They’re like 6-7 years old, and except for a few scratches to the painted aluminum, they still look great. I want to say I got them for $99 each in the off-season to boot, so I’m thrilled with how well they’ve held up.

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Posted by Tvilletiger

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Posted on 1/28/23 at 12:16 pm to tigerfoot

Get ones without the internal crank. I have found the simple chain with a metal rod through the pole works much better. That seems to be the thing that breaks most often for me. I have had no problem with the hardier ones from Home Depot. The canvas does well. Has a tendency to fade after a year or so of the cover is not used over the umbrellas. As per the base. I already have some iron ones I use that are permanent (I reuse them) and very heavy.

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