Sport-BrellaVersa-Brella SPF 50+ Adjustable Umbrella with Universal Clamp

Best baby product I've ever come across. This umbrella is AMAZE-BALLS!I mostly use it on my bike trailer, it has a net screen and a water proof screen, but nothing to block the sun. Clip this on and baby has 360* sun protection!! I'm not a racer, but I can see this acting like a parachute to slow you down if it's windy or you're going fast, and you have it at the right angle. We simply meander.I also use it on our stroller, for when the sun is off to the left or right or in front of us. I used to finagle with a blanket to drape and block the sun, but this is so much easier!On our wagon, I have a radio flyer with the roof, but I hate that I have to stoop and bend to see my daughter. So I don't use the roof usually, and use this instead, so I have her in my site all the time. Even with the roof, this would be nice when the sun is below it.At the beach, we have the big sport-brella (also love!) but I use this one where ever my daughter decided to set up camp with her sand toys. I usually hook it on a beach chair and set it next to her while she's playing near the water, to provide some shade.Speaking of clipping on chairs, it works perfectly clipped on a chair!! Either my own chair, or my daughter's chair, usually when we're camping it is clipped to someone's chair!I have also used it like a regular umbrella. It folds up super small, even smaller than some of my umbrellas, and it is super light weight. So I've kept it with me in case of rain, and also walked around holding it like my own personal parasail.I'm sure I'm forgetting some uses, but I think I'm going to start gifting these at baby showers to anyone who even remotely enjoys the outdoors.

Every summer I spend a lot of time at our neighborhood pool while my son does his swimming and tennis lessons. I am there for hours in the heat and the sun and there isn't much in the way of shade on the pool deck. Also, I suffer from sun induced headaches and spending too much time in the sun and heat makes for a miserable summer. Last summer I purchased a clamp umbrella that only had one ball and joint adjustment. It worked okay, but was a metal clamp that was hard an somewhat painful to tighten down and would chip the paint on the pool lounge chairs. Plus it wouldn't stay where I positioned it if it was at all windy or the angle was wrong. Then I found this umbrella and it is a far superior umbrella in every way! The materials are a much better quality. It is so easy to use and adjustable that I can perfectly position it to make sure that I am always in some amount of shade. It attaches remarkably well to the pool lounge chairs and because of the foam lining on the clamp it doesn't damage the metal tubing or frame of the deck loungers. Our pool has multiple types of lounge chairs. Some have round tubing and some have flat metal frames. This umbrella works great on both types. It also handles wind well. One day it was windy and the umbrella blew inside out, but instead of breaking the small umbrella tine just pulled out of the reinforced end cap. Much like a tent when you pull the frame out of the reinforced corner fabric to collapse the tent. All I had to do was just put it back in the end cap. Easy peasy, and it was good to go. I have had several people ask me where I got this umbrella and immediately got on their smart phones and ordered one for themselves. It is so handy and works so well, that I bought a second umbrella for my son.

This umbrella is awesome for keeping the sun at bay while plein air painting. And I've been very surprised that, even in the windy desert, it hasn't toppled over my rig yet. I think it's because the sides are flat rather than curved, so they don't catch the wind like a traditional umbrella (great design, folks!). I love that this umbrella can be manipulated into any position so that, as the sun moves, I can easily move the umbrella to cover me and my painting surface, rather than having to rearrange my gear. I also love it that this umbrella is relatively lightweight and comes with a handy carrying case that has a strap. It's really easy to slip the umbrella into its carrying case, which is important for those of us who are impatient to get set up quickly to maximize painting time before the light moves.The only thing I'd like to see is some kind of extender that can make the umbrella higher. I attach it to my pochade box and it's the perfect height for me (I'm 5'5"), but anyone over 5'8" isn't going to fit under the umbrella unless they attach it to the top easel portion of a pochade box, which could make the whole rig unstable. This is the only reason I took off one star. Aside from the height issue, This umbrella is super durable and well-made. I've been putting it through its paces out in the wilderness and it's held up through wind and rain (we'll find out how it does in the snow this winter!).I can highly recommend this for artists who plein air paint. One workaround to the height issue would be to bring an extender pole with you that you can stake in the ground and attach the umbrella to that. I don't need the extra height, but if you do, this umbrella is worth carrying the extra pole. All of the other plein air-specific umbrellas I've found are far more expensive and have other issues (ex: their shape makes them prone to catch the wind).

Easy and works great