Need a new patio umbrella and wondering if any of you can recommend a brand? any brands to avoid?

I'm seeing tons of great deals on Amazon with great reviews but several questionable reviews.

C O S T C O

I just got one of these at Home Depot at the sale price -10% (Veterans Discount):
Umbrella - HD
I haven't set it up yet, so I cannot review it for you.

Mike

My wife bought ours from Pottery Barn. Expensive but very nice. She bought the matching base. [www.potterybarn.com]

Newer link [www.potterybarn.com]

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Treasure Garden makes the highest quality ones. We love ours. It is clearly a high quality piece with long-lasting fabric.

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Got ours from Lowe’s. Lighted patio light. Suggest go with brand name that is well reviewed. If you cheap out, ya get what you pay for. This current lowes umbrella has been going strong and has worked without flaws for well over a year. Previous $70 umbrellas barely made it a season.

We have the Treasure Garden Deluxe with Sunbrella fabric. It was about $300 from the home center that is 2 blocks from our house.

It's on year 5 now. The fabric has held up very well, as have all of the parts and pieces that make it go up and down. Our only issue is the two times it blew over and broke one of the spokes. Both times, we were able to splint the broken spoke with a 1x1 splint and a lot of brown duct tape. It still works great and only we see the splints, as we know they are there. It's blown over another have dozen times and spokes did not break. You would think that we would buy an even heavier base, but we move it around a lot. it's tough to battle with mountain thunderstorms and downbursts.

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