Stained Glass Cone Folding Umbrella – Auto Open & Both Sides Printed

Stained Glass Cone Folding Umbrella — the canopy is printed as leaded glass: the Cone artwork broken into bright panels bounded in black, which reads especially well from underneath with daylight coming through. Because the print runs to the very edge of each panel, the canopy reads as one continuous image rather than eight printed segments.

Made from high-density waterproof polyester over an aluminium frame, with a canopy 15cm larger than standard. The water-repellent treatment makes the rain bead up and slide off with one shake. Closed, it measures around 30cm and slips into a bag pocket without a case; open, the canopy clears a shoulder bag as well as a head, which is what the extra width is for. The shaft is aluminium with fibreglass ribs, so it stays light without going flimsy.

The reinforced eight-rib structure and thickened metal axles are what stop it inverting on a gusty street corner. It opens automatically with one hand and folds down small enough for a bag. Folded it is short enough to stand upright in a backpack pocket, which is the difference between carrying one and leaving it by the door.

As a present it is genuinely useful, which is rarer in gifts than it should be. The canopy dries quickly once shaken, and the frame is designed to be re-tensioned by hand if a gust turns it inside out.

Part of our Stained Glass Umbrellas collection, where the same treatment is applied across a full range of subjects. Shipped free worldwide, with 30 days to change your mind.