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

Stained Glass Marigold Folding Umbrella — the canopy is printed as leaded glass: the Marigold artwork broken into bright panels bounded in black, which reads especially well from underneath with daylight coming through. Printing both faces costs more and is worth it: an umbrella spends most of its working life being looked up into by the person holding it.

The fabric is 100% waterproof polyester, treated so raindrops bead rather than absorb, and the canopy is oversized by 15cm — noticeably more shelter than the umbrella already in your bag. It weighs little enough to forget in a bag and folds down to roughly the length of a paperback. The eight-rib layout distributes strain more evenly than the six-rib frames used on cheaper folding umbrellas.

Eight ribs, fibreglass reinforcement and hardened stretchers give it real wind resistance, and the auto-open button means you can get it up while holding a coffee. It folds compact for travel. The handle is shaped for a full grip rather than a pinch, and that shows on a windy day more than anything else about the design.

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. Delivery is free worldwide, and there is a 30-day money-back guarantee.