Stained Glass Prickly Pear Folding Umbrella – Auto Open & Both Sides Printed

Stained Glass Prickly Pear Folding Umbrella — the Prickly Pear design is rendered in stained glass panels across the canopy, printed on both faces, so looking up into it is genuinely like standing under a window. 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. 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.

An eight-rib frame with fibreglass components and hardened metal stretchers holds the shape in wind, and the automatic open works one-handed. Folded, it fits a backpack, a briefcase or a suitcase. 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.

It suits someone who walks to work and has resigned themselves to being rained on. Let it dry open rather than folding it wet; that single habit is what determines whether an umbrella lasts one season or five.

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.