Not only is this a beautiful looking umbrella, it really has come in handy. I take this bad boy on my trips to deal with rain and to provide shade. We've been to Starbase (TX), Houston, San Antonio, Valley of Fires, the Very Large Array, and we're still traveling. When we get back home to Florida, it's coming with us to the Kennedy Space Center and any launches that will happen at Cape Canaveral (need that shade in Florida). You won't be disappointed.

I dared mighty things - just like it told me to - and used this umbrella to try to land myself on Mars. Sadly things didn't work out, so now I just use it for plain old rain protection on Planet Earth instead and I have to say, it does a really good job at that, at least. It's sturdy, looks cool and is a quality product. The label to stick on the handle with your phone number on - so those of us with goldfish brains can depend on others knowing how to get our umbrellas back to us after we leave them in silly places - is a classy touch too.

I live in West Virginia and travel to Ireland, two rainy places, so I seem to always be in need of a sturdy umbrella. This is a large, well-made umbrella that’s been keeping me dry in some recent downpours. I think the red and white gives it high visibility in the rain, too. I am hoping that future use in lighter rains will make it a conversation starter. Thank you, Science Socks, for another great product.

I received my umbrella a couple of weeks ago, but yesterday I finally got to use it. Not only does it "deploy" smoothly with one touch of the button, but it also closes automatically as well. Great when hands are full. I've already ordered a second one as a gift. Nice work from concept to delivery--thanks!

I was delighted today to receive my pre-order of two of these fabulous umbrellas. The quality of print and build are very high. I can’t wait to use this at Goddard Space Flight Center, where it rains. There’s not much chance to use it at JPL, where it’s sunny all the time. That’s a joke, folks. We’re not allowed on campus at either facility as of this writing.