# Tired of being all wet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-being-all-wet/430108>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 15, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-being-all-wet/430108 "2007-12-15T16:37:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-being-all-wet/430108/21 "2007-12-17T21:05:52Z")

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I’ve had one of [these](http://www.windbrella.net/golf.html) for about 15 years. I bought it back when I lived in Illinois, where the wind could waste two or three umbrellas a week! Looks like the 62" one costs $35.00 and the 68" one costs $40. Believe me, it will be the last umbrella you buy, unless you lose it!

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**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-being-all-wet/430108/22 "2007-12-17T23:04:31Z")

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I like my umbrella from Brookstone. Pretty sturdy, has vents to help with wind, has both auto-open and auto-close button (which I adore), comes with a sturdy carrying sleeve, is fairly compact, and if bought in a store, they give you one free replacement if it breaks (they used to be more lax about it and I replaced a couple of toddler-age brellas - now they say only 1, with receipt, within a month or whatever. But it is immediate and you walk out with a new one!).

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-being-all-wet/430108/23 "2007-12-18T04:39:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Viridiana]  
I like my umbrella from Brookstone. Pretty sturdy, has vents to help with wind, has both auto-open and auto-close button (which I adore), comes with a sturdy carrying sleeve, is fairly compact, and if bought in a store, they give you one free replacement if it breaks (they used to be more lax about it and I replaced a couple of toddler-age brellas - now they say only 1, with receipt, within a month or whatever. But it is immediate and you walk out with a new one!).  
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I would think a vented umbrella would work well with gusts. I carry a compact umbrella and when I get near my office the wind is swirling everywhere. It makes it tough to point into the wind when it keeps changing direction. Vents would be nice.

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-being-all-wet/430108/24 "2007-12-18T23:45:15Z")

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Czarcasm You have my sympathies. “I need it for work, and I work with the most non-geeky people you can imagine.” I’ve been with non-geeky people most of my life. Don’t know how I did it!  
Hang in there boobala!

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