Excellent umbrella base!!
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Wow is this base heavy and works great!! Unless you're in a hurricane prone area, this umbrella base will certaintly hold up to higher winds. Of course if high winds are expected in our area I always lower the umbrella anyways, but as an older person, I do sometimes "forget" to do certain things, and lowering the umbrella is one of them. I use this with a 9 foot umbrella and a 14 foot. I forgot to lower it and we had 30-40 mph winds one day and forgot to lower the 14 foot and to my surpise it was still standing in the morning. I think it not only has to do with the weight of the base, but also the width and this is an excellent choice for both. To me, the wider and heavier the base, the less likely it will be to tip over.