I bought a 10ft square cantilevered umbrella from Costco. I’ve never had an umbrella this large and am worried about the wind. Wonder if anyone here can help me how to handle the wind. I put water in the base per the instructions, but I thought I read that putting sand and water in the base makes for a better base. Wondering if anyone tried that. Also, at what point do you lower the umbrella if it gets windy. We’ve had a couple days of use and the wind was light but the umbrella definitely moves around. How do you judge when enough is enough. Is there a wind speed where you don’t even try? Not being used to this, I’m nervous about even a light wind. But, I know if I’m going to get any use out of it, I need to find a happy medium to balance reality versus my nervousness.
FWIW, I already learn on lesson with my small table umbrella. I didn’t realize how critical it was to actually fasten it to the base, instead of just sticking it in there. I didn’t tighten down the screw and a gust came up and pulled the umbrella out of the base. If that wasn’t sca enough, of all the places it could have landed, it landed right on my granddaughter. Whacked her right near the eye. Talk about an OMG moment. We’re so thankful that was only a minor bruise. I’m thinking about drilling through the base and the umbrella and running a bolt through so as not to have that happen ever again.
Anyway, looking for insight on how to handle umbrellas and wind.
FWIW, I already learn on lesson with my small table umbrella. I didn’t realize how critical it was to actually fasten it to the base, instead of just sticking it in there. I didn’t tighten down the screw and a gust came up and pulled the umbrella out of the base. If that wasn’t sca enough, of all the places it could have landed, it landed right on my granddaughter. Whacked her right near the eye. Talk about an OMG moment. We’re so thankful that was only a minor bruise. I’m thinking about drilling through the base and the umbrella and running a bolt through so as not to have that happen ever again.
Anyway, looking for insight on how to handle umbrellas and wind.