Suggestions for umbrella sleeve

[Arizoniann]

We have a Baja step which has a hole for an umbrella on it. The umbrella pole is too small and so the umbrella wobbles around quite a bit. What can I put in the hole to make the umbrella stable? I found umbrella rings that work for tables,to protect the table from scratching. Would that same sort of ring work to stabilize an umbrella on a Baja step? Or is there something else that would work better?

 

[MinerJason]

I've had good luck with the little plastic wedges meant for leveling tables. Three of them evenly spaced do a decent job of holding the umbrella upright and help keep it from rotating when the top is tilted.

These may work even better, but I've not bothered to buy one and test it out yet:
https://www.amazon.com/Daystar-Umbrella-umbrella-designed-PA20255BK/dp/B005XK04MQ

 

[santacruzpool]

I bought one of the patio umbrella cones similar to the one linked above (mine is brown link here) - I found one from the Amazon Warehouse section for a good discount. The add-on price of the link MinerJason posted is a much better deal...

It does work, The best method I have found is to step on the top of the cone to drive it into the sleeve a bit more and then it really stays put. I haven't used it much on the underwater baja sleeves since we use it most of the time on a sleeve in our deck for an umbrella we often use in the tilted mode - the wind always wants to move the umbrella when it is tilted and the cone slows that down quite a lot.

 

[Arizoniann]

Thank you so much, both of you~I will order an umbrella cone and give it a try. [emoji4]