We am very happy with our 9 Ft Blue Star Off the Wall Brella. We had hoped to put it on our deck, against the house, but knew that it would be too tall, so decided to put it against the deck railing instead and has worked out fine. We already had the 7 1/2 ft Off the Wall Brella at the end of the deck – over our table. Happy with both. Just 1 word of warning – if you are the type that HAS to have matching colors and you plan on buying more than 1 “Brella”– just be aware that the color of the Sunbrella fabric and the Olefin fabric are very different. I am attaching a couple of pictures to show the difference. The Sunbrella fabric in Antique Beige (one over the small table) is much lighter than the Olefin fabric in Antique Beige (the one at the center of the deck). Sunbrella is very light beige while the Olefin is a deeper beige. Not a big deal for us but might be to someone else – so I did want to mention it.
Just bought both of them within the past couple of months so we have not had them long enough to know if one fabric is better than the other.
I do love the idea of the 1/2 umbrella. Our deck is very small so would never had been able to do a full umbrella. They certainly seem to work blocking UV rays - and with my skin, I cannot afford to sit outside at all unless I am protected. So thanks to the "Brellas" I have been able to do that during this extremely hot summer in the Northeast.
Good price from Home Depot and extremely fast delivery.