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| Thread ID: 145922 | 2018-03-04 08:34:00 | Outdoor umbrella | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
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| 1446996 | 2018-03-04 08:34:00 | Hiya, I am thinking of buying this particular outdoor umbrella: www.trademe.co.nz Seems a bit tad cheap to me, but am looking for some opinion from PF1-ers. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 1446997 | 2018-03-04 18:01:00 | I got something similar from mitre10. $600. Been up for 4 years. Been through a couple of storms no problem. Just put it down and put cover on it. I would be cautious with it being so cheap | plod (107) | ||
| 1446998 | 2018-03-04 18:36:00 | Hiya, I am thinking of buying this particular outdoor umbrella: www.trademe.co.nz Seems a bit tad cheap to me, but am looking for some opinion from PF1-ers. Cheers :) Madam bought one (or something very similar) beginning of summer. It's cheap because it's cheap. Everything you touch is plastic and cranking the handle is an exercise in praying the internals won't break. It could last a week, or 5 years. On the upside, it's asthetically pleasing and once up does a very good job of what its meant to do. Looks expensive without close examination. For the price, and having used one, I'd say it wouldn't be the worst investment you could make. But factor in costs of square slabs to hold the base to the ground, unless you have a Plan B. |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 1446999 | 2018-03-04 23:14:00 | Wouldn't want to be South Island rural for the shipping costs tho!! How do they justify that? |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1447000 | 2018-03-04 23:51:00 | Wouldn't want to be South Island rural for the shipping costs tho!! How do they justify that? its a 2M , 13kg box even courier within Ak is expensive RD , its aint gonna fit on the posties bike :) . So a 1 off trip for a courier isnt going to be cheap. Inter Island courier costs are getting pretty damn pricey regardless |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1447001 | 2018-03-05 01:52:00 | Regardless of price, they all deteriorate after a few years. Wind trashes them, so if in a very windy area perhaps not. Other than that, go for it. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1447002 | 2018-03-12 07:16:00 | We finally got an expensive one a while ago, it is lasting well. Our experience with the cheaper ones was they cannot stand much wind, they do not stand up to UV particularly well, winter is not going ensure a long life and finally, cheap or expensive if you store your umbrella make sure it is bagged before you settle it in for the winter. There seems there's a bug that finds sun umbrella fabric quite a tasty treat! |
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