Portable UV Sun Shade Umbrella with Tripod Stand – Lightweight, Adjustable, and Instant Sun Protection for Outdoor Sports, Camping, and More – Blue

As a 12-year veteran soccer mom, I can speak from experience in saying that the Joe Shade is the BEST sideline umbrella! Great on grass and turf, and even up in stadium stands because you can adjust the tripod base so it's narrow enough to fit between the bleachers (although I would usually have to hold onto it to keep it fully upright when in the stands--definitely worth it for the shade!). On the sideline it offered enough shade for both my husband and myself to sit under it with our beach chairs. Super easy to set up, break down and carry from field to field. Customer service is awesome, too! Great company. Highly recommend!

I purchased this umbrella almost 2 years ago now. I have taken it to many a soccer and baseball game, and have it in the car at all times now even when we are just going fishing or even to someone's house for a BBQ. It is that handy. It has worked to cover our coach of our team when it was raining (not raining heavily, but heavy enough to be getting the coach wet and the playbook wet...this joe shade stopped that) the coached loved it...since it can be expanded up for the standing position, he just kept under it when he could with the book and then ran out when the kids were back to batting and he was needed by the pen. We also belong to a pool club and they just recently added big umbrellas over some of the chairs...if you don't get one of those chairs though, you are SCREWED and are baking in the hot sun the entire time by the pool, which really is annoying. This gem has been our lifesaver. I take it with us EVERYTIME we go to the pool.... I never leave it at home. My husband and I never have to worry about beating someone out for a chair with shade anymore. And putting it in between two chairs keeps it pretty sturdy and it hasn't fallen over on us yet even with it just sitting on top of cement. Love that you can position it as the sun moves, plus it's easily movable. The ones at the pool club are on heavy stands that are hard to move around. This joe shade is absolutely awesome. Big enough to cover at least 2 people. Sometimes if my son shares a lounger with me, it covers all three of us at the pool. Everyone asks us where we got it every time we have it out. Be prepared to have people scoot up to you to try and "share your shade" when they see you came prepared and they didn't. After two years, my umbrella has a small tear in it and the bag strap did come off (I just used a safety pin to put it back on)...but the tear isn't big enough to interfere with the umbrella's purpose (yet). I plan on getting another of these when this one goes because I feel like we are getting our money's worth. Would I love it if it lasted 20 years? Of course...but the way things are made nowadays I don't have any false expectations. This thing has taken a beating over the time period I've had it. Thrown in the SUV with all kinds of sporting gear on top, etc and it's still going. I never leave home without it during the spring, summer or fall....now the winter, I don't really use it :)

I ordered this sunshade for us to enjoy the fall soccer season here in FL and keep the sun off of us. It arrived in a very timely manner and in it's carry case. Once I took the sunshade out of the carry case as it comes in 2 pieces (the stand part and the umbrella part), I could not fit it back int the case! I was frustrated as you can imagine, and wrote immediately to Amazon to express my displeasure. It was a Friday evening and my phone rang with a number I did not recognize from IL. It was the President of JoeShade himself (Dave Shober) calling me to inquire/trouble shoot about my displeasure with the case that accompanied the shade. He listened to my complaint about the case and immediately told me that there had been issues with some of the cases being too small for the SunShades to fit into (without an absolute struggle) and that he was going to send me a new case to correct the problem. I was so impressed that he would call me on a Friday evening to rectify the situation. True to his word, a new case arrived in the mail a short time later, proper size and the SunShade fits perfectly in it, without a struggle.The Sunshade itself is exactly what we wanted. It is lightweight and easy to transport. As I stated above, it comes in two (2) pieces, the base and the umbrella. It is easy to assemble (even for 1 person). There are 3 anchors that come with it as well to anchor the umbrella to the ground to prevent it from tipping over in a windy day. You will want to use these as it does tip easily, even in a light wind. The umbrella can be angled to keep the sun off of you. The material that the umbrella is made of seems durable and is the same material that the case is made of. I like that it fits easily into the trunk or back of the car.For the money, this is a really good buy and you cannot beat the customer service (that Amazon) as well as JoeShades offers.

Love the umbrella, the folded size and weight. Very easy to assembly and break down. Great for sports events.