Once I finally got this umbrella up, it is very nice and surprisingly easy to move around and take down. It takes two to assemble, and you need to be good with a screw driver and IKEA style instructions. Getting all the pieces required for assembly in the box was took a while (missing hardware), but customer service is very responsive and had it delivered within the week.You must have a weighted base (not included) in order for it to stay up in its fully deployed horizontal position. The water filled one (B09MT42TJT) has worked well for us so far. Once it's anchored, it is very well balanced for adjusting the angle both vertically (pitch) and horizontally (rotate), barely an inconvenience. The cover is a nice touch, and despite the height of the umbrella, getting the cover on is not hard.This thing is heavy and huge, and it seems to be well built. Far better than most umbrellas we've had in the past.One year followup: Still going strong, you need to take it down in windy weather, but that takes 15 seconds. Left it out all winter under its cover, still in great shape this spring. We bought a second one for a saltier location so we'll see how it holds up to that. The good news is they've sorted out their QA problems and all the pieces arrived in a blister pack so no assembly issues this time.