<div>Tortoise-</div> <div> </div> <div>Please see my post about this issue. Again, this umbrella is aerodynamically designed and turns ITSELF into the rain, so always faces in the best positon to offer the most protection. But oh, yes, you'd still need rain gear. We (the group) were most interested in it for sun protection.</div> <div> </div> <div>Wheeew<BR><BR><B><I>Tortoise <Tortoise73@charter.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">After taking a look at the umbrella, my concern is that he umbrella, like most umbrellas, would not provide much protection to wind blown rain so one needs some sort of rain suit or poncho.<BR>With wind blown rain, the wind would blow the rain under the umbrella and onto you.<BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="60">Tortoise <> He who finishes last, wins! <> </PRE><BR><BR><A
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