Bluu Sequoia Pro Cantilever Umbrella Round 2-Tier

Ordered the umbrella a few weeks ago, it arrived in a heavily damaged box. When we opened it we found that most of the parts were missing and that the umbrella itself was dented, scratched, and damaged severely. I contacted customer support who made things right -- albeit in a complicated way -- and when the replacement arrived we got it set up, put together, and are happy with it, though it is also scratched and dented -- probably a FedEx problem more than a Bluu problem. We purchased a medium base to go along with the umbrella and they work well together. We had the umbrella out and open all day yesterday and it withstood everything well and only swayed slightly in the wind. I don't like the base cover for the umbrella, it looks very cheap, I am also concerned about rusting. Time will tell how this works in the future.

Our Bluu Cantilever Sequoia Umbrella is everything we expected. Easy to assemble, excellent and easy to use 360 rotation feature, strong durable umbrella material with vent and great visual aesthetics. Highly recommended for the value.

ASSEMBLY: Childs play, took way more work with strengthening under my trex deck boards than it did to assemble it. 11 bolts total.

MOUNTING: I did not like the idea of the tripping hazard on my cowboy pool deck with the cross bars, so I found the nearest spot to center that was between joists and wife enough to fit the roughly 8” base. I used galvanized 5/16” carriage bolts on a strong back I tied between the open joists. This provides the strength to bolt through with the carriage bolts. Otherwise you have to get the weighted base sold separately or drill into your concrete slab or bury the provided base cross bars and secure them into soil somehow preferably with weight. I think that the direct mount to the deck is a very clean look.

After a lot of research we settled in on the LE CONTE Grenoble 10 ft. Cantilever Umbrella with 360 Degree Rotation. We wanted 360 degree rotation to adjust for the track of the sun. This was so easy to assemble I didn’t even bother to read the instructions. The most critical part was mounting to the deck. Be aware that it doesn't come with deck mounting hardware. A quick trip to Lowes to pick up a 8 foot pressure treated 2 x 4 and some 2 and 2.5 inch lag bolts. Because no two decks are alike the pre-drilled holes didn’t hit but one support beam and I didn’t want to rely solely upon the strength of 3/4 inch deck boards. I decided to drill additional holes in the mounting bracket so that I could hit several 2 x12 support beams. I was able to do so on both edges of the deck. I added two 1.5 feet 2 x 4 support boards underneath the deck for additional support of the mounting bracket. A combination of 2 inch and 2.5 inch 5/16 lags screws with stainless steel washers were utilized. In the pre-drilled mounting bracket holes that didn’t hit a support I use #12 one inch long stainless screws that only screwed into the deck boards, mainly for ascetics as the lag screws are doing the support. Drilling the additional holes in the support bracket was easy. Simply center punch where you want your hole. First drill a hole using a smaller 1/8 diameter bit then drill your larger hole so the lag screw fits. Pre-drilled holes were made in the support beams as II didn’t want them to possibly split when screwing in the lag screws.

The umbrella unfurled so easy my wife is now the umbrella queen and has no problems. When opening the umbrella raise it up about half way and unfurl the umbrella manually first before cranking it open as it will not open unless you do so. The velcro strap to hold the umbrella when closed probably won’t hold in high winds. We ordered the cover as it goes over the umbrella and post. Storing for winter will require removing two bolts and lifting the umbrella off the mounting post, otherwise it stays out like boating season Memorial Day to Labor Day.

I have no complaints about the quality or ease of assembly

Customer service was very responsive. Initially I was disappointed as I couldn’t call them, I found that they respond to email very well. I had a small problem with the color and damage to the unit, and they remediated it quickly and to my full satisfaction.