Great review. I'm sure you and your family will get years of use out of this!

@TheMalcolms7

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Honestly it's been great when the sun has been really hot. I never knew we would need or enjoy a parasol but am grateful we have one.

Good work on getting the Cameraperson involved 😁

@TheMalcolms7

12 күн бұрын

@@davidhale8034 lol Hi David 👋🏽 Good help is hard to find so I will take It wherever I can catch it. Hope you're doing well.

I've just purchased this parasol. Great review and help with assembly instructions. I'm going to get my son to help me, ordered it online and didn't realise it was so big until it arrived lol. Beautiful garden. Hope you all have a great summer.

@TheMalcolms7

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Country Gal I'm glad it was helpful. Yes it's huge. We went on a bit of a quest trying to find one in stock last year. It's worth every penny. I have noticed that Ikea has increased the price since last year by quite a lot. A shame really. Still the best I've seen for the price though. Make sure you get a cover to protect it over the winter and when it's not in use. And yes our garden has been a real labour of love. It's been transformed from a wasteland to our little paradise. We are in the process of building a shed and a green house now.

Brilliant review and well explained now I can decide which one I want

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

Hi Samran Thanks a lot. I'm happy you found it useful. I really love this parasol. We have just uncovered it for this year's hot weather. It's holding up well and I'm glad I bought a cover for it. The price has gone up so much since we bought it and it doesn't seem like IKEA sells the swivel base anymore, well at least I couldn't find it on the website. I really love the base. One thing I would say is that this thing is huge so make sure you have enough space for it to open 👍🏾 Enjoy your summer 🌞

Thank you so much for this video. I have this umbrella in my backyard and forgot how to remove the umbrella from the base for winter

@TheMalcolms7

7 ай бұрын

Hiya No problem It's a really lovely umbrella. I haven't actually removed ours over the winter although that would be the best practice 😄 We have a cover which works well the protect the canopy and it's been fine for the past few years. I recently checked the price and it's so expensive to purchase now. I'm not even sure that IKEA still sells the base that swivels. How long have you had yours. We bought ours with the base for £165 which now looking back at it was a bargain. Now it's over £300+

Thanks a lot for this It was v helpful, but i did not expect how huge this would be lol

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

😂 I think that is pretty much everyone who bought one 😅 It's fantastic when the sun is blazing but if space is limited they it's a bit of a challenge. I can't wait to get ours out again. Be sure to get a covering for it to protect it from birds and the weather over winter. I got one from Amazon but IKEA also sells one. It's really good to cover it . Ours still looks great years later. Lastly be sure not to leave it up overnight ore instead especially in strong winds. Seems like a no-brainer but you may become tempted as I always a couple times 😅 With the cost of these things you can't risk breaking it. Did you get the swivel base?

I've had it out in the backyard for 2 full winters and I don't want to leave it there for a third

@TheMalcolms7

7 ай бұрын

Fair enough. I am more concerned over the base as it's a thin plastic and I wonder how the changing seasons and elements will affect the lid. I may well have to get ours in storage too. We hardly used it this year as the summer was non-existent. Here's hoping for a better year in 2024

Really helpful,

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

Hi Penelope I'm so happy this has been helpful. I will do a follow up video as the weather warms up this is to see how it has aged under use and weather conditions. We've only used the umbrella once this year because we wanted to have dinner outside but it was raining 😅 This is one of the benefits of having such a large umbrella. And it is very wide so be warned 😀 Thanks again for watching

Thanks for reviewing this item, just purchased it and wondering where you found the cover for it?

@TheMalcolms7

20 күн бұрын

@@ShortySanchezNY Hi Shorty Glad the video was useful 😃 It's held up pretty well in the years since we bought it. The cover really is essential over the winter. We leave it uncovered over the summer as we tend to use it quite often except this year has been terrible so far 😔 I bought a generic cover from Amazon you can probably search for a 3 mitre cover or perhaps IKEA sells one. Hope that helps

Hi, great video! At 3:08 when you're bolting the vertical tube to the cross base section, are you able to tell me the bolt spacing? I'm looking at using an in ground base rather than the plastic base that comes with it.

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

Heya Thanks for watching. I would happily check and let you know but at the moment we are away in Spain on holiday with the family 😅 Perhaps you can remind me again when we get back Friday afternoon 👍🏾 Your idea sounds great. I hope you can get one as they are often out of stock 😅

@DriftLifeAus

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMalcolms7 This may be a long shot, but I'd also love that measurement if at all possible, as I am trying to do what @Will Passey was going to do! Thanks.

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

@@DriftLifeAus tomorrow I will have a go at measuring it. What exactly do you want to know?

@DriftLifeAus

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMalcolms7 Thank you! I would like to know the measurement of the distance between the bolt holes where the bolts are fixed from the umbrella pole to the base if that makes sense?

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

@@DriftLifeAus ok I will have a look for you tomorrow and let you know. Hopefully I won't forget. If I do please remind me 😅

Hello! Great review! How tall are you? I'm asking because it's important for us to fit comfortably underneath, as we're all relatively tall in the family, between 195 and 2 metres.

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😀 Well I'm 6 foot 2 inches and I don't have any problem using it. It's been great. More importantly I would say is to make sure you have space to fit it as it is very wide 😲. Also when closing it it's important not to have anything below that would stop it closing completely for example chairs and tables. I will do a follow up review in a couple of months to see how it is aging throughout the changing seasons ☁️🌡️

@istvankovacs6761

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMalcolms7 Thank you for the quick reply! Now I will be curious to see if there is any amortization after a year. Let's hope not because we don't buy an parasol for a year or two! :) Looking forward to the new video.

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

Great. In that case I will have to get on with doing the update. We are supposed to have some warmer and hopefully less windy days next week so that might be a good time to film 😎 Keep following 👍🏾

nice video! could you please share with us where did you get that cover?

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

Hi Yifan I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. I tried looking back in my purchase history but I couldn't find the exact one that we bought. I do believe that we bought one from Amazon which was a generic parasol. I had served us well and is still in use even today. Something like this will do just fine I believe Check this out! amzn.eu/d/caFgZwS If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask

@EvanLugin

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMalcolms7 thanks!

Why did you use water instead of sand? Won't you have to keep topping it up, where as sand would be fine for ages.

@TheMalcolms7

2 жыл бұрын

Great question 😅 I did it for 2 reasons, 1. to see how long it will take to dry out, call it an experiment and 2. the sand can get messy I guess but I may use it in the future if the water dry out during the summer.

Where can I purchase the base IKEA no longer carry’s it ?

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

Hey spy ninja! Thanks for getting in touch. Funny, you should ask about the base as I went on to the IKEA website recently searching for the current price of the base plus the parasol and I was shocked with how expensive the parasol is now compared to and I bought it a couple years ago. I was even more surprised that the base is no longer available for sale, which in my opinion was equally as awesome as the giant parasol and I do mean giant 💪😁 Sadly, I haven't been able to find an alternative to this swivel base that IKEA seems to have discontinued. Perhaps if you do some hunting through Google you might be able to find something similar, but I haven't had any luck just yet. I want to do a review on the parasol and the base as a few years has past since we first gave it a home. Saturday the weather has been terrible this past month here in the UK so here's hoping that August will change things. And yes, that's a big hope 🙏 Have you bought the parasol already? I would still recommend it, however without the base It probably feels like you're missing out on a key component. Plus the price is just astronomical. But then again I guess that's the way things are across the board.

Dont buy this umbrella, 3 years I Bought one in Loures now the canvas is destroyed and Ikea dont sell the replacement . So do not buy

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. How did your umbrella get damaged. We have had ours for a while now. I bought a cover for it which I use especially in winter. Also we make sure we don't open it up in strong winds. So far so good ☺️

@nhokastreets

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMalcolms7 The canvas was protected because I bought a protecter . The quality of the canvas is not good , 3 years is not acceptable

@TheMalcolms7

Жыл бұрын

@@nhokastreets good to know. I will keep an eye out. It's not been 3 years yet for us so we shall see. Were you able to get any replacement from IKEA?

@callanhowe-robinson5456

6 ай бұрын

Hi, have just bought this thank you so much for your review, haven't taken in out of the box as of yet, will to tomorrow. I was able to buy the base here in Perth Western Australia, they still stock them. Can I ask where you purchased your cover from? thanks again. Anne@@TheMalcolms7

@TheMalcolms7

6 ай бұрын

@@callanhowe-robinson5456 Hi Anne 👋🏾 Thank you so much for getting in touch. I am so grateful that this video has been of help to you. We absolutely adore this garden parasol. We've probably had it for 3 years now and it's still in fantastic condition. The base is an absolute game changer especially because of how huge it is. I'm quite surprised that IKEA no longer seems to stock that swivel base anymore. At least here in the UK. Glad you were able to get it over there in Australia. How much did you pay for it over there in Australia?. It is going up so much in price here in the UK. Yes, you are right. Getting a good cover is essential and it will help it to last for years. Here are a couple links to some on amazon. These should fit just right. Dale universal ones but they're quite large at 3 m so they should be okay. amzn.to/3Sx5Tq4 amzn.to/3vQ3xJW