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Golite Chrome or collapsible Chrom umbrella

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Oct 21, 2013 at 6:50 pm #1308989

Lance Stalnaker
BPL Member

@katangi

What do you think? I am leaning the regular chrome dome, but the collapsible is on clearance and does pack smaller.

Oct 21, 2013 at 6:58 pm #2036200

Dale Wambaugh
BPL Member

@dwambaugh
Locale: Pacific Northwest

The big one is pretty tough and a dead simple design. If you want one for urban/travel use then the collapsible one might have some advantage; otherwise, the longer one will stow in a side pocket and under the compression straps like tent poles if you pack has such features.

Oct 21, 2013 at 7:05 pm #2036203

Lance Stalnaker
BPL Member

@katangi

The chrome dome seems to be simpler and sturdier, it is also 3 oz lighter, I would be using this backpacking, I will still be under 10#, so a few comfort items are ok!

Oct 21, 2013 at 7:42 pm #2036215

Vladimir Kucherov
BPL Member

@theonlyvlad

For backpacking I would get the non collapsible. It's incredibly simple – I wouldn't trade the strength of a non collapsible shaft for extra space savings when collapsed.

Oct 21, 2013 at 8:09 pm #2036228

Max Dilthey
Spectator

@mdilthey
Locale: MaxTheCyclist.com

I shared dinner with some europeans on my local mountain with 15-part hammock setups, Arcteryx everything, and Golite umbrellas. I thought the umbrellas looked a little silly. I say, do what you want, it's the woods, and I didn't say anything about it to them.

I can see them being useful in the desert, not really in the forest.

Oct 21, 2013 at 8:20 pm #2036233

Christopher *
Spectator

@cfrey-0
Locale: US East Coast

I was a non-believer until I hiked the PCT.
The umbrellas were a god-send.
Those without them withered.
Why people live in the desert is still a mystery to me.
The weakness of the umbrella was in the wind or in low hanging chaparral … in both cases I would want the security of the stiffer non-collapsible.

(PS: Max I saw your posted photo album from your last trip. Don't pretend you care about looking silly.)

Oct 21, 2013 at 9:05 pm #2036263

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

Go with the non fiddle factor full size. If you buy from Golite you can get two for the same shipping cost as one.

Oct 21, 2013 at 9:29 pm #2036277

K C
BPL Member

@kalebc
Locale: South West

My chrome dome was one of the absolute important items I didn't bring on my backpacking trip to AK this summer, I was huddling next to my buddies with umbrellas by a fire in relentless rain in 36F temps.

Oct 22, 2013 at 5:26 am #2036321

John Myers
BPL Member

@dallas
Locale: North Texas

"For backpacking I would get the non collapsible. It's incredibly simple – I wouldn't trade the strength of a non collapsible shaft for extra space savings when collapsed."

What he said.
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