PURPLE LEAF Patio Umbrella Base SBL4150 Water &Sand Filled Weighted Base Outdoor Umbrella Base 330Lbs

The umbrella and stand were delivered promptly and the set up is simple. The quality of the product is exceptional. It is very sturdy and provides a large amount of shade and protection from rain as well. I highly recommend it.

This umbrella combo is well made and attractive looking. We made the mistake of buying the umbrella and then the stand that was included under "Often Purchased With.." on Amazon. After shipping the umbrella, Purple Leaf contacted us to tell us they had cancelled our order for the stand as it was not compatible with the umbrella purchased. This was a colossal pain as we had to research which stand would work and there was no phone number given in contacts.Enter Kate, Purple Leaf's customer service rep. I emailed with her back and forth for literally three weeks, initially to order the right stand and then lastly to get it set up correctly as all videos pointed to the stand we initially purchased. Kate was nothing short of AMAZING! I hope her management gives her a bonus. They need employees like her on the front end.Note to Purple Leaf or Amazon, please sell these as a set. It is unfair to customers to spend the time researching a purchase that you recommended, only to have the rug pulled out after one part has been shipped. We would have gone with a different option and vendor.

Base is very nicely constructed. Very easy to assemble and easy to fill. Worked extremely well with our 10 x 13 umbrella even in decent winds. Also easy to drain and disassemble for winter storage.

Whoever decided to make the fill hole so small should be fired.I had to use a 1 cup scoop so the sand would fit in the hole. Each half of the base took about 210 scoops and 40 mins to fill (420 scoops, 80 mins total).It's rare to find clean dry sand at Lowes or Home Depot. They keep the sand outside, and it gets wet. So you have to put damp sand in this tiny hole. It doesn't just pore in nicely like sand in an hour glass. It clumps.Make the hole at least double the size! Has the person who's in charge of hole size ever tried to fill this thing?Fire the "Hole Size Manager" immediately.

Terrible. I was told to buy this base because the base I was initially looking to purchase was apparently not the correct base for the umbrella I bought. I followed the suggestion and as it turns out this base is not compatible. It is incredibly difficult to understand the base needed for Purple Umbrella products and I recommend not working with them.

Well manufactured and has survived high winds intact.

It would be much easier to fill if each side had 2 fill holes, 1 at each end instead stead of just 1. Each side holds 150lbs of sand so filling on your own can be very difficult.

I purchased the large purple leaf umbrella and wanted to make sure the base was solid and durable to keep the umbrella out of my neighbor's yard :). Just emptied out the water and stored it in the shed so the water would not freeze over the winter months.