I was disapoointed that the last review I gave was essentially ignored. Our daughter has not been able to use the umbrella we purchased for her because the top is too heavy to stand on the base and the base has to go so far into the ground for it to be stable which is impossible without putting a lot of pressure on the whole unit as it is screwed in. Also the difficulty of screwing into the ground is added to because the top won't detach and has to spin with the screwing. Try the product and see! So sorry we purchased this and didn't realise and return before we tried it.