All of the umbrellas I reviewed are good quality, portable, and affordable and each have their own special features and designs that make them unique. The Repel Windproof Travel Umbrella also boasts fast-drying Teflon fabric, which is nice, but I can’t say it dried any faster than any of the other umbrellas I tested out. You’ve missed your train, you wasted too much money on a flimsy umbrella, and you are very, very wet. It also claims to be “windproof,” but doesn’t have a vented double canopy like the Eezy and Lifetek, so I can’t say for sure how good the wind resistance is – it’s also the exact same inside construction as the Rain Mate, which makes no claims to being windproof.

So even with all of the cool features and the high quality of the entire product, this umbrella falls short when it comes to its main purpose: rain protection. Even with all these bells and whistles, though, I had some major problems with this umbrella’s size. Collapsed completely, the umbrella was several inches taller than all of the rest I tried out, making it less portable than the others.

Since travel umbrellas are so often lost – left next to your seat on the bus, sitting under your table at a cafe – you usually don’t want to spend an exorbitant amount of money on one. What set this travel umbrella apart from the others I reviewed was the extremely comfortable handle. It was lightweight and easy to hold, but it had a grip-able material that keeps it in your grasp if a gust of wind comes up under it.

I was wary of this air purifier when I read about how it’s sold directly in the home and that they had no published CADR scores. You often hear the phrase — “it sounds too good to be true,” and for the Rainbow RainMate, this is the case.I have read a ton of academic studies around the performance of HEPA and activated charcoal at removing pollutants and gasses from the air. Still, I have not seen any studies about the power of water to remove these types of pollutants. So, who’s to say? The bottom line is that the Repel Windproof Travel Umbrella is a good quality compact travel umbrella but nothing completely state of the art.

Anyway, the rainy season is upon us again and it's always a challenge to stay stylish at the same time as getting drookit. Despite its vintage pedigree, we would have to draw the line at describing the rain-mate as stylish. The best feature of this umbrella was the double canopy, meaning the top part of the umbrella was detached and overlapping from the bottom, so the wind theoretically would go through it rather than up under it and you would keep hold of your umbrella while still staying dry. The Rainbow RainMate air purifier was invented as part of a patent developed by Rainbow (Rexair inc) in 1988. That patent expired in 2006, so the market is now full of these “water air purifiers” that filter air through water to remove pollutants. As this air purifier uses water to filter the air, there are no extra filter costs to consider as you just change the water every few weeks.A sturdy skeleton stitched firmly in place that won’t bust open with heavy winds and risk poking you or someone near you in the eyeball. When comparing the best umbrellas for travel, it’s really the little things that make a big difference.

Sized to sit on your desk, countertop or nightstand. RainMate utilizes pure, fresh water to circulate gently scented air into your home environment. You’d think that choosing the best travel umbrella wouldn’t be hard. Yet, there’s a lot to consider when deciding between umbrellas, so let’s run down the main things to look for when shopping around: Affordability When opened completely, the actual canopy of the umbrella was fairly small, and the T-shaped ends gave the umbrella a scalloped shape, making it easier for rain to come in. Unlike the standard air purifiers we review here at HouseFresh, the Rainbow Rainmate uses water as the filter. The water will need changing when running the unit for a long time.

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That being said, the Blunt Travel Umbrella came with some great features that set it apart from the less expensive models, other than just being extremely lightweight and made of high quality materials. If you’re anything like me, an umbrella is something that you’re constantly misplacing. Because this umbrella is pretty high tech (and high cost), I would be pretty bummed out if I was to misplace it. It has two buttons, one to switch it on and another to switch on the LEDs. It’s small and easy to live with, and you can easily keep it on top of furniture.