Lazy summer days and nights are made better under the cover of a patio umbrella. It not only shields you from the sun but also keeps you dry during sudden spurts of rain. A good patio umbrella has a ...

An outdoor umbrella has but a single job: to provide shade where there is none. It’s easy to gravitate toward the most obvious of umbrella situations—a market or center pole umbrella. They’re ...

If you don’t want to plop a patio umbrella in the middle of your outdoor seating area, a cantilever umbrella with an offset pole is the way to go. I tested seven popular options to find the best patio ...

I’ve been researching, testing and recommending products since 2020. To select the best outdoor umbrellas in 2025, we put 11 top models to the test, with Purple Leaf emerging as our favorite ...