Aluminum Patio Umbrellas

Looking to compliment your backyard patio furniture with an outdoor umbrella that can crank open, or tilt to protect you from the sun... How about an aluminum market umbrella with built in lights or an electronic raising and lowering mechanism?Home & Garden trends have caused the umbrella industry to pick up the pace.Gone are the days for the old option of wood umbrellas with a rope and pulley to raise your shade…Now there is just about every kind of feature available for a patio umbrella.

Whether you are looking for a outdoor patio umbrella, or wood market umbrella, there has been a common misunderstanding in the home & garden industry between the differences of a patio umbrella and market umbrella. By tradition, we've seen that market umbrellas are typically referring to a wood umbrella that may be used in the commercial market place, outdoor restaurant dining areas, and bistro's or anywhere the general community congregates for outdoor leisure, dining and seasonal events.

With new innovations and better manufacturing techniques, many different types of aluminum patio umbrellas have now taken the place of traditional wood market umbrellas due to added strength and durability factors in the outdoor elements. Even though wood market umbrellas have been improved upon and solid poles with heavy duty rib arms are now available, they may not stand up as well as the new improved aluminum umbrellas, strictly because of the flexibility within the aluminum materials.Never the less, in recent times there have been new upgrades in the types of wood umbrellas with extra options added to them, like poles made of steel or shafts that have been drilled and installed into the wood umbrella poles to give additional strength for windy areas.

Patio umbrellas range in prices, from the basic low cost sixty eight dollar umbrella to many thousands of dollars, depending on the upgrade features. Additional features such as Sunbrella solution died acrylic fabrics that won't fade, specialty umbrella cranks, wind resistant umbrellas, pulleys, tilt mechanisms, metal or brass fittings or thick solid poles can add substantial cost to the unit, but are well worth the investment if you are looking to keep your umbrella for a number of years. Whatever choice you make when deciding on a particular aluminum umbrella depends on your own experiences and preferred goals for the outdoor shade unit you are about to purchase. There are even offset patio umbrellas available to shade places like over your spa.

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If you are interested in finding out what the best aluminum market umbrella or shade structure is for your commercial application, outdoor area or home backyard, don't hesitate to contact us for a FREE no obligation consultation. Contact us at 800-940-6123 or email us at customerservice@patioshoppers.com