[pct-l] Senzumbrellas... not yet

[Hiker97 at aol.com]

_wandering_bob at comcast.net_ (mailto:wandering_bob at comcast.net)   writes: It 
looks like they've sacrificed width for length, and most of that is to  the 
rear where it does little good as a rain shield.
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I would not worry about that.  Umbrellas are not really for rain on  the 
trail.  They are mainly for radiation protection and dehydration  protection.  
Their rain protection is always minimal because of the  wind/breezes.  In the 
rain my umbrella is fine for the upper shoulders and  head protection.  
 
Don't get me wrong.  I like walking under it in the rain and looking  out as 
the wet world passes by -- that is kind of neat.  I think the  black color 
might be best too for the sun and providing a deeper shade -- just  look at the 
dark clothing the Arabs use in hot climates.  I do not think  heat is an issue 
with the black color for an umbrella. Though you might  have a good point if 
you added some reflective material and made it more  like the GoLite Chrome 
Dome.  That would be cool (pun intended).   :-)  That could be done for about an 
ounce of weight if you used that light  silver material in survival kits.
 
But now that I think about it, I wonder if the material on the GoLite  Chrome 
Dome is just marketing hype.  Another consumer trick.  It looks  reasonable 
and sensible, but is it really just a way to get more money out of  you -- the 
material under the silver material is black, I think.  I am  not smart enough 
to know one way or the other about reflective materials and  their true value. 
 May be you know something about this.
 
Cheers, Switchback
 


 



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