Gravipod Umbrella Base Weight | Outdoor Sand-Fillable Stabilizer for Cantilever, Offset, and Patio Umbrellas | Heavy-Duty Weather-Resistant Fabric

Used this to weigh down a patio umbrella on my deck, and it works perfectly. Super easy to fill with sand (I used play sand from the hardware store), and once it's full, it stays put. The material feels tough and durable, and the design makes it easy to center around the umbrella pole. We've had some breezy days, and the umbrella hasn’t budged. Great solution if you don’t want a heavy, bulky base taking up space. Definitely recommend!

Love this.fill it up with sand and your good,my back yard is like a wind tunnel, I'd have to chase my umbrella over the yard,used this and umbrella stays put.easy to use and close it with velcro when done filling it.

The sand bag is a much more affordable alternative to the hard plastic weights.Look. Its awesome for an uneven grass area where the hard plastic weights wouldnt lie flat. There are some things I wish I'd have known going in. Hopefully this helps you......I would DEFINITELY recommend some sort of larger funnel to fill this. Even an open ended Pringles can would help. The opening to fill the bag isn't as tiny as other reviews made me believe it was, but it could be much larger than it is.It is closed securely with some strong velcro. However the velcro makes it ANNOYING to fill. USE DRY SAND!!!OMG USE DRY SANDWet sand doesn't flow. (what a great tattoo idea)Wet sand just clumps on the velcro. Wiping it away just spreads it into the the velcro. I always hose it off with a low pressure setting. You have to or the velcro won't stick. So be ready for that fun part. Maybe have a cooler of your favorite alcoholic beverage nearby. Because it's not a quick chore, and if you're me, you'll choose the hottest afternoon so far this year to do this little project and just want to chuck the whole umbrella, sand bags and all across the yard after you've delicately loaded several dozen handfuls of sand into the bag because you don't want to manufacture an object in the hot garage to make this task 100 times more easy. Shoveling sand in with a small garden spade is also annoying....FYI.Once it's full and ready to go, the bag is well made. It's very sturdy. The stiching is great and doesn't feel at all like it will rip. In the end, I'm VERY HAPPY with it.Just...get a funnel.

We bought two orders (total of 4 of these) to use on our large umbrella base. These are easy to use. We bought 1 order (total of 2) and used them a year. Left them out over the winter - didn't move them. And they still are looking great. Had a big gust of wind and decided to place another order to add 2 more for the umbrella base. That umbrella is going nowhere. We bought 50 lb bags of playsand (one for each Gravipod), unzipped the Gravipod, placed the sand in (unopened), zipped it up and used the two handles to carry it to where we wanted. So easy. Didn't open the sand and it works great! Highly recommend!

gravipod sand bags are the best for outdoor umbrella stands. heavy duty material-solid construction-easy to fill.plus a variety of shapes and sizes from simple pole stand to larger cantilever styles.simply the best on the market.

Holds the umbrella fine, once you've filled it. It's heavy to try to move(filled with sand)purchased separately.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Worked well and is a high quality material so should last outside.

Good quality material. Well built and sturdy. I expect it to last a while. It came with small manufacturing defect where part of the velcro was not stitched well as showing on pic1, but it is not a big deal to request an exchange as i really need it for this weekend, and not willing to wait 2 weeks for new one to arrive. The filling up process was easy, using a plastic solo cup with removed bottom as a funnel, and another cup to scoop sand from home depot sand bag. I was able to add 36 lbs of dry sand and it took about 5-10 minutes. Another benefit .... it doubles as a small round table to place things such as phone, cups, etc. being next t o spa.