Does this umbrella crank open?
2083841
Yes it does. It has a nice sized handle with blue and red arrows so that you do not crank in the wrong direction.
46951
It has a hand crank and is very easy to operate. hope this answers your question.
1732096
The hole is deep enough for good stability but it does not go all the way through. It does have a easy carry handle opening and a screw to tighten to hold the umbrella in place.
481271
Yes on umbrella. If you check around the bottom of the bag there's a leather tongue with a metal metal eyelet hole. The umbrella slides down a opening at the top Kinda by the letter Y in callaway and out the bottom to that eyelet. Its not that easy to see
1921891
You press a button to open and then you have to press the whole umbrella down to close it
1727272
Your umbrella must come free of your base for this new base to work. If it does, this new base is great. Hope this helps
1460209
What assembly are you trying to do? I just took mine out of the package, put the pole with the umbrella into the other pole. That's it. Then you use the crank to open or close the umbrella.
2111120
The auto tilt is operated by the crank that opens the umbrella. Once fully open, the umbrella will begin to tilt if you continue to turn the crank. It will only go so far until it begins to straighten again. Very clever!
475257
this umbrella does not tilt unfortunately. Source: owned it a few weeks so far. It will 'tilt' when the wind blows but there is no crank to tilt it. I wish there was.
128880
I have one of these and I do not find that closing is any more difficult than opening. Perhaps the umbrella is "hanging up" on the upright post? If so, change the angle of the umbrella before cranking closed.
1130313
No. There is an opening in the top--sort of an inverted handle. So it lets in rain and leaves, etc.
280657
Yes. I often adjust how far I open it based on how much sun we're getting and the angle of the sun. Easy to adjust with the cranking mechanism.
1586443
No. It does work to smoothly open. Was fairly difficult to adjust, as it came with no directions for adjustments. But, it was cheap.
889056
Technically, no you dont since the bar has both upper and lower guide holes. However you wont be able to open or close it without having to lift and hold up the umbrella every time. So without a stand or something else to raise it up you wont be able to operate the crank handle.
820829
Manually, there is a push in button at the top for tilting after you open the umbrella.
1064903
Yes. It has a hole for the umbrella as well as a cover for the hole in the same material if you decide to place the table on covered deck or a gazebo. This was a good buy. It did take my 15 & 17 yrs old sons 1 & 1/2 hrs to assemble. They were goofy during the assembly. A grown handy person may only take less than an hour.
1068834
yes it has umbrella hole. there is an insert that pops out in the center and you can also put it back in when not using the umbrella.