Eight awesome umbrellas to properly protect you from all these spring showers

Eight awesome umbrellas to properly protect you from all these spring showers

This spring’s precipitation levels have been record-setting. Torontonians—typically able to get by with flimsy dollar store umbrellas—have probably realized by now that avoiding the drowned-rat look requires something a little more substantial. Here, eight of the best umbrellas that won’t turn inside-out at the first gust of wind.

This sakura-covered umbrella from Swedish brand HappySweeds ($78) can take a rainy day and make it more bloomy, less gloomy:


 
 

Hunter’s moustache bubble umbrella ($65) comes in a sunny shade of yellow, and a transparent top means you won’t miss any brief sunshine spells:


 
 

This high-tech Blunt umbrella ($99) is super-lightweight and dries off with a quick flick of the wrist. Plus, it comes in the season’s coolest shade of pink:


 
 

Kate Spade’s pretty striped umbrella ($54) is cheerful enough to brighten the gloomiest of days, and may even transform its owner into an annoying puddle-jumpers:


 
 

This Lulu Guinness umbrella ($45) is one cat that will have to stand getting wet:


 
 

For travellers, MEC’s versatile version ($98) has an expanding pole that can stick in the sand, doubling as a beach umbrella:


 
 

Saks’ frilly polka-dot brolly ($55) protects your evening cocktail attire without looking too practical:


 
 

The Dutch-made Senz umbrella ($85) has won awards for its effective asymmetrical design. It can withstand winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour: