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Title: Umbrellas with the 1/4 fitting
Post by: skaggs on August 17, 2013, 06:33:11 PM

Hey TS'ers is anyone still making these. A friend of mine lost his.  Thanks 

Title: Re: Umbrellas with the 1/4 fitting
Post by: DigiGal on August 17, 2013, 07:22:32 PM

Quote from: skaggs on August 17, 2013, 06:33:11 PM

Hey TS'ers is anyone still making these. A friend of mine lost his.  Thanks

Ted's GAKbrella's use a 3/8" - 16 thread with option to add a US standard mic thread adapter for use with a windtech clamp but I think he's run out of stock for this year.

Don't know of any 1/4" thread umbrellas but it seems that 1/4" mount wouldn't be able to handle wind loads very well.

Title: Re: Umbrellas with the 1/4 fitting
Post by: skaggs on August 19, 2013, 02:47:51 PM

probably is the 3/8.  anyway, thanks .

Title: Re: Umbrellas with the 1/4 fitting
Post by: fatstratcat on August 21, 2013, 02:00:53 PM

Here's a cool one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-GOLF-BAG-UMBRELLA-SWINGIN-IN-THE-RAIN-FLASHPOINTE-FLEXIBLE-KEEP-CLUBS-DRY-/261252551977?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd3dd9529 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-GOLF-BAG-UMBRELLA-SWINGIN-IN-THE-RAIN-FLASHPOINTE-FLEXIBLE-KEEP-CLUBS-DRY-/261252551977?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd3dd9529)
I bought one of these; although mine's a LITTLE bit different, I imagine this would also fit into a windtech clamp. 20" across, it has a spring built into the shaft, so it could flex in a wind gust. It has 3 clips to attach to a golf bag, but I took two off, leaving the one in the center to fit into my clamp.