- Hi, I'm Parris, and if you've had a rainy spring,
you might wanna check out some of the latest
in umbrella technology.
Yes, there is such a thing.
They're making improvements.
Today I'm gonna be trying out the Pocket Incredi-Brella,
and this is basically a pocket form
of this type of umbrella.
This is the Better Brella,
and I really like this umbrella.
The one thing I wished is that it was small enough
that I could actually put in a bag
and it would be easy to take with.
Maybe it's the perfect umbrella.
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The as seen on TV Pocket Incredi-Brella
is one button push to open, one button push to close,
so you don't have to get wet opening
and closing your umbrella getting in and out
of the car, in and out of your house,
and this umbrella, with technology
similar to that in the Better Brella,
not only is about half the size, half the price.
Picked this up for about $15 over at Walmart.
You can find out more about it
at the link down below this video.
And it's supposed to rain this afternoon,
so I'm counting on that happening so I can show you
the special features of this and how well it works.
Well, as you can see, about half the size
of the full sized umbrella using the same,
it's like an inside out umbrella basically.
It keeps all the water inside and away from you
and it allows you to open it in very small spaces
so you don't have to get wet just to open your umbrella.
And fashionable.
Looks like an ordinary folding up pocket umbrella.
Well, the instructions say one button to open,
one button to close.
You can use it one handed.
Let's see how it goes.
Okay, it certainly does work that way.
Now, a lot of umbrellas will do that.
The unusual thing is that you can just push a button
to have them close back up.
Normally you have to reach up and pull them down
and push the little metal piece.
Let's see what happens when I push.
I guess I just push the button again.
Ah!
Without hesitation it closes.
Stay out of its way.
Now you notice this appearance to it
where all of the material is folded up around it,
and the reason for that is now it's not gonna close
any more by itself, but if it's gotten all wet,
the water's here, the water is now on this part
of the material that's against the other material
and you can simply grab it and slide it up closed.
Oh my gosh, this is where all that popping action came from.
Okay.
So now, all the water is in here
and you can just wrap it up and at your leisure,
open it up, dump the water out, let it dry.
You don't have to worry about bringing it into your car,
putting on the floor or the seat and all the water runs out.
If you keep it like this, all the water stays in.
It has a soft feel handle.
I like this.
It's like some of the utensils you can buy
for the kitchen now that are real easy on the hand
and they have some builtin cush,
and the carry strap and a little bag to fit it in,
but don't put it away with the water inside
or it will mold and mildew and then it will not be pleasant
the next time you open it and you pop it
and that stuff goes flying all over the place.
Now, the Better Umbrella, which I really like,
works very similarly.
I'll just show you here as a refresher
and I'll link to it at the end of this video
if you'd like to see about the Better Brella.
This was about $30.
Now, it doesn't change in length at all
and you can't do it with one hand.
Pushing the button doesn't do anything,
but the idea is that you take it like this,
slide it out the car door when it's raining.
You push the button to release the lock,
and then it opens outside of the car door,
so it's all ready for you to step out
of the car and you're covered.
Now, this is also larger in size than this,
but that's always the case with full sized umbrellas
compared to pocket umbrellas.
And to release the Better Brella, push that same button.
It kind of pulls itself in, and again,
you can have a whole bunch of water in here
but so long as you do this, wrap it up,
and then stand it like this, that water won't go anywhere.
How long the fast acting mechanism
in the Pocket Incredi-Brella lasts
doing that quick pop open and quick pop close,
well, I'll just have to try it out and see.
Right now, it's back to being sunny again.
I'm waiting for some rain and I'll show you how this works.
Guess what? We got rain.
Here I go to see if this will keep me dry
getting in the car.
I'm off.
Ah!
It's a lot of rain.
Woo, how'd I do?
Not too bad, considering.
Time to test how it does in the wind.
Okay, now after that, will it still do its thing,
'cause it looks a little dingy right there to me.
Here we go, let's see if it pops in.
Yeah.
Oh, we got thunder.
Let's see if it pops out again.
Still going strong.
Okay, so you're here, the umbrella is all soaking wet.
When you bring it in, you don't wanna get all that rain
in your house, in your car, so you do this,
all the water and the water droplets are now in here
so you put it like that, close it up, and you're good.
And when you have the opportunity,
you can just take it, open it up,
let out all the water come out.
Well, what do you know?
Not too bad.
I got a little bit wet, but that's inevitable
when the wind is blowing the rain sideways,
but I was surprised that when I popped this inside out
a couple times that the mechanism is still working
and it still does its pop open and pop close.
I'm not going to do that now that it's all wet in this room.
You can find out more about the Pocket Incredi-Brella
at the link down below this video.
I'll do a followup eventually and let you know
how it's holding up in the wind and the rain.
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