http://idealist.blinkr.net/bumpbrella/ dreamed objects Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:15:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://idealist.blinkr.net/bumpbrella/#comment-22767 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:05:16 +0000 http://idealist.blinkr.net/bumpbrella/#comment-22767 Paris Hilton and firends shopping around for gadgets like these...and for once I am tagging along Paris Hilton and firends shopping around for gadgets like these…and for once I am tagging along

]]> http://idealist.blinkr.net/bumpbrella/#comment-6167 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:28:11 +0000 http://idealist.blinkr.net/bumpbrella/#comment-6167 Hm. Whipping out yer bicycle pump every time you need an umbrella seems like a lot of trouble, and so does squeezing something so much...when you can just shove up the little thing on a regular umbrella and go on. But it IS really adorable looking. ^^ I'd buy it for that simply. Hm. Whipping out yer bicycle pump every time you need an umbrella seems like a lot of trouble, and so does squeezing something so much…when you can just shove up the little thing on a regular umbrella and go on. But it IS really adorable looking. ^^ I’d buy it for that simply.

]]> http://idealist.blinkr.net/bumpbrella/#comment-3736 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:20:47 +0000 http://idealist.blinkr.net/bumpbrella/#comment-3736 LOVE IT! I love gadgets and I love this one. I agree that it'd be a bit too much work to hand inflate this thing. There you are with the rain storming down and you can't get the umbrella inflated fast enough and your hands are full, etc. Instead it should have some kind of air cartridge you can recharge at home, perhaps a couple spares, and a recharge compressor at home to charge the cartridge? That's where this idea breaks down really. As to the transparency, the LEDs, and the whole hollow bouncy umbrella, neat, I'd buy one. Solve the quick and easy inflation problem though, and then it has to be cheap enough. It isn't a luxury looking unit and it does look easily damaged by pokes. LOVE IT! I love gadgets and I love this one. I agree that it’d be a bit too much work to hand inflate this thing. There you are with the rain storming down and you can’t get the umbrella inflated fast enough and your hands are full, etc. Instead it should have some kind of air cartridge you can recharge at home, perhaps a couple spares, and a recharge compressor at home to charge the cartridge?
That’s where this idea breaks down really. As to the transparency, the LEDs, and the whole hollow bouncy umbrella, neat, I’d buy one. Solve the quick and easy inflation problem though, and then it has to be cheap enough. It isn’t a luxury looking unit and it does look easily damaged by pokes.

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