I haven’t tried a golf umbrella. I’ve been trying to find an ideal solution to this for years. I do have a Jullian umbrella which I don’t use and found it to be more cumbersome than practical. I like the look of the guerilla-painter one but they are not available here.

In the hot and bright sun I will try to paint as close to my vehicle as possible and use that for shade, and sometimes hang a dropsheet over the back tailgate.

Mac

I found an inexpensive golf umbrella that mimics all but the clamp on the GP model. Silver reflective on the outside, black absorbing on the inside, and slotted at the top for wind to keep it from becoming a parachute.

The issue is how to clamp it to your pochade OR how to spike it into the ground. To make it suitable for that you just cut off the foam handle to expose the carbon fiber shaft. Whatever you can find to attach to that will do the trick.

My friend found a large metal augur style spike, fitted that into a length of pipe and fits the umbrella into that. Works great on any soft ground or sand (if you use tie lines.)

I usually attach my umbrella to an extra tripod I take, or a studio light stand, but have been toying with the idea of one of these instead. They hold up pretty well to the wind. Just bungee cord the umbrella to the upright shaft if it won’t clamp on the smaller diameter of the shaft. You will need a sledge hammer to drive it into hard ground.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Garden-Accents-48-in-Steel-Painted-Metal-Shepherd-s-Hook/3343660

was watching a Jame Gurney youtube video where he shows some of his homemade diffusers for plein-air and was reminded of this thread.

https://youtu.be/8pdb0jjgcRk

Sometimes Judson’s has the various Guerilla umbrellas on sale as “seconds” I’ve bought two, the standing one that goes in the ground and a clamp on and I haven’t found any of the cosmetic defects they say the seconds have.

I did get paracord, tent spikes and carabiners to attach to the pole of the standing umbrella to stabilize it in case of wind but haven’t used it yet beyond a test set up in the yard. It came with a carrying case. They have one now for $78.

I originally bought the standing one as I didn’t want any wind taking out my umbrella also taking out my easel if they were attached. I wouldn’t take it on a plane but it fits in the car with the rest of my gear. I eventually bought a Best Buddy chair on sale or as a second. When I did I also bought a clamp on umbrella as a second but they are sold out right now.

I have three; one black-white …and a pair of red-white and green-white that balance each other. It gets too hot under an all-black in bright sun…

I have to second the reply about the Guerilla umbrellas as seconds. I have two, and they came with all the needed hardware and extras. I got them on clearance for $30 each. I can find no defects in either one.