Practical Corporate Christmas Gifts: Custom Umbrellas

Written By iBrolly

Corporate Gifts and the Environment

With the holiday season just around the corner, you may already be thinking about what type of gift to get for your valued clients and staff members this year. All eyes are on the environment these days, and many are trying to come up with ideas for practical corporate gifts. The last thing we want to do is spend a lot of money on corporate swag that’s going to end up in the landfill. According to the 2019 Global Ad Impressions Study by the Advertising Speciality Institute, promotional items are only kept for one year on average. Furthermore, only 21% of branded and promotional items are kept for any length of time. More than half is given away, and 23% is thrown away.

Sustainable Swag

Umbrellas are part of the 21% of promotional items that get kept for a long length of time. Even better, they often get re-used! Have you ever seen a forgotten umbrella on a bus or train? Perhaps you rescued it and gave it a new home? Or think of that handy umbrella that you keep at the office, or in the back of your car. Umbrellas are practical, and we can use often use more than one of them.

Promotional Umbrellas That Will Last

The trick is to make sure you buy high quality custom umbrellas that will stand up to the elements. You need a sturdy frame that will not break and a canopy that won’t tear easily. You also want to ensure that the component parts, like the handle and tip are not made of cheap plastic that could crack. Manufacturing super durable (and gorgeous) promotional umbrellas is what iBrolly is all about.

Best Quality Custom Umbrellas   

The difference lies in the materials that are used to manufacture iBrolly umbrellas:

  • Umbrella canopies are made from durable 190T Pongee fabric - not nylon

  • We use a special coating on canopy fabric that helps the rain to slide off and enables the fabric to dry quickly

  • Golf umbrella ribs are made from fibreglass

  • Telescopic ribs (which are light and small) are reinforced

  • Umbrella tips are made from hard rubber or metal rather than plastic, so they don’t crack

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