Why this parasol base earns its place
A parasol is only as stable as what's holding it down, and a cantilever design puts all of that load off to one side rather than straight through a central pole — which makes the base doing the anchoring more important than usual. This one is built specifically for Bolero's cantilever-style parasols, moulded from HDPE in black, and designed to be filled on site with sand or water rather than shipped full and unmovable.
Filling it is meant to be quick: it's ready for use within minutes of coming out of the box, and once topped up it holds up to 100 litres, giving roughly 100kg of anchoring weight when filled with water. Empty, it weighs 15.5kg, so it's manageable to position before filling rather than fighting a dead weight into place first.
Once it's doing its job, practicalities matter — wheels are built in so a filled base can still be rolled to a new spot rather than emptied and refilled every time a terrace layout changes, and a drainage hole means emptying it for winter storage or a move is a straightforward job rather than tipping and hoping. At 850mm across and 200mm high, it sits low and wide, which is exactly the profile a cantilever parasol needs for stability. It's rated for outdoor use, and it's built for cantilever-style parasols specifically — not the straight center-pole type — so it's worth checking your parasol's design before ordering.
