Review on 43" Fotodiox Premium Grade Studio Umbrella - Black & Silver Reflective With Fine Grain Silver Interior by Chad Moser

This is a decent quality photo umbrella with a nice silver inside that gives a nice specular look to your light. It's certainly not the heaviest-duty umbrella you can buy, and I wouldn't subject it to too much abuse. One of mine broke almost completely when some wind knocked down my light stand. Though to be honest I don't know how well most photo umbrellas would survive either. My only real qualm with it, is the black fabric of the umbrella isn't entirely opaque. I feel like I loose a bit of light through the umbrella as you can see the flash fire through the umbrella quite clearly. I didn't do the measurements to find out exactly how much I was losing, but there is a bit of loss. For the price though, it's hard to beat!