Davek is a NYC-based accessories company that claims to make the "strongest, most high-quality umbrellas" around. Recently, it took to Kickstarter with an innovative new design called the Davek Alert ...

Welcome to the Esquire Endorsement. Heavily researched. Thoroughly vetted. These picks are the best way to spend your hard-earned cash. I never used to have an umbrella on hand when I needed it most.

I like to be prepared but hate feeling encumbered when I leave the house, which means I am discriminating about bag real estate. I always carry my phone, wallet, and a three-zip LeSportsac pouch ...

When Gear Patrol decided to test out The Davek Golf, the newest umbrella from Davek, my emotions ran the full gamut. First I was excited, as GP has covered the Davek Solo and found it quite keen. Then ...

As some Digital Trends staffers will tell you, Portlanders don’t carry umbrellas, because they’d be toting them around every single day from October to May. It’s a similar situation in Seattle. But ...

Lightweight and compact, the Davek Solo is sturdy enough for a nor’easter – here why it’s worth the hefty price tag Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better ...

“It’s safe to say I’m not superstitious,” Dave Kahng says wryly, opening one umbrella after another in the middle of his spare Manhattan office. Kahng is the creator and Managing Director of Davek, a ...

There aren't many factors to weigh in the purchase of an umbrella (especially in sudden freak thunderstorms) - usually just color, construction and cost. Unless, of course, you're a traveler and have ...

I lost my favorite umbrella to a Midtown Modell’s on a rainy day when I had to pick up shin guards to play in my company’s soccer league. It wasn’t an amazing umbrella by any means, but it was one ...

Walk around any major city in a bad thunderstorm and you’ll find a fair share of soggy, hapless souls with their cheap inverted drugstore umbrellas flapping around like wet windsocks over their heads.

Unless it's Antarctica or the Atacama Desert, it's probably going to rain where you're going. And while lightweight, waterproof jackets are brilliant, they won't impress anyone who didn't get their ...