""Parking break"... instead of brake, eh? When you just need to take a minute to park and collect yourself."

"It's great that they're shield-shaped for a Gundam tie-in, but asymmetrical umbrellas are actually far more practical than perfectly round ones. I had a Senz umbrella from Holland, which was excellent, similar shape (a bit more pointed teardrop), which let it turn itself to face into the wind (until I loaned to someone who lost it, sigh)."

"Very cool, though even factoring in recovering the R&D costs, 700 Euros seems like a high price for a handsome chunk of plastic... I wonder if each one is effectively handmade by its creator..."

"Reasonable, though a collander seems like it would also let the ethylene "leak" out, or a wire basket, or a hanging mesh bag..."

"Nope, if you click through on the link in the first paragraph to his site there's a draggable 3D rendering, the top is bumpy, no holes, but lots of lumps, you'd want to set a sheet of something flat on it."

"It's interesting, but hard for me to get a sense of what the riding position would be like, it looks like you can't lean forward to use your back/glutes like you can on drop bars - and speaking of bars, the steering wheel is cute, but silly, no leverage, and you can't mount bells / lights / phone holders etc. as easily."

"Oho, it's a gimlet plus, that looks very useful."

"A very strong Close Encounters vibe, but I can see it would be much better than floodlights / flashlights / headlamps in the field."

"They look great, but the ergonomics seem suspect - at least they have some lever versions, but the plain ones would be hard to pull a door closed with - one-way knob...."

"Not too far from a shooting stick (but the tripod base would be more stable). I would think sitting on one for any period of time would be uncomfortable, but they do nest up tightly, so I guess they're more for convenience of the venue than the sitters."

"I want to believe? For the US, I wonder if it wouldn't be classed as a motorcycle (and thus require wearing a helmet...) and I wouldn't want to imagine what getting hit by a Rivian or other giant truck would do to the driver..."

"Within reason - imagine whittling away enough wood to only leave a long piece of graphite, like a few cm long - it'd break without the wood to support it."