Feb 21 2008It's About Freaking Time: The Nubrella
The Nubrella is a $60 hands-free umbrella. If you can't tell from the pictures it's fairly ridiculous looking. Now I've never been one to really care what I look like, particularly out in the elements, but I still don't think I could bring myself to don a Nubrella.
Nubrella is no ordinary umbrella, it stops rain, wind, snow and extreme cold- and keeps your head, face and shoulders drier than ever. It offers more protection, guaranteed! Yet, nubrella went one step further and is changing the game forever. With nubrella's new patent pending "shoulder straps" and "offset handle" you can now be completely hands free!
Wow, "changing the game forever", that's a pretty bold statement. Now exactly what game are we talking about here? I need to know so I'm never caught accidentally playing. Nubrella - I'd rather be soaked.
A couple more ridiculous pictures after the jump.
Nubrella - The Hands-Free Umbrella [ohgizmo]
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Reader Comments
1. Weird - February 21, 2008 3:26 PM
Well, it kinda is a good idea! I hate when the wind smashes my umbrella lol It looks ridiculous but kinda of works.
2. Bobeyo - February 21, 2008 3:30 PM
Noobrella: For Noobs.
As soon as I saw this, I thought of Buzz Lightyear. "How dare you open a space man's helmet on an uncharted planet?! My eyeballs could have been sucked from their sockets!"
3. Ken - February 21, 2008 3:31 PM
Put a beautiful girl in anything and it'll sell. she looks lame..
4. joxer - February 21, 2008 3:31 PM
slickdeals.net showcased this along time ago for a very cheap price! lindsay lohan and britney spears need this for reasons i cannot explain.
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5. Bob - February 21, 2008 3:35 PM
Have fun riding your bike in the wind and rain with that puppy. You may prefer to get soaked, as opposed to the added time it would take to pedal anywhere with the wind resistance that baby is sure to generate.
6. Bobeyo - February 21, 2008 3:36 PM
@3: You mean the one in pic #2? Personally, I think she needs to let the rain wash off some of that ridiculous makeup.
7. Illegal Immigrant - February 21, 2008 3:56 PM
I would love to share a nubrella with the girl in the picture. And some other stuff, if you catch my drift (hint: rhymes with seamen)
8. Argyle - February 21, 2008 4:08 PM
Yeah... no. First thing I thought of when I saw that:
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/811/811544/bioshock-20070808000445281-000.jpg
Just a couple, horrific, creepy steps away...
9. guate6 - February 21, 2008 4:50 PM
For bikers, it's useless...unless you have good mud-guards (as my 2007 Trek Portland does), then either way, you're getting wet.
Hah, the first picture after the jump is great, she's all happy under her numbrella thing and the guy in the background was left slightly in focus enough for you to see his struggle with a regular umbrella...I don't know who'd be the bigger noob, her or him.
It was a good call taking the pictures in NYC though, since a lot of people get wet when it rains there...yes that makes sense I know, but I mean more so you don't always have an umbrella on you, and the stores that do have awnings aren't plentiful enough to keep everyone dry. I <3 NYC.
10. guate6 - February 21, 2008 4:56 PM
Oh and the 2nd picture after the jump reminds me of that portable/personal foldable phone booth thing posted a while ago.
11. mika - February 21, 2008 6:38 PM
how come there is no pictures nubrella closed? is it like the size/looks of an assault riffle? wouldn´t wanna carry it to airports...
12. Jimbo - February 21, 2008 6:55 PM
Ummm, wouldn't using this thing be like driving in the rain with your windshield wipers turned off? How can you see through it when it's wet?
13. SlowMonkey - February 21, 2008 7:29 PM
The Geek Man is really harshing on that Nubrella. I guess with all his reading he FORGOT his DaVinci code prequel where the hero jumps out of a dead helicopter and is SAVED because he made a parachute out of his shirt. Yeah, I guess this might be worth taking to the airport after all. Bonus: you can make phone calls in private with it.
14. groonk - February 21, 2008 9:27 PM
that ridiculous thing needs windshield wipers
15. Rude Retro - February 22, 2008 1:45 AM
That's hilarious. In Japan they just carry a regular umbrella when they cycle. As dangerous as it sounds it's as common as smoking on a scooter over here. I'm still waiting to see them smoke while cycling with an umbrella and carrying an umbrella on a scooter. But that would be just stupid.
16. SlowMonkey - February 22, 2008 7:06 AM
@15 it wouldn't be so stupid if it had #14's windshield wipers. That would be the "pocket car" - yes, collectively we just took "the game" to the next level.
17. Yewtree - February 22, 2008 11:15 AM
Technically speaking, I think that may actually be a chindogu
18. Yewtree - February 22, 2008 11:15 AM
What's a chindogu, I hear you ask?
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19. farming cacti - February 22, 2008 2:49 PM
How long before the inside gets all foggy from condensation and you can no longer see?
20. chiral - February 22, 2008 4:29 PM
I'm holding out until I get a personal force field that repels the rain.
21. poop - February 24, 2008 3:39 AM
you know what would work even better? ...a nasa glass bubble helmet. less intrusive, less shit to go wrong, less folded loose plastic in your face when you're going through that crowded intersection.
22. ay - March 7, 2008 6:56 AM
hiç beğenmedim biz türkiye de yasıoz siz bize bilmem bişey dilinden gönderiyosunuz.şahsen hatırlatıyım biz türkiyeliyiz.dilimizde türkçe
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23. Roberta McAlinney - April 27, 2008 8:24 AM
I just bought one from umbrellaheaven.com for £45 - a bit pricey but if this is the last umbrella I ever need to buy then it will have been an investment - I actually think they look really COOL - I've been out in the rain and tried it - I have to tell you it really works!