Shadowspec Unity™

The Evolution of Shade
Multi-canopy Cantilever Umbrella From $7,850.00*

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Shadowspec Unity 6 year frame warranty

Shadowspec Unity 10 year fabric warranty

*Australian pricing in AUD - excludes freight and installation **Warranty Conditions Apply.

Patented and Trademarked Technology

Our industry leading umbrellas draw from over 25 years of shade experience to provide you with the world’s best outdoor cantilever umbrella. The patented designs are integrated to create a seamless, stylish and functional aesthetic with marine-grade durability.

SHADOWLIFT™

Gas-assisted, anti-gravity, easy lift. Shadowlift™ is the most advanced umbrella deployment system in the industry. Lift your world of shade with ease.

SHADOWGLIDE™

Using calculated geometry and expert engineering the sliding mechanism works in complete harmony to open or close your umbrella in 5 seconds.

SHADOWLOCK™

Integrated into the mast of the umbrella, Shadowlock™ is a functional solution to wind-protection and 360 degree umbrella rotation.

SHADOWHUB™

Our flagship umbrellas have built in LED lights in the central hub. Controlled with an optional, rechargeable, Smart Battery or Hardwire Kit and phone app.

Shadowspec Umbrellas Design Philosophy
Three pillars of outdoor shade

Your Space, Your Shade, Your Way

Mount up to 4 canopies off one central mast and enjoy shade your way. We know every space in Australia is different and has its requirements. To meet your needs, our new collection comes in a variety of sizes and shapes, selected to give you an unprecedented choice. Modular shade is here with the Shadowspec Unity™.

Octagon Duo

Square Duo

Square Duo Offset

Square Trio

Square Quattro

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The Shadowspec Unity frames are available in 2.5m | 8′ Square, 3.0m | 9′ Square, 3.5m | 10′ Octagon and 4.0m | 13′ Octagon Shapes. These can be configured on the central mast in the above options. Our Shade Specialists will assist you in choosing the size and shape of umbrella that best suits your space for instant shade. When combined, these frames combine to larger sizes to create the size of shade you need.

Shade Shapes, Sizes and Fabrics

Size & Configuration

2.5m Duo Inline

3.0m Duo Inline

2.5m Duo Offset

3.0m Duo Offset

3.5m Duo Octagon

2.5m Trio

3.0m Trio

2.5m Quattro

3.0m Quattro

4.0m Duo Octagon

Stock Colours

Oyster

Alpine Stone

Charcoal Tweed

Black

Special-order Colours*

Natural

Taupe

Linen

Charcoal

Slate

Captain Navy

Storm

Yellow

Terracotta

Fern

*Special Order Colour – surcharge and lead times apply.

Explore designer Colour Options

Shade Shapes, Sizes and Fabrics

Size & Configuration

2.5m Duo Inline

3.0m Duo Inline

2.5m Duo Offset

3.0m Duo Offset

3.5m Duo Octagon

2.5m Trio

3.0m Trio

2.5m Quattro

3.0m Quattro

4.0m Duo Octagon

*Special Order Colour – surcharge and lead times apply.

Sunbrella & Recasens Fabrics

We have curated a thoughtful range of Sunbrella® and Recasens fabrics that give you the flexibility to stand out or blend in with your surroundings. Each season we’ll release a range of trend fabrics to help you create a designer outdoor space.

Searching for more colour? We also custom manufacture canopies from the full Sunbrella® range of fabrics.

Functional Mounting, Adaptable Installs

Choose the perfect mounting option to suit your situation. Optimise your umbrella’s functionality by positioning it in the best location that will enhance your outdoor space. All are made in New Zealand with Marine-grade 316 Stainless Steel.

Surface Plate

For mounting onto existing decking, patio or even concrete.

In-ground Anchor

Great for new builds or anywhere you can pour fresh concrete.

Wall Base Bracket

When you can’t fix your umbrella to the ground, attach to the wall.

Free-standing Base

Great for moving your umbrella away at the end of the day.

Best-in-class Warranty

Sunbrella & Recasens Fabric

We’re invested in quality and performance across our range of outdoor umbrellas and we’ve cut no corners with our choice of fabrics, passing on the 10-year manufacturer’s fabric warranty to you.

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Quality Materials

In-house engineering enables forensic attention to detail which allows us to offer a 6-year warranty on the frame, giving you peace of mind that your new shade umbrella will provide you with long term shade. ** Warranty conditions apply.

Shadowspec Unity 6 year frame warranty

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Smart Shade, Optional Light

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The ShadowHub Light can be operated, powered and maintained with the Shadowspec Smart Battery. Connect it to the Shadowspec App via Bluetooth and control the brightness, power and track the charging, all in one convenient place.

Hand-built in New Zealand

Shadowspec’s propriety umbrellas are made in New Zealand by hand at our facility. Our New Zealand-based production team build the Shadowspec Unity™, providing unrivalled quality control of the umbrellas. Elevate your outdoor space and bring people together. This enables us to control the quality and aesthetics of the umbrellas.

Like you, Shadowspec is here for outdoor Australian moments. Crisp air, sun shining and memories that last a lifetime. The Shadowspec Unity cantilever umbrella is designed and built in-house by our experienced team with a robust development cycle, dynamic feedback loop and the best materials in the world. We don’t want to see your Shadowspec Unity in a landfill, ever.

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A Helping Hand

We don’t want our customers to get let down by old-school thinking so we’ve removed the risky bits. The Shadowlift™ elevates your shade to a new level. The high-performance umbrella has no old-school crank handles, no cables and no holding pins. We’ve designed the Shadowspec Unity™ to be the new standard in shade and the gas-strut technology is the muscle behind the system. It works by supporting the weight of the umbrella for you. In the usual umbrellas, that weight is been left up to cables and pullies hidden inside the mast of an umbrella. This poses a risk to your shade system because under strain and repetition, they wear down and won’t be covered by warranty.

Make Quick Work of Shade

A simple click of the button is all you need to glide the umbrella back down to its stored position. Intuitive, time-saving and far superior to awkward locking procedures which slip if they’re not tight. ShadowGlide™ is the patented carriage system that tracks the length of the mast when deploying your Shadowspec Unity umbrella. ShadowGlide™ utilises 9 different wheels that contact on the front and back of the internal extrusion channel, unlike other umbrella systems which often only have a single roller. ShadowGlide™ has a patented internal auto-locking system, which locks the canopy at the correct height.

Rotate Your Way to Perfect Shade

In addition to facilitating full rotation of the umbrella, the ShadowLock™ also features a clever security screw to ensure your umbrella stays where you want it to.

The ShadowLock™ is activated via a subtle push-catch mechanism that keeps your Shadowspec Unity™ Umbrella in place. From here you can rotate your umbrella to follow the Australian sun as it moves across the sky. The base has 16 different locking positions to keep your umbrella secure.f

The Power of Light

The Shadowspec smart-battery is controlled by your smartphone via the new Shadowspec App. The lighting system provides bright light that can be used for reading or dimmed down to evoke a classy mood.

The Shadowhub features a built-in 48 LED light. Running off of a powerful Lithium smart battery provides light between 4-8 hours depending on the brightness setting you choose.

Discover Perfect Shade

Dynamic and usable outdoor living spaces are at the core of our design philosophy. At Shadowspec we’re always proud when our customers partner with us to deliver outdoor shade. Covered outdoor living spaces increase both the property value and enjoyment factor of patios and the outdoors. You can’t forget shade in the Australian summer and it should always be considered near the top of your list when designing outdoor spaces

316 Stainless Steel Spigot

We include the best materials and components with every Shadowspec Unity™ we build.

Built-in Rotation

The Unity™ can rotate 360° at every size & configuration.

Four Sizes Fits All

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Size Format
Met. Imp.

Diagram Legend	2.5m	3.0m	3.5m	4.0m
A – Ground to central frame hub when closed***	860mm	620mm	1079mm	866mm
B – Total height to top of canopy***	2900mm	2824mm	2975mm	2899mm
C – Height of umbrella to top of mast cap***	2908mm	2908mm	2908mm	2908mm
D – Ground to central frame hub when open***	2130mm	2054mm	2205mm	2128mm
E – Ground to lower outer edge of canopy***	2222mm	2219mm	2237mm	2172mm
F – Center of Spigot to outside edge of canopy	2646mm	2973mm	3447mm	3923mm
G – Diagonal from center of mast to corner	3742mm	4205mm	N/A	N/A
H – Duo/Quattro umbrella width edge to edge	5292mm	5946mm	6894mm	7846mm
I – Gutter space between canopies	160mm	160mm	N/A	N/A

Diagram Legend	8′	10′	11′	13′
A – Ground to central frame hub when closed***	2’10”	2’1″	3’7″	2’10”
B – Total height to top of canopy***	9’6″	9’3″	9’9″	9’6″
C – Height of umbrella to top of mast cap***	9’6″	9’6″	9’7″	9’6″
D – Ground to central frame hub when open***	7’0″	6’9″	7’3″	7’0″
E – Ground to lower outer edge of canopy***	7’3″	7’3″	7’4″	7’2″
F – Center of Spigot to outside edge of canopy	8’8″	9’10”	11’4″	12’10”
G – Diagonal from center of mast to corner	12’3″	13’10”	N/A	N/A
H – Duo/Quattro umbrella width edge to edge	17’4″	19’6″	22’7″	25’9″
I – Gutter space between canopies	6″	6″	N/A	N/A

***Free-standing Base installations will add 165mm | 6″ to the height and surface plates will add 12mm | 1/2″ to the height. Adding the optional Castor Wheels to the Free-standing Base will increase height a further 45-80mm | 2-3″ to the height. All sizings and conversions are approximate and subject to change without notice. Refer to specsheets for exact, up-to-date measurements.

Shadowspec Unity

A New Class of Shade

The Shadowspec Unity™ has been crafted with aluminium and stainless steel to provide you with an umbrella that stands up and stands out. Every component has been designed and engineered to survive in the wild. Taking inspiration from nature, this flagship model is easy to open, looks stunning and works well to shade any outdoor setting. It’s an outdoor shade solution perfect for hospitality or home.

The Shadowspec Unity™ sits squarely (or octagonally) in a class of its own – an ingenious deployment system with no internal moving parts, or cables to break and best of all, no antiquated crank handles.

A variety of configurations are available from 2.5m Square Uno up to the 6.0m Square Quattro.

The patented ShadowGlide™ system allows you to open or close the Shadowsepc Unity™ in 5 seconds, the reinforced mast has a modular design to allow the mounting of up to 4 canopies, giving you the ability to maximise coverage and the flexibility to create shade where you need it.

You’ll continue to be inspired by this brilliant, modern and modular outdoor shade umbrella. The needle-shifting features get better with every open and every discovery of innovation you make. This is the best cantilever umbrella on offer. The Shadowspec Unity™ is built at the Heron Base in New Zealand before making its way around the globe to our distribution centres.

Featuring 316 Stainless steel, solid-mould aluminium components and no internal moving parts.

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Testimonials from our valued customers.

Exceed Expectations

Incredible product with incredible service. Very high end materials and aesthetically very pleasing. Multiple configurations to meet any requirement. Umbrellas can be raised or lowered with ease. Performs well in high winds. It's the perfect solution for your sunshade requirements. It has truly exceeded my expectations!! — Richard R

Easy to Use

Fantastic quality umbrella with great warranty. It’s easy to use, installed with ease using the manual and videos. Has added much needed shade to our pool area. Highly recommend. — Alison M

We Could Match the Fabric to Our Outdoor Furniture

"Absolutely love our Shadowspec Rotating Cantilever umbrella, the fact we can move the canopy as the suns moves makes it so much better. Added bonus was the fact we could get the same fabric as our outdoor furniture. Highly recommend 🤩" — Cath P

Could Not Recommend Enough

We got the Shadowspec Retreat which folds against the side of our tiny house. It is a real quality product and the ways it can be moved means it works at any time of day. Support and service have been superb and it was a reasonable price as well. — Sandra G

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Patented and Trademarked Technology

SHADOWLIFT™

SHADOWGLIDE™

SHADOWLOCK™

SHADOWHUB™

Shadowspec Umbrellas Design Philosophy Three pillars of outdoor shade

1. Easy-to-use No complicated contraptions, up & down in 5 seconds

2. Shade Coverage Plenty of shade for your people, all year round.

3. Aesthetics No compromise on materials stand out and stand up.

Your Space, Your Shade, Your Way

Octagon Duo

Square Duo

Square Duo Offset

Square Trio

Square Quattro

Size Format Met. Imp.

Shade Shapes, Sizes and Fabrics

Size & Configuration

Stock Colours

Special-order Colours*

Explore designer Colour Options

Shade Shapes, Sizes and Fabrics

Size & Configuration

Stock Colours

Special-order Colours*

Stock Colours

Special-order Colours*

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Special-order Colours*

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Special-order Colours*

Stock Colours

Special-order Colours*

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Special-order Colours*

Stock Colours

Special-order Colours*

Stock Colours

Special-order Colours*

Stock Colours

Special-order Colours*

Stock Colours

Special-order Colours*

Sunbrella & Recasens Fabrics

Functional Mounting, Adaptable Installs

Choose the perfect mounting option to suit your situation. Optimise your umbrella’s functionality by positioning it in the best location that will enhance your outdoor space. All are made in New Zealand with Marine-grade 316 Stainless Steel.

Surface Plate

In-ground Anchor

Wall Base Bracket

Free-standing Base

Best-in-class Warranty

Sunbrella & Recasens Fabric

Quality Materials

Find the best umbrella for you Try the Umbrella Selector

Smart Shade, Optional Light

Hand-built in New Zealand

A Helping Hand

Make Quick Work of Shade

Rotate Your Way to Perfect Shade

The Power of Light

Discover Perfect Shade

316 Stainless Steel Spigot

The Evolution of Shade
Multi-canopy Cantilever Umbrella From $7,850.00*

Shadowspec Umbrellas Design Philosophy
Three pillars of outdoor shade

1. Easy-to-use
No complicated contraptions,
up & down in 5 seconds

2. Shade Coverage
Plenty of shade for your people,
all year round.

3. Aesthetics
No compromise on materials
stand out and stand up.

Size Format
Met. Imp.

Find the best umbrella for you
Try the Umbrella Selector

Size Format
Met. Imp.

Need more information about
the Shadowspec Unity™ Umbrella?