Stuart Ireland
Active Member
Hi all im looking to buy a new chair but really don't know where to start my old nash chair is just too old heavy and uncomfortable! So what have people got and what do you recommend? Thanks
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It really does depend on what you intend to use it for ?
I have been carp fishing in excess of 50 years so have a lot of experience in sitting in a chair for very long periods
Now I have just purchased the best chair I have ever owned its amazingly light and the comfort is unbelievable ! its a high back chair with arms all 4 feet push button adjustable not cheap but you do get what you pay for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcArnvCJjes
Gerry, that looks superb, but i'd be afraid that i'd do more sleeping than fishing
Hi Gerry, it certainly looks the part and would be nigh on the holy grail BUT ( please correct me if I'm wrong ) for the fact that the legs do not lock into position. I previously owned a couple of small older model JRC chairs which were both light ( around the 3kg mark ) and functional and only got rid of them because I was experiencing, more than I cared for and especially on wet platforms, that when I got out of the chair to do whatever and sat back down a tendency for the back legs to fold in resulting in me ending up in an undignified and vulnerable position on my back which only a gynaecologist could appreciate !!!
The more recent JRC models ( and other manufacturers ) have simple spring loaded buttons to keep the legs from folding in on themselves. They are not a triumph of modern science but are effective which is great as far as I'm concerned as I don't really want to be having to check my chair legs every time I return to a seated position.
Anyway, the good news is that I recently purchased a JRC x-lite recliner which is light, well padded, gets me in the perfect position for my al fresco angling siesta ( to which I am extremely partial ), and has the locking button thingys !
A shame about the Trakker tallback as it really looks the ultimate buttrest and I had previously looked at their transformer chair which has a really unique robust locking bolt system on it legs. If this system was present on the tallback then I'd be the proud owner of one now and not boring you all with my inane ramblings ! In this H & S world that we live in I would have thought that locking systems on chair legs would have been the standard by now