Overview
This chair seems to be designed for those of us who are now in our more mature years. Well, yes, call us ‘old farts’ if you like, but everyone of us will get there eventually and we very often need a chair that’s a little further off the ground to prevent us from bending our knees too much. This new breed of longer-legged chair provides that support.
Many of us are also more well built in physique (fat b******s) than we once were and again this is an attribute of growing a little older, particularly as we exercise less. So the chair we require must therefore be strong enough to take the additional weight of all those years of eating pies and bacon butties. This Lounger reclining chair from Chub is strong, believe me, perhaps the strongest I have seen.
Because of the strength and extra cross bracing on the legs this is not a lightweight chair at 171/2 lbs, so not for the stalkers, but what do you expect with all that comfort built in? The material covering the seat and back is of extremely good quality and should last years. It is also well padded for the most part although I would like to see some small changes to the front of the seat, which I’ll explain later.
The back reclines by way of a toothed locking device which is secured by screwing down the large wheel on the side of the chair. Again, this being a large wheel will help any angler who suffers from arthritis in his/her hands. I don’t know if that was part of the design plan, but it is useful to know. This gives the chair four positions of recline including bolt upright, but you seem to lose your lumber support the more it reclines.
The legs, like on most chairs, extend to provide height for even the tallest anglers and lock by means of a small tab that is pushed down to extend the leg and then released. Each foot is quite sizeable thereby preventing the leg from sinking in all but the softest of mud. Another nice feature is the small feet on the back of the seat rails that will prevent dents on the house carpet (mine will be kept in the hallway at the ready most of the time).
In use, I find the chair is extremely comfortable indeed, particularly when only slightly reclined from the bolt upright (that would be uncomfortable anyway). The length of the seat is superb too, coming to just before my knee. The cross bracing on the front legs must add tremendous strength to the chair making it suitable for the larger, more rotund angler (FB’s). The chair retails at a very modest £ 49.99.
