Sun loungers...
Discussion
So summer is coming and I have spent ages getting my garden ready - I need at least 2 hours chilling out in the sun.
Sunloungers just seem to be some wood that lets you sit in 2 positions (seated/lying down) with a cushion.
Most of the seemingly decent ones seem to be almost £100 - is thisjust a case of tkaing consumers for a ride on a seasonal product? especially when they look pretty easy to manufacturer out of other products - i.e the lying down position is just something to lie on with a large cushion (which you can buy on ebay for £30)
Sunloungers just seem to be some wood that lets you sit in 2 positions (seated/lying down) with a cushion.
Most of the seemingly decent ones seem to be almost £100 - is thisjust a case of tkaing consumers for a ride on a seasonal product? especially when they look pretty easy to manufacturer out of other products - i.e the lying down position is just something to lie on with a large cushion (which you can buy on ebay for £30)
Mojooo said:
So summer is coming and I have spent ages getting my garden ready - I need at least 2 hours chilling out in the sun.
Sunloungers just seem to be some wood that lets you sit in 2 positions (seated/lying down) with a cushion.
Most of the seemingly decent ones seem to be almost £100 - is thisjust a case of tkaing consumers for a ride on a seasonal product? especially when they look pretty easy to manufacturer out of other products - i.e the lying down position is just something to lie on with a large cushion (which you can buy on ebay for £30)
£49 in Habitat fo rone with arms but no cushion.Sunloungers just seem to be some wood that lets you sit in 2 positions (seated/lying down) with a cushion.
Most of the seemingly decent ones seem to be almost £100 - is thisjust a case of tkaing consumers for a ride on a seasonal product? especially when they look pretty easy to manufacturer out of other products - i.e the lying down position is just something to lie on with a large cushion (which you can buy on ebay for £30)
It's a case of getting what you pay for really.
My mother has some garden furniture made from some hard wearing wood (forget which) that looks gnarly as fook from weathering, in a good way, but still solid as a rock. It was a LOT of money but over the 12 years she's had it has worked out pretty reasonable really.
My mother has some garden furniture made from some hard wearing wood (forget which) that looks gnarly as fook from weathering, in a good way, but still solid as a rock. It was a LOT of money but over the 12 years she's had it has worked out pretty reasonable really.
dave_s13 said:
My mother has some garden furniture made from some hard wearing wood (forget which) that looks gnarly as fook from weathering, in a good way, but still solid as a rock. It was a LOT of money but over the 12 years she's had it has worked out pretty reasonable really.
Decent stuff (ie teak or oak) goes light grey and stays like it. It's only when you buy softwood and try to paint it with water-based orange gunk that it all goes wrong...Good teak, lasts a lot longer than the metal loungers every time.
We've had ours 8 years, never covered in winter and never treated with any oil or varnish. It has now turned a lovely grey colour and all it gets once a year is a clean up with a pressure washer and the brass components and allen screws tightened up.
1st set of cushions still going strong and they are very, very comfy.
I've seen friends and relatives pay silly amounts for trendy aluminium or plastic woven stuff, that fades and falls apart after a couple of seasons.
You get what you pay for.
We've had ours 8 years, never covered in winter and never treated with any oil or varnish. It has now turned a lovely grey colour and all it gets once a year is a clean up with a pressure washer and the brass components and allen screws tightened up.
1st set of cushions still going strong and they are very, very comfy.
I've seen friends and relatives pay silly amounts for trendy aluminium or plastic woven stuff, that fades and falls apart after a couple of seasons.
You get what you pay for.
dave_s13 said:
It's a case of getting what you pay for really.
+1, just ordered a pair of these http://www.roche-bobois.com/#/en-uk/products/all/a...
plus outdoor sofa like this (white with brown cushions, hold the leopard print Missoni!)
http://www.roche-bobois.com/#/en-uk/products/all/a...
not cheap but very well-made and weatherproof
Edited by Adam B on Wednesday 12th May 13:32
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