Customer Reviews

Outback Chair OB-459 Outback Lounger, Burgundy

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I love this chair. Why two stars?? Well, despite the manufacturers name "outback" and the promotional literature showing the chair hanging from trees, this chair is not intended to be left outdoors. The arm rails are laminated wood with a thin, cheap interior grade polyurethane coating. My chair was rained on and the arms immediately turned black and delaminated. This chair is so comfortable I sent it back for a replacement which I coated all the wood parts with a high grade marine varnish. Problem solved....or was it? The foam in the seating pads is not hydrophobic, which is to say they absorb moisture and hold it like a sponge. It will stay soggy for weeks. They should have used the closed cell type foam found in life vests instead. I love this chair (it puts me right to sleep!) except it is really useless for the outdoors and I really don't think it is appropriate to hang in a living room. If you have a porch with a deep, deep overhang this chair is for you. By the way, Outback makes a huge metal stand for this chair if you don't want to suspend it from the ceiling. This stand is very unstable, easy to tip and will knock you out if hit in the head. I sent it back too.