When I backed the project two years ago, I saw in the prototype demo video that if a big tall Dane can sit on it relatively comfortably, someone small like me will find it good. After waiting very patiently for 2 years with the occasional updates (another project I backed at about the same time is still 3 months away from delivery, so I’m not complaining, the point of crowdfunding is to allow innovative people resources, time, and the chance to make something happen, even though sometimes a project can fail), my two chairs finally have arrived.
The thin pole is a bit stiff to twist, the plug came off at the beginning but didn’t break, fortunately, so I put it back and it works. By following the how to open and close the chair Youtube video and do exactly as shown, I find the chair very easy to open and close, maybe not 10 seconds but definitely no more than 20-30 seconds are needed to get it ready to be seated on and it feels rather comfortable. I sat on it to make a long-ish phone call from Australia to Paris and at no point felt I needed to get up and sit elsewhere. Certainly I had in mind it’s a chair for “on the go” need, it’s not for the comfort of a recliner or a real outdoor chair that weights a few more kg. For 1kg, and the size (35cm long to carry in a bag), you can’t ask for much more. The team has packed in as much as what is really realistic, possible and still practical.
My only criticism is that the whole chair must be really handle gently and with care, it seems that I can easily damage it if I am not careful with how I open and close it and sit on it. My husband weights 90kg and he is finding it ok too to sit on it. It’s not a chair for you to sit on and rock, it’s great when you just need some rest in the middle of a hiking trip, a long day shopping in a shopping mall, a long walk somewhere, or stuck at an airport or train station. You pay what you get and I like the product. I hope it will last many many times. It’s hyggelig enough for “on the go”. And I love the little deilig Danish flags everywhere! Well done to the team.