What's Your Opinion of Adirondack Chairs?

[Andy M.]

 

[Chef Munky]

Classy,durable

 

[GotGarlic]

I have never found them very comfortable.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I like the original wooden ones but it’s getting difficult for me to get in and out of them.

These days a Mottville style chair or rocker is a better choice for me.

 

[dragnlaw]

I've always loved them. Plus they USE to be affordable. They were so comfortable, once in, you never wanted to get out. They had wide arm rests that could comfortably hold a plate without accidently knocking it over; a book and a cup of coffee; your knitting (almost); and a plethora of other things. Pillows might be nice but the curvature was such that you didn't really need them .... and you could nap in it.

That being said:
like Aunt Bea - getting out of them now-a-days for me is difficult. But more important, at the moment, is finding one that is affordable. Even the plastic ones are on the pricey side considering they only last a couple of years. (good ol'days - price paid now for a couple of years is price paid back then for "probably, almost, still good new").

 

[dragnlaw]

Andy, and I think that picture doesn't show the arms like I remember them. Got much wider from about the wrist on to the end.???

and, pray tell, why are you asking? Trying to win an argument discussion?

 

[GinnyPNW]

Here in the PNW, to me, it isn't practical to leave chairs out 365 days/year. So, I prefer things I can stack or fold. Chairs that works equally well around a table or a fire pit. I did get a bench at the Battle Ground Saturday Market, a few years back. Hand-made, reasonably priced, made with recycled items, by a kid trying to earn a few bucks. So, I do have that out 365.

 

[thymeless]

I enjoy them but if your legs aren't long enough they're rotten

 

[dragnlaw]

I was barely 5'5 in my better days and my legs were long enough, LOL thymeless, no offense but you must be very short!

Ginny, in Canada they did not get left out during the winter either. Storing them was a fall job for the teenagers to earn some money at the cottage on Labour Day weekend before everyone got back to the school grind.

That doesn't work now, of course, the kids start school in August
I hated that!

 

[Cooking Goddess]

The style you posted is fine, since it has some curve to the seat. Some Adirondack chairs have a flat bottom...and I certainly do not.

Like Aunt Bea mentioned, they can be hard to get out of if you're older. I've always have had a tough time with them because I sit "low". I look silly trying to get up from a chair or couch that has me sitting lower than the backs of my knees. Again like Bea, give me a nice rocking chair. I love my porch rocker, a simple wooden one.

 

[thymeless]

My wife is 5'2" and struggles with them

 

[Andy M.]

I have never liked them regardless of my age at the time.

When I was young, getting in and out was not comfortable awkward but doable. These days it is awkward, uncomfortable and impossible to get out of with any dignity at all. On the other hand, . . .

. . . I got nuthin'.

 

[dragnlaw]

Easier to get out of those chairs ( or any chair for that matter, except ones that tilt and dump you on your feet) .... than to get up off the ground!

You're right, and I agree with CG, any chair where your ass is lower than your knees - especially at "our" age - is ruddy difficult to get out of.

Sign of the times.....

 

[pepperhead212]

I also did not understand their popularity, even when I was young. Of course, they were never my size, since I'm 6' 6". And since they are relatively easy to put together, I was always seeing designs for them every summer in woodworking magazines. I wouldn't even make something like that for someone if I didn't like them!

 

[Andy M.]

I also did not understand their popularity, even when I was young. Of course, they were never my size, since I'm 6' 6". And since they are relatively easy to put together, I was always seeing designs for them every summer in woodworking magazines. I wouldn't even make something like that for someone if I didn't like them!

I agree. I just don't get their popularity.

 

[Marlingardener]

Most uncomfortable chair I ever tried to sit in. The only thing that it has going for it is the durability, because it rarely gets used.

 

[dragnlaw]

Come over here.... I want to talk to you guys!

 

[Andy M.]

Come over here.... I want to talk to you guys!

I can come quickly because I don't have to get up out of an Adirondack chair.

 

[dragnlaw]

I think that was the point of these chairs - you did not have to get up! Remember, I believe they come from an era of servants bring you your iced tea.

When I sit in one of these - my whole intention is to stay there.

Andy if you're still in the chair, good, then I'll be tall enough to poke you in the nose.

 

[Marlingardener]

I believe they come from an era of servants bring you your iced tea. Here in the south we had juleps while sitting on a veranda, in a comfortable rocking chair.
Eventually, you have to get up from an Adirondack chair. Also from a rocking chair, but the rocker is so much easier!