nearly seven years have passed since I purchased my oztent king goanna chair
so it's time for an updated review back then I recommended it as an excellent
chair so let's see if I still feel that way now I know it's been around seven
years since I purchased the chair as back when I first got it most of my
friends partners were pregnant and they used to steal my chair because it was so
comfortable with the lumbar support and all those kids now just about finished
grade one so this chairs seen a bit of action I had it on virtually
every camping trip I've been on in those several years which included a thirty
thousand kilometer ten month solo trip around Australia in 2015 and I'm now on my
current trip in 2018 so if you remember the specifications it came with a
five-year warranty and was rated to one hundred and fifty kilograms so on the
warranty side of things it lasted over those five years so I'm very happy with
the build quality especially when you think of all the cheap poor quality
chairs that are made today if you ever been camping at places like moreton
island where they have the big dumpsters right near the barge landing there's
nearly always several chairs right there that just didn't last a trip but for the
time I've had this have been very happy do I think it would last several years
with 150 kilogram person I don't believe so I have had a few issues with it so
let's look at those now now before I do show you these just remember this is
like a 2011 2012 model and I know since that time they have made a few changes
so some of these will no longer be relevant but here's what I've had with
this chair that have been problems these arm wrists have come off many times so
I've had to put new screws in each side anywhere where they had a pole going
through the fabric they had a hole and these rubber grommets
so they've gradually perished over time and the fabric is torn especially the
lower one which holds most the weight that's almost ripped all the way through
so wouldn't have lasted much longer I also had screws in the base that would come loose
so one of the poles would come out of its footing and I had to keep
looking around trying to find the screw again and glue it back in place
and right up until last night everything is working fine until I tried to pack it
up one last time
and I broke both these plastic mounts under here so it's unfortunate that
they made these out of plastic and not cast aluminium maybe they've changed
that for the updated model so finally after several years and many many
camping trips together it's time for me to put this in the dumpster as it's not
really worth my time trying to figure out how to fix these brackets which is a
shame because otherwise the chair is in pretty good condition the fabric has
lasted all those times is not torn or ripped it's held up really well
so I'm very happy with it. comfort wise I still love it it's brilliant the
headrest lets me lean my neck back and relax
unlike the chairs that typically have only up to the shoulder height where you
have to stay awake the whole time this I can find a nice shady spot sit back and
just relax and many times I've slept on it like this just pulled in other
times when I get a bit lazier I'll swing around to the side read a book like this
it just gives me a few options so very happy with the comfort factor and
having two pouches here on the side as well as the dual stubby holders that's
good for putting my head torch in or my camera so very happy with that and just
having that ability to adjust the straps as well adjust the height of these
in the back as well as the lumbar support that pulls that spine in a bit
so I don't slump all the way through
still love it so will I get another oztent king goanna chair I think most
likely I will I'll have a look around at some of the other models that are most
likely now available but I'm very happy with it it's just a shame that I had to
break but seven years I can't complain so thanks for watching. So if you've
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