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Re: Material: Seat for my Night Heron
By:Will N 2 Go
Date: 7/13/2012, 1:25 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Seat for my Night Heron *PIC* (Etienne Muller)

Looks great Etienne,

I've just spent (wasted) the past week making a mesh seat. Aeron chair for a kayak? What a cool idea. Huh. Well....
I finally got it 'right' and went out yesterday. Works good, I made a minicell back..... It did everything it was supposed to but my butt still hurt.

Bottom line? If the seat isn't comfortable, just get a gel pad.

I had one but lost it a couple of years ago. Instead of getting another, I made do until I spent a week .....

The aeron chair idea isn't necessarily a bad one. I worked with a guy who had them in his studio. We'd sit in them all day; worth every cent of the $800.
I found a mesh chair (knock off) at Staples that was almost as comfortable. After a couple of years the webbing material tore.
I replaced it with heavy duty pet window screen. Works great.
I've made mesh dog beds for my dog when she was having incontinence problems. should you try this out, get a $16 canvas stretcher (pliers) from Amazon. No other tool in the shop will do what it does--trust me.
What I figured out looking at Aeron chairs online is that they now come in different mesh materials--which tells me there is nothing special about the material--it just has to be strong enough to take the tension.

The only kayak-use for a mesh seat might be a mesh back, or maybe if you lived in the tropics.

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Material: Seat for my Night Heron
Chris -- 7/12/2012, 2:28 pm
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Tyler N -- 7/12/2012, 3:17 pm
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Tyler N -- 7/12/2012, 3:20 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 7/12/2012, 3:36 pm
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Ivan -- 7/13/2012, 9:47 am
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John Abercrombie -- 7/13/2012, 1:21 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/12/2012, 3:54 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/12/2012, 5:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/15/2012, 2:54 am
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Allan -- 7/12/2012, 5:49 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 7/12/2012, 6:15 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 7/12/2012, 6:18 pm
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Will N 2 Go -- 7/13/2012, 1:25 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 7/12/2012, 8:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/15/2012, 3:14 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/12/2012, 10:18 pm
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Kenneth Sutherland -- 7/12/2012, 11:57 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/13/2012, 7:36 am