Western Red Cedar - Adirondack Chair Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought TWO cedar Adirondack style chairs from here on Amazon. One was this one ( Western Red Cedar by All Things Cedar), and the other one was the Folding Cedar Adirondack Chair by Kilmer Creek (Amish crafted). Let's just say my respect for the Amish rose a few notches.
The Kilmer Creek chair came 70% assembled (just had to attached the back to the seat to the arms). This chair from All Things Cedar came completely disassembled. We had to piece together the entire chair, part by part by part. I'm not above such a project, but since I ordered the same kind of chair from two different companies (which both arrived on the same day) the comparison had to be made between them.
I had the Kilmer chair assembled in 15 minutes. It took me an hour (maybe a little more) to understand and assemble this one from All Things Cedar. And that is fine, because in the end it's a good chair. Just as comfortable as the Kilmer Creek chair.
The problem, besides the stress and time of assembly is that a couple of the pre-drilled holes ended up splitting the adjoining wood part. The 'stress' I mentioned was just that there were no guides or definite 'fits' when screwing one part to another. There were more than a few guesstimates made when committing to screwing in the screws. Where as on the Kilmer Creek chair, everything fit right into a non-guessing pattern.
And on top of it all, besides the fact the Kilmer Creek chair conveniently FOLDS (the All Things Cedar does not fold), the Kilmer Creek Chair was about $20 cheaper!
And the Kilmer Creek seat opening is actually a bit wider. I'm 6'3' and about 260 lbs. Sitting in the All Things Cedar chair I'm a bit 'contained' whereas in the Kilmer Creek chair, there is 'wiggle room' for my big butt.
Twenty dollars cheaper, more solid construction, and less stress and wiggle room with the Kilmer Creek chair. If I order another Adirondack chair, it will most certainly be from Kilmer Creek.
Again, this All Things Cedar chair is fine. Nothing wrong with it now that it's assembled. But why pay more, get stressed more and not have a folding option when you could with Kilmer Creek's item?
Anyway, both chairs smell great.

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