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Mandrel Bending:
If you look at a cheap chair, the tube will be deformed where it has been
bent. This weakens the frame and can lead to cracks forming in
time, particularly across the top of the back legs of the chair.
We bend the tube with a mandrel bender. This has a form on the
inside which holds the shape of the tube as it is bent. When you
stack the chairs, the bends in each leg come under stress, particularly
those at the bottom of the pile. With a cheap chair, a stress
crack will form across the bend and the leg will break, sometimes with a
guest sat on the chair.
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Full Length
Welding: Aluminium is a tricky metal to weld.
We use robots that have been programmed to deliver a perfect full length
weld, on chair after chair. Look under a cheap chair and you
will usually see two short welds on either side, applied manually by a welder.
If you lie that sort of chair on its side and press down on the ends of the
legs you will be able to bend the welded joint out of shape.
That means that, in time the legs will stop being parrallel and the chairs
will look unsightly and will no longer stack properly.
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The Best Stain
Resistant Fabrics: You can only take our chairs with the
most durable fabrics. We would not be doing you a favour to
deliver an excellent frame with cheap upholstery. Our fabrics
are all tested to 40,000+ rubs (some are rated at over 150,000 rubs).
And they are treated to be oil and water resistant (while remaining
breathable).
You can pour some tea of wine onto the chair and it will not be absorbed by
the fabric. This increases the lifetime expectancy of the chairs
by 100+%. If you are only spending a 20-30% more, that must be a
good deal.
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More Durable Foam:
Chair seat pads are made out of foam rubber. There is a
hierarchy of foam qualities which is principally judged on density and
resilience. If you took our seat pad out, you would find that
the foam is highly elastic. You can tug at it without it
tearing.
A cheap chair will use a cheap foam that tears if
you pull at it. In time, a cheap foam like that will "deflate",
leaving you with an uncomfortable chair with a tired saggy look.
Our seats will maintain their spring and appearance for the life of the
chair. Unfortunately, the foam we tested below apparently has
the highest test rating (V Grade), like ours, and so external tests
are useless in this case. But I can send you a sample, if
you want to give the foam a tug yourself.
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No Front Seam:
Our chair seats have no seam across the front of the seat. This
is an area of high wear and any seam will lead to accelerated ageing.
In just 3-4 years you can see a seat pad wear out with the cheaper design.
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Heat Treated
Aluminium Alloy: Our chairs are made with a military
specification of aluminium alloy that is then heat treated in the factory to
give it added strength. The result is a chair with 20-30% more
strength for the same weight of aluminium. All our stacking
chairs are built in aluminium for strength and lightness.
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Brushed and
Lacquered Finish: Aluminium is a difficult metal to paint as
well. Cheap chairs have a standard epoxy powder paint finish.
We do not offer that. Our chairs are all wire brushed and
then lacquered. The lacquering process has five stages and is
more expensive than a simple paint finish, but you will find the result far
more durable. Cheap chairs will have paint flaking off in no
time at all. Our chairs our designed to maintain their
appearance for years and years.
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| Chairs with Arms:
All our chairs are available with arms |
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The smoother bend is less prone to cracking
