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Marine surplus Sarasota any good?
In my never ending quest for comfortable helm and port seats,I came across a few on EBAY.
The seller was Marine Surplus out of Sarasota,and was wondering if they are good to deal with.Anyone have experience with them? I am having the hardest time finding seats that I find comfortable enough.Maybe I'm too picky.I just bought two Springfield ladder back seats at Defenders warehouse sale for $500.00(pair) they felt good at the store,but now that I have them home I'm finding them to not be all that comfortable.The quality is very nice,but the back seems to straight,and the seat could be a couple inches wider,and longer. I'm willing to spend 300.00 per seat,but I'm starting to think that isn't enough.I see seats for over a thousand dollars.What in the world makes a seat even worth 250.00,never mind over a thousand. Heck,I have a Lazy Boy recliner at home that cost less than four hundred bucks and it gets used constantly,and its still very comfortable and in perfect shape. Maybe I should have it covered in white vinyl,and put it in the Tsunami.
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They are located not far from me. I buy a modest amount of stuff from them. no problems, at all. One of the guys there is very knowledgeable about engines. He has helped me a lot.
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You need a pair of Stidd helm seats, the most comfortable thing you ever set your @ss on and will only set you back 10k+
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Only 10K ? I gotta run out and get a pair of them.LOL .I do wonder though why they are so expensive.I understand they're more of a specialty product, and that in comparison to household furniture they don't produce as many so the margins have to be higher,and having owned boats all of my life, I get the fact of higher costs, but I think all of them are way over priced
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Ive bought a few things there verry happy if you need marine seat vinyl there good i bought dome yardage there 10 bucka yard and foam also.
I bought a real nice footrest for my 20 there last year. |
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Thanks guys appreciate the info,
In the meantime I came across these seats,they look mighty comfortable.
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The right foot rest combined with proper height makes all the difference in the world with helm chairs. I went through a couple and ended up a with cheap Todd with no armrests. After I solved the foot rest and height issue the simplest helm chair worked the best.
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I found that out when I put new seats in after the restoration.I tried the seats out in the garage by placing them up on five gallon buckets etc,and I wasn't crazy about the way it felt. But,once we got them set at height in the boat and got the foot rests in a proper height, It really did make a world of difference. they were a much more comfortable fit. It's funny, everyone on my boat loves to sit in the cheapest seat.It's a folding canvas camp/lawn chair that I got at Costco for about 15.00 bucks. It's on the port side,about in the middle of the boat.We all know that the ride in the Tsunami's/Sceptre's are great in the rough,but that seat in the middle is the best when its snotty.
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I pulled a couple of Todd chairs out of my 25. If you want to try them, you can. I may or may not reinstall them this year. But I know how backs are, and if they did the trick, I am sure I can make an affordable price for them for you. I usually stand anyways.
I would be surprised if they were "just right", but the offer is there if you want to try them. |
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I have however just ordered two seats from Tempress that got very good reviews.I'm returning the others to Defender. Who knows,the new ones may be no better,but, I believe they are still made in America(I think),so that's a plus. Whenever I decide to buy something for the boat,whether it be boat stuff or fishing stuff,I tend to obsess over it.I'll spend hours and days researching something as simple as a spool of fishing line. Sometimes I think it's better to just make a quick decision and be done with it.
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