I like a seat and have always run a crazy creek seat but am thinking of swapping. It always seems to be loosening up.

Has anybody run these? I pulled it out of the Archives.
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a might spendy...and at 2005 prices to boot!  I would also like to know the comfort level.

The backrest doesn't look comfortable to me. :-/

What I'm really not sure I like are those side straps. They really come out on the sides quite a bit and look to be a potential tangle area especially for me with the items I wear on my belt. A definite safety concern.

The sit backer looks nice. I have handled them before at Cabelas or bass pro but I can't deal with the weight. Tubular steel. They should of made the things out of aluminum and jacked the price a bit. I wonder how many sales they are missing from guys like me.

They made them of steel to hold up to guys like me...there isn't that much weight difference...

I borrowed KF's Prism a few years ago. I had always taken a scrap 7ply plywood board for cleaning fish. It was kind of traditional and it developed a nice tooth over the years. Anyway one day near the end of that trip I stuck in vertically behind the seat. It was a fantastic backrest wedged between the seat and a thwart. 8" wide 2 feet long, no paddling issues. It was great. Comfy. In my tandem I'd lay back once in a while and crack some issues but I really enjoyed the serendipitous aspect of something so simple and arguably useless providing so much pleasure. I didn't trust laying back in the solo as it was new to me at the time. Second last day of the trip my line got caught on the bow's skid plate ;) Once I realized my arms were not long enough to get it out, I had to crawl back to the seat thinking damn, that was really a stupid move in a virtually empty canoe.

Proper posture will likely be a better solution.  I've never been a fan of seatbacks in canoes, too restricting.

I use on similar to a crazy creek seat that piragis makes. I beat stuff pretty good and don't have any problems with things loosening up. I like it cause I can take it off the canoe and use it around the fire too.

Got one a few years ago for myself. Then my wife sat in my seat and I had to get another. I don't know about the cost issues some say--a crazy creek chair is 40-45. I paid that for my chairs. The Bench seats  are $60 and you can find them on sale at Hoigards or Midwest usually.

I have never had a problem with the straps loosening. If you did not have a problem before with straps on the Crazy Creek you should not with thuis seat either. It is very adjustable both in height and support. Defintiely a luxury item.

I tried the Crazy creek and they just never were that comfortable to me.

Weight wise about the same as a crazy creek much lighter than a sitbacker.

With all that said you really need to try one before you buy. I tested one out at a Midwest Demo before buying.

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