There are two categories of padded folding chairs: removable pads and built-in pad chairs. In this blog, I’ll discuss benefits and disadvantages of the attached pads while reviewing some of the top folding chairs padded.
Costco has the Hon Steel Folding Chair with vinyl seat. These come in the color beige and can be bought in a four pack for $84.09. This comes to roughly $21 pretax. These are your standard looking foldable chairs but obviously the difference from the straight metal is these have the slightly padded vinyl. This enhances comfort, but will still be uncomfortable to sit in for any extended period of time. These would look good with complementary buffet furniture. We’ll now move on to a model with more cushion.
You won’t win any interior decorating awards but the Samsonite cushioned folding chair has a thick commercial fabric upholstery padding on both the seat and contour back. However, the price is $139.88 for just one (I didn’t see it say set of 4 anywhere) at LivingInComfort.com. The problem here is there is no chance you buy these in bulk to host an event and even if you rent them the cost is still going to be outrageous. Even if you can swing the price, why wouldn’t you get a better design? These have a 1970s, drab industrial look to them so we’ll continue on.
The Global Designs cushioned folding chair is out of stock at Amazon.com, but they may get this one back in again. It really doesn’t look like your standard church folding chair. It actually looks more living a dining room chair. The wood is solid with a walnut color finish and the seat is very soft with a microfiber touch.
Sears has the beautiful Samsonite XL Series folding chair cushioned for $289.99 for 4. This comes to about $73 a piece pretax. The color is all black and the seats are made for larger people. Sears says the seat is 13% larger than the traditional folding chair. The seat and back cover are both made of soft microfiber and the color is all black for a chair that could easily blend at a night time event.
Wal-Mart has very good prices on padded folding chairs. If you search for the Hercules folding chair, there are two levels of cushion available. One has padding of one inch thick and the other is two and a half inches pad for super padding. As an added bonus, they are basically selling these at sale prices. The one inch is only $86 and the 2.5 inches is $99. Both prices are for four packs.
Have you thought about getting wooden folding chairs?
