"Hard" coach seat solution?
Mar 25, 2008, 12:27 pm
#1
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"Hard" coach seat solution?
A number of posters complain about hard seats in coach especially noticeable on long flights. Some friends have recommended a self inflatable seat cushion offered by Magellan ($49.99). Can anyone offer a confirming positive opinion of this cushion?
Apr 7, 2008, 5:57 pm
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The best solution I have found (recommended by another frequent international traveller) is the "Therm-a-Rest Lite Seat". It's a self inflating seat cushon designed for backpacking (packs small and light). Whenever I'm on a flight of more than 2 hours in coach I drop it in my briefcase and use it. Amazing difference. The key thing is that you need very little air in it. If you put to much air in it, it feels like you're sitting on a baloon.
You can get them at REI for < $30US. Here's a link to a description:
http://www.rei.com/product/708477
You can get them at REI for < $30US. Here's a link to a description:
http://www.rei.com/product/708477
Apr 9, 2008, 6:12 pm
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The best solution I have found (recommended by another frequent international traveller) is the "Therm-a-Rest Lite Seat".
You can get them at REI for < $30US. Here's a link to a description:
http://www.rei.com/product/708477
You can get them at REI for < $30US. Here's a link to a description:
http://www.rei.com/product/708477
Apr 18, 2008, 1:53 pm
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The best solution I have found (recommended by another frequent international traveller) is the "Therm-a-Rest Lite Seat". It's a self inflating seat cushon designed for backpacking (packs small and light). Whenever I'm on a flight of more than 2 hours in coach I drop it in my briefcase and use it. Amazing difference. The key thing is that you need very little air in it. If you put to much air in it, it feels like you're sitting on a baloon.
You can get them at REI for < $30US. Here's a link to a description:
http://www.rei.com/product/708477
You can get them at REI for < $30US. Here's a link to a description:
http://www.rei.com/product/708477
Apr 19, 2008, 11:58 pm
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I need to invent a memory foam coach seat 
Those things really vacuum down to near nothing, it could be a small battery powered air suction device that you put the foam into and then it shrinks down a huge amount of the size when it has air
Now someone will take my idea.
Those things really vacuum down to near nothing, it could be a small battery powered air suction device that you put the foam into and then it shrinks down a huge amount of the size when it has air
Now someone will take my idea.
Jun 4, 2008, 9:57 am
#13
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Where are they?
Used the magellan self inflatable seat cushion on the longer flight (TATL) and found tail bone didn't hurt at all, whereas on the domestic leg without the cushion, it did hurt!
Jun 4, 2008, 12:58 pm
#14
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Bay Area
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Therm-a-Rest Lite Seat works
One of my friends hurt her back a few years ago and had to stop being a landscape designer as a result. She travels now about six weeks out of the year and takes her Therm-a-Rest Lite Seat everywhere. She says it really works.
Jun 4, 2008, 6:36 pm
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I've got a 8+ hour economy seat flight coming up in 3 weeks, I jus may have to pickup one of these ThermaLite seats as my tush always goes numb on longhaul flights!