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4.5
This is my first zero gravity chair.I had a sling chair once, or I think they called them deck chairs, that was so comfortable, and I noticed zero gravity chairs while looking to purchase another. First things first, I read a lot of reviews, and I noticed in a lot of them they talked about the brakes, which as I understood was how you locked the zero gravity chair in different degrees of recline. So I got it in the other day, and was kind of excited to have it, and opened the box right there in the front yard, and sat down in it and leaned back to see how comfortable this thing was going to be.Well I'm a little less than 300 lbs, and that being one of the reasons I got this chair is the weight limit being up to 350 as I recall.The chair went all the way back really fast, probably because I didn't have any braking applied, and when it came to a sudden stop my chair went over backwards, and dumped me on the ground. And since my feet were elevated, in relation to the chair, I nearly rolled completely over backwards, with my body weight compressing my neck. Fortunately I was able to throw my weight to the side and come down sideways, which gave me a few scratches from gravel on my arms, but it concerned me how easy it might have been for me to seriously injure my neck.I don't know if all zero gravity chairs are like this, or if it's just this particular one.Once I learned how to safely use the brakes,something I'm still working on, to lean back into a reclined position safely, I found it to be very comfortable. I will just exercise caution, when leaning back.I heard people complaining about how heavy these chairs can be, and this one is heavy, but it's also heavy duty, and strong, so you can't have everything. I don't mind the extra weight, I'm not planning on taking it backpacking.
