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    D G
    Spectator

    @dang

    Locale: Pacific Northwet

    Just received one of these from Sierra Trading Post:

    http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,1977X_Crazy-Creek-Cradle-Lounger-Camping-Chair.html

    At $35 it seems like a bargain compaired to the sling light chair ($90). I'm curious if it's just a sling light that has been rebranded as crazy creek. I've looked at all the sling light stuff on the web and this chair seems identical.

    #1561850
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Sure looks like one. Where is Denis Hazelwood? He's the sling light expert.

    #1561860
    Jim W.
    BPL Member

    @jimqpublic

    Locale: So-Cal

    I believe the Crazy Creek is made with permission of the original inventor- but it's slightly heavier. 4 ounces more per a post on another forum (23 vs. 19 oz). Crazy Creek was selling them on their website for something like $25 but I don't see them listed now.

    #1561889
    Denis Hazlewood
    BPL Member

    @redleader

    Locale: Northern California

    Ken,
    The definition of an expert is as follows: An ex is a has-been and spurt is just a drip under pressure.

    In '05 I stopped at the Crazy Creek HQ, in Red Lodge, Montana to pick up a fist full of catalogs for my summer workshop. I noticed that they offered a Crazy Creek version of the Sling-Light. It seems they probably got a license to build the chairs and sure enough REI had them on sale for about a year. REI hasn't had them in stock for some time now. I guess they didn't sell.

    The Crazy Creek version of the Sling-Light uses heavier tubing than the original. Don't know what they weigh.

    The Crazy Creek website doesn't show them any more but they're listed for sale at Target.com for $44.99.

    I believe the chairs from Freeform R & D are made one at a time in southern California. I talked to the owner years ago and he said he sold about three or four hundred a year, year in and year out, with no advertising.

    Manufactured since 1977 by
    FREEFORM R & D
    1539 Monrovia Ave. Unit 23
    Newport Beach, CA 92663
    Phone (949) 646-3217 Fax (949) 646-3218

    The SlingLight Eight
    Here is a photo of a group I was leading in 1995. Maybe the most Sling-Lights ever seen in one place outside the factory.

    #1561948
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    From what I remember when I looked at these a bit ago, the Crazy Creek were much heavier than the SlingLights.

    #1561949
    D G
    Spectator

    @dang

    Locale: Pacific Northwet

    Just weighed mine: 25 oz. Slinglight website indicates 22 oz for theirs (18 oz chair plus 4 oz head rest. So if the sling light chair weight is to spec the crazy creek one is 3 oz heavier.

    #1564110
    James Mudler
    Member

    @jmudler

    On sale at STP for $27.96

    #1564115
    kris dunn
    Member

    @krisdunn

    These are also on special at crazycreek.com for $20 + shipping (about $10 for me)…

    https://www.crazycreek.com/product/specials/66/

    #1564262
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    I have a SL and while it doesn't always come with me for certain trips it is a luxury that is divine. The quality is well done.

    This is one area where buying the real thing is worth it. Support the man behind it, not some cheap import rip off!

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