DavidHolmes
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Sitting on a Touratech stool 200 miles north of the Artic circle, and it collapsed. One arm broke off and ended up in my backside. A close examination of the bruise suggested that 3 inches to the left and I would have had a very interesting experience.
Careful examination of the stool revealed a pin on one of the arms of the stool had worked loose, and the pressure applied had caused the plastic to fail.
A quick check of Emmas stool revealed that a pin on that one had also worked loose. I hammered it back in. Something I had to do again after every time I used it. Emma refused to sit on it again.(We just couldn't spare the time to travel to a town in the hope of finding replacements).
Two other pins (on the legs) also worked themselves lose.
Both stools had been used (as best as I can calculate) seven times in a period of 3 weeks. Both stools were bought specially for the trip a couple of weeks before we went.
I weigh less than 102 kilos fully kitted, (the recommended limit is 110kg) - anyone who would like to suggest that Emma weighs more ought to be aware that her mother and two of her sisters are lawyers
If you own a Touratech stool, I suggest you have a very close look at all the little metal pins and check that they are all flush with the black plastic.
Seriously folks, I very nearly ended up very seriously hurt in the middle of nowhere, and I would hate someone else to actually get hurt.
Careful examination of the stool revealed a pin on one of the arms of the stool had worked loose, and the pressure applied had caused the plastic to fail.
A quick check of Emmas stool revealed that a pin on that one had also worked loose. I hammered it back in. Something I had to do again after every time I used it. Emma refused to sit on it again.(We just couldn't spare the time to travel to a town in the hope of finding replacements).
Two other pins (on the legs) also worked themselves lose.
Both stools had been used (as best as I can calculate) seven times in a period of 3 weeks. Both stools were bought specially for the trip a couple of weeks before we went.
I weigh less than 102 kilos fully kitted, (the recommended limit is 110kg) - anyone who would like to suggest that Emma weighs more ought to be aware that her mother and two of her sisters are lawyers
If you own a Touratech stool, I suggest you have a very close look at all the little metal pins and check that they are all flush with the black plastic.
Seriously folks, I very nearly ended up very seriously hurt in the middle of nowhere, and I would hate someone else to actually get hurt.