ENO  Lounger DL Chair

Eno nailed it on the comfort of this chair and on the adjustable height. The chair actually feels like you are sitting in a hammock, the comfort rocks! Love that I can snap the legs out of the way and sit in it at ~3” off the ground. It puts me at nearly the same level as all my friends with their Alite Monarch or Mayfly chairs (the 2017, 2018, & 2019 Eno Lounger is more comfortable than the Alite chairs). Having everyone else sitting low and you sitting up high makes you feel like you aren’t part of the group and if you’re playing cards it downright sucks. And, if I’m with a group of people with taller chairs I can slide the legs in and sit ~10” high. While a little bit lower than many other chairs it gets me close enough for many instances. The padded arms are also great, they definitely add to the comfort. So, why didn’t I give the 2017 / 2018 / 2019 Eno Lounger 5 stars, and why did I refer to it as a “First Revision”. 1) While all the other quality manufacturers have used high quality durable mesh in their chairs, Eno still hasn't done that in their chair. Down here in the SouthWest where it is already in the mid 90 degree range the fabric reduces breathability significantly over mesh, making you sweat, and the comfortable high back just adds to the heat build-up as your back begins sweating. This severe design flaw will effect anyone who plans on using this where the temperature gets above 85 if there is any humidity. It’s advisable to wait for the next revision to come out that is sure to incorporate mesh into the chair (fingers crossed). I should note that Eno placed three small holes where the center of your butt goes in the seat and despite friends joking that they were designed for people eating a lot of beans while camping I am sure they are designed to allow water drainage when it rains because otherwise a chair with this seat design left in the rain would trap and hold water. The holes offer no breathability to speak of. 2) The cup holder was an afterthought in the 2017 & 2018 models and if you put a can in it, the can will hang at a near 65 degree angle. Essentially you’ll lose the top half of any beer you place in the cup holder. Sadly from the product photos above it appears no improvement was made on the 2019 models. 3) The ability to clip the legs out of the way and sit at the lower position was great out of the box thinking (Congrats Eno, you raised the bar for all the chair manufacturers), but for anyone in the Southwest setting their chair on everything other than grass, soft dirt, or sand, I can only imagine the leg mounts will end up quickly torn up by decomposed granite and other rock prevalent here. Small nubs to replace the legs and protect the leg mounts will hopefully come. Again, this is the most comfortable chair around but sadly I would still recommend holding off on purchasing till, at minimum, the mesh is added to the seat. If Eno followed in Alite’s footsteps and offered a reasonably priced (~$40) replacement seat sling (fabric portions) I would say it’s worth buying now knowing you will most likely want to replace the fabric seat sling with a mesh seat sling as soon as it was available.

Eno nailed it on the comfort of this chair and on the adjustable height. The chair actually feels like you are sitting in a hammock, the comfort rocks! Love that I can snap the legs out of the way and sit in it at ~3” off the ground. It puts me at nearly the same level as all my friends with their Alite Monarch or Mayfly chairs (the 2017, 2018, & 2019 Eno Lounger is more comfortable than the Alite chairs). Having everyone else sitting low and you sitting up high makes you feel like you aren’t part of the group and if you’re playing cards it downright sucks. And, if I’m with a group of people with taller chairs I can slide the legs in and sit ~10” high. While a little bit lower than many other chairs it gets me close enough for many instances. The padded arms are also great, they definitely add to the comfort. So, why didn’t I give the 2017 / 2018 / 2019 Eno Lounger 5 stars, and why did I refer to it as a “First Revision”. 1) While all the other quality manufacturers have used high quality durable mesh in their chairs, Eno still hasn't done that in their chair. Down here in the SouthWest where it is already in the mid 90 degree range the fabric reduces breathability significantly over mesh, making you sweat, and the comfortable high back just adds to the heat build-up as your back begins sweating. This severe design flaw will effect anyone who plans on using this where the temperature gets above 85 if there is any humidity. It’s advisable to wait for the next revision to come out that is sure to incorporate mesh into the chair (fingers crossed). I should note that Eno placed three small holes where the center of your butt goes in the seat and despite friends joking that they were designed for people eating a lot of beans while camping I am sure they are designed to allow water drainage when it rains because otherwise a chair with this seat design left in the rain would trap and hold water. The holes offer no breathability to speak of. 2) The cup holder was an afterthought in the 2017 & 2018 models and if you put a can in it, the can will hang at a near 65 degree angle. Essentially you’ll lose the top half of any beer you place in the cup holder. Sadly from the product photos above it appears no improvement was made on the 2019 models. 3) The ability to clip the legs out of the way and sit at the lower position was great out of the box thinking (Congrats Eno, you raised the bar for all the chair manufacturers), but for anyone in the Southwest setting their chair on everything other than grass, soft dirt, or sand, I can only imagine the leg mounts will end up quickly torn up by decomposed granite and other rock prevalent here. Small nubs to replace the legs and protect the leg mounts will hopefully come. Again, this is the most comfortable chair around but sadly I would still recommend holding off on purchasing till, at minimum, the mesh is added to the seat. If Eno followed in Alite’s footsteps and offered a reasonably priced (~$40) replacement seat sling (fabric portions) I would say it’s worth buying now knowing you will most likely want to replace the fabric seat sling with a mesh seat sling as soon as it was available.