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PersonX4nder50
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Hi everyone!
I'm currently on the hunt for outdoor furniture, but I have a question regarding the the material from which this type of furniture is built.

While rattan seems to be a popular choice, I'm curious if there are other, perhaps superior options out there.

What materials do you recommend for outdoor furniture that can withstand the elements while still looking chic? I've heard about alternatives like teak, aluminum, and even recycled plastic. Have any of you experimented with these materials?

Thanks

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I bought a new set in the summer, it’s coated aluminium.
Not cheap but last for years look at supremo as a brand

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We have a Katie Blake rattan set, it was a quite expensive one and really pleased with it. Chairs are put away in the shed for the winter and the table, which has a glass top, is covered but left outside. I always put the seat cushions away after every use.

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^^^ Ditto. Powder coated aluminium is easily the best and by far the most durable, also very light to move around. But, here is the but, you will pay more for it and you will have to store the weather proof cushions away, which take up a lot of space.

Also, I personally would not bother with the expensive cover, as we did. They just collect water, and get blown off in heavy winds, a real PITA to be honest. But we do cover the table/fire pit.

We were put off Rattan by so many people, so spent a bit extra for the powder coated aluminium and are really pleased.


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We bought the cover for ours, cost £100 and correct they just collect water.
So taken off now for the winter, my cover came with a 3 year Guarantee which I’m pretty certain it won’t last three years so I’ve got the receipt and the bag and it will be going straight back to the shop when it eventually fails.
He started off as a nice black colour and now it says now it’s a shade of purple very similar to a Kampa Awning

Bessie


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PersonMick S.
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We've currently got like a plastic rattan furniture set. It will definitely last longer than the real stuff. The last was powder coated alloy - which faded over time. Choose what you get, if you get 5 years you will be doing well.
We are on our third set in 6 years. Partly for wear, and partly because we get sick of seeing the same old stuff sometimes. We always cover the lot. If you do it right, it wont hold water or blow away.


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22/11/2023 at 1:39pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 21/11/2023
We've currently got like a plastic rattan furniture set. It will definitely last longer than the real stuff. The last was powder coated alloy - which faded over time. Choose what you get, if you get 5 years you will be doing well.
We are on our third set in 6 years. Partly for wear, and partly because we get sick of seeing the same old stuff sometimes. We always cover the lot. If you do it right, it wont hold water or blow away.


That would depend what shape you buy, ours is L shaped with a table and 2 stools, so pools between them.
When i take the seat pads off the water pools between the slats and drops through.

forgot to add it also rain a lot in Manchester

Bessie



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Ours is rattan hard no problems with the cushions go away in winter them seat folded up and covered this year as tarpaulin from Aldi £9.99


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Have you thought of making your own. Its really not that difficult ,with not a lot of tooling needed. Some of the furniture I made over 15 years ago is still in use and should last more years . My favorite material is pine decking its reasonably cheap to buy and very durable and long lasting.The cussions I buy ready made and easily available
As I have aleady said its not difficult to do,with lots of tutorials available showing what folks can do for themselves at home, Speaking for myself I get far more satisfaction making my own rather than buying some of the expensive questionable quality shop stuff.


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We have been looking out for Kettler Palma full size left hand set for ages - its all the right hand sets that come up on offer and paying 500 quid or whatever more irks. We dont want a set with a table top that keps a glass top inside a wicker frame - they just get cacky around the edges.


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Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 22/11/2023
Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 21/11/2023
We've currently got like a plastic rattan furniture set. It will definitely last longer than the real stuff. The last was powder coated alloy - which faded over time. Choose what you get, if you get 5 years you will be doing well.
We are on our third set in 6 years. Partly for wear, and partly because we get sick of seeing the same old stuff sometimes. We always cover the lot. If you do it right, it wont hold water or blow away.


That would depend what shape you buy, ours is L shaped with a table and 2 stools, so pools between them.

Bessie




So is ours, but its not a 'fixed'L, and i'd be surprised if yours was. I heap one bench side on top of the other, with the stools thrown in front along with the table - minus its glass. Then a wagon sheet over the lot.


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Probably coated aluminum is the most durable option over time, but also the most expensive, as mentioned.
Even if you're looking for other options than rattan, have you considered the Premium rattan furniture? It won't fade or rot, and doesn't need to be covered when the weather is bad. Besides all that, it's also somewhat cheaper than the coated aluminum. Check out some models here.


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Look at “whole life” costs: the more expensive option lasts longer but how often will you use it: what’s the “pay per G&T sitting”.
We use wooden seats & benches which we teak oil when we remember, but they break eventually (10 years?). Used for occasional morning coffee or afternoon pause by the sweet peas in ‘cut flower’ bed. Rarely sit out in the evening because of the midges (hence the conservatory).
The white plastic seats we got 20+ years ago are still solid but look dreadful (cillit bang, leave it on x seconds to clean it - useless!), so we just drape old tablecloths over them if guests are using them. They live out all year, probably why they look awful.
If I had all the money, I would design a curved drystone wall & build a seat into it, with a Caithness stone floor, facing the afternoon sun (like one at the Threave School of Gardening outside Castle Douglas in SW Scotland).

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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 24/11/2023

If I had all the money, I would design a curved drystone wall & build a seat into it, with a Caithness stone floor, facing the afternoon sun


I did exactly that for a customer maybe 30 years ago now. Except it had a Yorkstone flag base. It also had little side shelves for the glasses either side. Probably still there unless the gardens been redone.


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I have always wanted a walled garden. As for furniture, we have an arbour painted blue which has to be repainted every few years and a metal table and chairs. Cushions etc from Amazon.



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