Pontoon seat manufacturers

[ajbachhuber]

I've been hunting around for some deals on replacement furniture for my pontoon boat. (Once I can afford it, as mentioned in another post.) I've been a bit disappointed by the options available. It all kind of looks the same, I guess. I thought there might be more options. When you consider the looks of some of the new, luxury pontoon boats, all the replacement stuff just looks square and blocky.

These are the four manufacturers that I've been able to locate:

Wise
Deckmate
Signature Seating
Veada

I'll add more here as I find them:

Flexsteel
Premier (the pontoon boat builder: http://www.shop.pontoons.com)


Did I miss anyone?

Does anyone know if the big manufacturers sell furniture direct?

Thanks.

[Old Dog]

I've been hunting around for some deals on replacement furniture for my pontoon boat. (Once I can afford it, as mentioned in another post.) I've been a bit disappointed by the options available. It all kind of looks the same, I guess. I thought there might be more options. When you consider the looks of some of the new, luxury pontoon boats, all the replacement stuff just looks square and blocky.

These are the four manufacturers that I've been able to locate:

Wise
Deckmate
Signature Seating
Veada

Did I miss anyone?

Does anyone know if the big manufacturers sell furniture direct?

Thanks.

Here's a link I just found if it helps in any way: http://www.pontoonstuff.com/deckmate-po ... iture.aspx

This is just one of many that can be found searching under 'pontoon furniture for sale'.

Good luck with this.

Cheers!

[ajbachhuber]

Hey, Old Dog:

Thanks for the input. I should have clarified, I guess. I have been to just about every pontoon seat distributor's site that pops up within the first 4 pages of a Google search under an array or search terms. However, those guys are distributors and the four lines above (really just 3, I only found Veada at their own site) seem to be all I can find from distributors. I am looking for some different options from other manufacturers.

I started to call around to the boat manufacturers. I called South Bay and they wouldn't even tell me who manufactures their seats. (I don't really blame them though, they don't know who I am or what I'm doing, I may even be the competition for all they know.) Next I called Premier and they do sell their seats direct. They tell me they build their own seats and the ones they don't build, they get from Flexsteel. You can buy seats from Premier at their parts website: http://www.shop.pontoons.com I only briefly looked through there and it appears to have many options and some nice (modern) accessories.

[ttcfan4476]

check this out i am thinking about using this website


http://www.restorepontoon.com/pontoon/p ... 0p2732.htm

[vermilionfox]

Here's another:

http://www.americansofttrim.com/

[NH Tooner]

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[ToonGuy]

Veada is a manufacture that sells direct. They also have a 4-week lead time (if you're lucky), and are more costly than retailers. RestorePontoon sells the WISE brand seats that PontoonStuff USED to sell. There's a reason they don't sell them any more. DeckMate is PontoonStuff's own private line. Although they don't manufacture it in house they control the companies that do. I don't have any experience with the other two. As to why all the seats you are seeing look "boxy" there's a reason: Shipping. You have to be able to ship those after market seats. Can you get big, custom, one piece wrap around benches like the new boats for your toon? Yes. But I don't think that discription goes with "deals on replacement furniture". Not only the cost of the seats but the cost of shipping would be expensive.

[Liquid Asset]

My furniture came from american soft trim. They are made in house for apex marine boats. They also sell the seats and stuff through their site. They were great to deal with and have tons for color options vs. the standard replacement seat options . They also don't use roto mold plastic. They use compsite sheet material or plywood instead and their bases also are vinyl covered to match. This time of year there is probably a bit of a wait. I had a 5 week wait when I ordered mine a couple years ago. I took a tour of their whole operation it was cool to see toons being buit from start to finish. They make everything but the fiberglass helms in house.

, shaun

[NH Tooner]

I ordered my seats from Veada on March 5. They shipped out yesterday so that wasnt too long of a wait.