A captain's chair, commonly called helm seat, often considered as a sea faring piece of furniture because of its name, or a star trek helm seats, if one is a fan of science fiction. However, it is only an important marine product for sports enthusiastic. It is primarily a chair with armrests to provide horizontal support and backrest to provide vertical support to the user. Helm seats, often made of wood can be used various settings located in restaurants and dining rooms, to make a workstation or with a desk. In several dining room sets, either one or two captain's chair sits at the end of the chairs with no arms on the sides and table. A lot of times captain's chair have top line for the chair's back support at the same height as that of arm rests. In the recent years, there have been some chairs referred as captain's chair, but their back supports and armrests do not have the essential two vertical supports.
These chairs, with fabric between the supports are called director's chair. One of the major reasons for the confusion with the names of different chairs is because there is no correct definition for these types of chair. There are different companies manufacturing these chairs and each company calls them by different names. This has led to more confusion. To add to the misunderstanding further, some people refer these chairs as exercise equipment used for increasing the core strength on the abdominal areas through abs exercise.
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The price of captain chair varies from one fabric or leather type to the other and from one retailer to the other. One thing that adds to the price of these chairs is the quality of workmanship but according to the many users, this is worth paying extra for. Different range of prices reflects the use of different type of wood used for the construction of these chairs. Moreover, the cushion and fabric used for the helm seat affects the price of the chair. There are vintage captain's chairs that are ornate, at antique sales or stores.
With a simple style of construction, people used these seats for centuries now. Due to its vertical support system, these chairs are very sturdy. In older chairs, there was no cushioning or upholstery, all this fits with the more conventional type of chairs. Outdoor companies have been manufacturing these chairs since 1900's. The use of novice material made these chairs popular with campers and travelers alike. There is nothing like a comfortable helm seat to relax in after a tiring day of fishing or hiking.