Solar SP C-Tech Recliner Chair

The Solar SP C-Tech Recliner Chair is the sensible middle of Solar's chair range: a 3D Dura-Dore air-pocketed mattress on a lightweight oval aluminium frame, with a four-point recline and a lumbar cushion included rather than sold separately. It comes in two sizes, Standard and High.

Why the SP C-Tech Recliner earns its price

• 3D Dura-Dore air-pocketed mattress — thousands of coiled mesh springs create an air pocket between you and the frame, so it breathes rather than trapping heat over an eight-hour sit.
• Four-point recline system — four set positions rather than a single tilt, so you can sit forward over the rods or lie back between bites.
• Lumbar support cushion included — most chairs at this price make you buy one separately.
• Oval aluminium frame — the oval section resists twisting better than round tube at the same weight, which is what stops a chair going soft after a season.
• Spring-Loc leg adjustment — all four legs, one mechanism, quick to level on a sloping bank.
• Neoprene arm covers — warmer than bare frame in winter and kinder on your forearms.

Standard or High?

Both sizes share the same frame, mattress, recline and leg system — the difference is how high you sit and how far the back comes up. Choose High if you want to sit level with your buzzers, get in and out without pushing off the arms, or you are tall enough that a low chair leaves your knees above your hips. Choose Standard if you fish low to the water, want the smaller packdown, or spend most of your time in a bivvy where headroom is limited. If you are between the two, most anglers who fish sat out on an open bank end up preferring the High.

Who it is for

This is the chair for anglers doing overnighters and weekends who want proper recline and lumbar support without going to full session-chair money. The Solar SP C-Tech Recliner Chair sits below the SP C-Tech Sofa Chair, which is wider and lighter at 5.9kg. If you would rather have one frame that works as both a chair and a bed seat, the SP C-Tech Combi Chair is the dual-purpose option, and our best carp bedchairs guide covers the bed side. See the rest of the carp fishing chairs we stock.