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An extra-large lounger with a cup holder and a hard-sided caddy, which is a small addition that changes how the afternoon runs. Phone, sunscreen, keys and a drink all travel with the float, so you stop making trips to the pool edge and start staying put.
The cut is a wide chaise — more deck than our footrest lounger, a slightly flatter back, and a floor panel that keeps the seat from folding when you shift. It is rated for one adult comfortably and will take a child on the lap without complaint. Grab handles sit at both sides at the point where you actually reach when climbing on, rather than where they look tidiest.
This is the cheapest full-size lounger we make and the one most families buy two of. Same heavy gauge material as everything else, same inflation test, same three minute setup with a pump. The caddy is moulded into the chamber and will not tear off.
Who it is for: the person who always ends up swimming back for their drink. The caddy sounds like a gimmick until you have used one, and then the experience of a float without storage feels unfinished. It is the model that travels best to a friend house for a party, because everything you brought stays on the float with you.
Keep sunscreen off the mesh if you can — oil and fine mesh are a poor combination and the pocket is the only part here that is awkward to scrub. Otherwise: rinse, dry, fold, bag. Our first inflation guide has the valve order that stops the backrest going soft an hour in, which is the most common complaint about any chaise-cut lounger anywhere.
