Monday, November 15, 2010

*Giveaway Closed* Review and Giveaway: SmartSeat Chair Protector

The winner is:

Amanda

I could have used those back when we has WHITE cloth seats. What were we thinking?

Random.org

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Thanks to everyone who entered!


I was recently contacted by Rebecca Rabson from PB&J Discoveries regarding their SmartSeat Chair Protector. Becky is a stay-at-home mom and recently started a small company to manufacture waterproof, stain-resistant, and machine washable chair covers for dinning room and kitchen chairs. I like to try to support small businesses when I can, especially mom-owned so I thought this product was right up my alley.

Becky sent me a chair cover for review and is doing a giveaway for one of my readers!


Review


My original dinning room chair

The SmartSeat installed snugly

Front

Back

Side

Other side

Straps as they are installed on my chair

Pros:

-Protects your chair! This is the biggest pro and by far most important. We got our dinning room set on Craigslist from a family with 4 kids. Our 3 kids have beat it up. The only reason the top picture looks good is because that is our 6th chair that no one ever sits in. When I invest in a good, new dinning room set I will definitely consider some sort of chair protectors, especially for the 3 chairs the kids sit in.

-Attractive. Besides the navy cover shown, there is also a tan cover available. I would suspect either tan or navy would fit into the decor of most homes.

-Easy to install. The chair cover took me less than 5 minutes to install. I skimmed over the instructions, installed as suggested and was done. They also have how-to videos on the SmartSeat Chair Protector website.

-Affordable. $14.99-$19.99 per chair cover depending upon how many you purchase.

-Washable. A waterproof chair cover that is machine washable, how great is that?

Cons

-Fit varies from chair to chair. For my chair I used the "small chair" installation guidelines and crossed the straps for a tighter fit. I was able to get the top, front, and back, smooth and almost perfect. The only part that had some gaping was the side. On my chair I think I small piece of scotch tape would do the trick to hold it in place.

-Look. While made to look like original cushion, when looking closely you can tell there is a cover on the chair.

Overall I was very pleased and thought it is a great, innovative product.

Giveaway

PB&J Discoveries is giving one of my readers one of their SmartSeat Chair Protectors in your choice of tan or navy.

First entry: leave a comment regarding how a SmartSeat Chair Protector could help you; tell me how messy your kids (or hubby) are, tell me how you hate your current dinning room cushions, anything. This entry is mandatory and must be made before any other entries will count. Your email address must be in your comment as well.

Additional entries, you must leave a separate comment in each entry:

-Subscribe to or follow my blog. Current subscribers and followers count.

-Follow me on Twitter @dishes_laundry

-Follow PB&J Discoveries on Twitter @SmartSeatCover

-Tweet about this giveaway. Once a day, leave a comment for each tweet. Just copy and paste into Twitter: Got messy kids? Want to protect your chairs? Win a @SmartSeatCover from @dishes_laundry http://tinyurl.com/23eyofz

-Like SmartSeat Chair Covers on their Facebook Fan Page.

-Blog about this giveaway, linking to both There Must Be More To Life Than Dishes and Laundry... and SmartSeat Chair Protectors.

Giveaway ends Monday, November 29th at 9:00PM EST. Contest is open to U.S. residents only. Winner will be chosen via random.org. Winner will be contacted via email and have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Good luck!

Disclosure statement: I was not compensated for this review and all opinions are mine and mine alone. I was sent one chair cover to test out to facilitate the review process.

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