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Is Butt Comfort A Priority On Long Flights? The 'Skwoosh' Can Help

September 30, 2009 at 4:03 PM | by | Comment (1)

Do you have trouble "sitting down?" Does the thought of "bending your knees" or "getting in a chair" make you cringe? If so, then retailer TravelSmith might have the perfect travel gear accessory for you. The SKWOOSH Traveler Seat Pad is a brand new product that helps you accomplish, in the context of modern airports and airplanes, what humans have been doing unaided for the better part of 10,000 years.

In the category of "most offensive comfort travel gear," this nonsense isn't even close. And yet—and yet...

Travelers regularly spend hundreds of dollars to reduce their carry-on weight by mere ounces. There's an entire market in multitasking travel devices designed specifically for that purpose, and it moves billions of dollars per year. Meanwhile other people are carrying around portable seats to cover the chairs they're already sitting on? That seems unnecessary.

In the interest of full disclosure, though, only half of our reaction is coming from the "travel light" philosophy. The other part has to do with how this gimmick is part and parcel of the entire candyass travel culture we've suddenly developed. "Jetting away to faraway places" isn't supposed to be as comfortable as "sitting at home on your couch." That's why we spell them differently.

"I can't recline in this padded airline chair while I magically partake in the miracle of heavier-than-air human flight because I'm achy?" Come on now.

We're not saying people should vagabond around the world, crash in hostels, and clean their underwear in sinks. We're actually really fond of comfortable hotels. But let's toughen up a little, shall we?

The SKWOOSH Traveler Seat Pad sells for $29.95 and TravelSmith offers free shipping on all exchanges. In case you buy it and then discover that you can sit down without the help of ergonomically designed gel-filled plastics.

Related Stories:
· SKWOOSH Traveler Seat Pad [TravelSmith]
· Travel Gear Coverage [Jaunted]
· Travel Gadgets Coverage [Jaunted]

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But... (ha ha)

... as a frequent traveler to Australia, I wouldn't sneeze at testing this baby out. Mama's butt does not enjoy 22-hour flights.
MsRebecca on September 30, 2009 at 4:23 PM #Permalink

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