2022
Two best mates and a salty idea
We got tired of sinking into flimsy beach chairs, so we started building our own. Cardboard mock-ups on the lounge room floor, then a frame, then something you could actually sit in.
We're here to maximise your beach time
More beach days, more stories, more sunsets. It's the sand and the waves, but mostly it's the people you're there with, slowing down and staying a little longer.
Luke and Jake
We're two best mates who spend most of our free time at the beach, and for years we did it sitting on chairs that sank, tipped, or fell apart by the second summer. Eventually the complaining got boring and we started building instead.
There's no design department here - it's the two of us. Everything we make gets tested by us, on our local beaches, until it's good enough to share with you. Every seat, cabana and towel we sell has been sat on, packed down and rinsed off by one of us first.
That's also why we answer our own emails. If something's wrong with your order you're talking to one of us, and we'd rather sort it out than argue about it.
- Luke and Jakehello@saltyseats.com
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best mates, still the whole team
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beaches we test on ourselves
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colourways on seats and towels
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year warranty on everything
Four years, one seat, a lot of sand
Drag the timeline, or pick a year.
2023
We launched, then we sold out
The first run went out the door and didn't come back. It was the best thing that could have happened and also the most confronting - people had opinions, and they were right about most of them.
2024
So we took it apart
Rather than reorder, we pulled the seat down to the frame. Higher-density foams, a protective sleeve around the frame, cushioning at every hinge, and a removable outer you can put through the wash.
2026
The whole beach trip
A seat isn't a beach day on its own. So there's a cabana with its own shade wall, and a 600gsm towel in the same four colours. Same rule as always - we don't sell it until we'd use it ourselves.
We sold out in 2023, then took the seat apart.
The easy move would have been to reorder the same thing. Instead we spent a year rebuilding it from the frame up, because the feedback was fair and we'd rather be late than sell the same seat twice.
- Reinforced alloy frame
- Multi-layer high-density foam
- Cushioned hinges
- Removable washable sleeve
- Quick-dry polyester wool
- Marine-grade hardware
- Packs down to 45cm
- Rinse and go
On our own beaches, all summer
Not a lab, not a showroom. Seven beaches across two states, in real wind and real sand, until something either holds up or gets sent back to the shed.
Adelaide
Glenelg · Henley Beach · West Beach
Sunshine Coast
Moffat Beach · Alexandra Headland · Mooloolaba · North Shore
Three things we'll always do
01Made for Aussie beachesDesigned at home and tested on real sand, sun and salt - not in a showroom.
0230-day money-backNot in love with your setup? Send it back. No dramas, no restocking fee.
03Ships from SydneyOut the door in one to two business days with tracking.
We're not finished
Told plainly, because you're the reason any of it moves.
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Cabana v2.0The Launch Edition is doing its job - collecting feedback. Everything we hear goes into the next one.
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More colourwaysTwo cabana colours today. Apricot and Aqua are the two we get asked for most.
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More stockistsWe'd rather you sat in one before you bought it. That means more independents carrying us.
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Small numbers, real people. Every one of them ordered from us and wrote it themselves.
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We'd rather you sat in one first
We're in a handful of independent stores around Australia, and we're always after more. If you run a shop that'd suit us, get in touch - we deal with stockists ourselves.
A real person replies
It's one of us on the other end, usually within a day. Questions about which setup suits you, warranty, an order that's gone sideways - all the same inbox.
hello@saltyseats.com
Ready to stay a little longer?
Answer a few questions and we'll tell you which setup actually suits how you use the beach.