Knee Defender & Scanner Bag Previews
By BootsnAll | Permalink | 3 comments | November 29th, 2006
Tall people have a natural disadvantage while traveling. Especially in coach. Then, the 6 year old in front of you reclines their chair all the way back and you can’t even get out to pee because your knees are wedged into the back of the seat.
Fret no more! The Knee Defender is here! The Knee Defender is a clever little wedgy-type of device that locks the seat in front of you to the seat-back tray so it can’t recline. You get the benefit of retaining circulation in your legs AND being able to use your laptop or eat wonderful airline food.
So they say. But we’re about to find out if there’s proof in the pudding. Early next week, Carrie from Business Travel Logue is going to see how many people she can piss off by locking their seat fully forward. She’s also going to test out Gadget Duck’s sister product, the Scanner Bag.
Here they are, Carrie! Just waiting for you to come and get ‘em. Remember: “Be courteous. Do not hog space. Listen to flight attendants.”
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November 30th, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Well, what if someone chose to use this little contraption on you? How would you feel? I mean, it doesn’t seem very fair for the other person as they’ve paid for the ability to recline just like you…
December 1st, 2006 at 2:50 pm
You’re right – I wouldn’t probably be too happy. I usually NEVER lean my seat more than 1/2 way and I try to make sure that if I do, I’m not being the jerk that the people behind hate.
I think the point of these is to be able to defend your space if someone is unwilling to take into consideration reasonable requests.
We’ll see, after the full test. All black-eye pictures will be posted.
December 10th, 2006 at 1:57 pm
My 6′4″ husband takes a lot of international trips, and by some quirk of fate, inevitably ends up behind some 5′5″ guy taking up three seats to recline AND whacking the seat back full throttle (he doesn’t mind as long as it’s reclined gently so he can adjust). So yes, this is a useful thing. It wouldn’t be as necessary if (a) the airplanes would quit packing travelers in like sardines, and (b) people would start exercising a little courtesy.