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Title: Newer unit in WA state
Post by: Ldillow on September 27, 2022, 11:22:56 am
Wondering if anyone in WA state has a rig with the knoedle drivers seat and villa passenger like the ones in the picture. Need to have the wife sit in them before dropping big bucks on the upgrade
Title: Re: Newer unit in WA state
Post by: Geodmann on November 05, 2022, 08:37:18 am
I can't say that I've sat on a Knoedler seat in a coach but I did find a dealer with these seats on the showroom floor and I can say that the seat is very well made and is a huge improvement over the Villa drivers seat that is in my coach now.  I'm seriously considering ordering a new seat because mine is terribly uncomfortable and has a broken spring.  The options on a new Knoedler seat are myriad and price runs the gamut.  I too would be interested in hearing from someone who has spent some time in one.
Title: Re: Newer unit in WA state
Post by: turbojack on November 05, 2022, 09:16:08 am
Not in WA.  I love the seat that is in my2014 IH45.  I can drive all day.  I do not mess with any of the adjustments.  I love it just the way it is.  It has where you can raise it up with an air bag.  Most times I leave the seat with no air.  A number of people complain when they air the seat up and you take a big bump the seat will go up and then bottom out.  When you do not air it up you  do not have the sudden stop over a big bump.  While driving I do not really notice the difference between air in it or not.  You do notice it when you get in the seat with you weight it will sink down.  I have used the cool and heat only a few times.  Most times I forget that I can turn this on.

The passenger seat my wife hates. Since she has gotten a cushion that she sits on when riding shotgun I have not heard a complaint out of her.
Title: Re: Newer unit in WA state
Post by: Lt403 on November 05, 2022, 09:29:33 am
Not a fan of the air adjustable seats.
Sat in them during my time in the fire department bobbing up and down as we went down the city streets.  I would fill it up completely to  stop all the vertical movement.
Title: Re: Newer unit in WA state
Post by: Bill B on November 05, 2022, 09:47:44 am
Vertical movement was a problem with the one I had also as the seat belt is constantly tightening up on you.  I left the air out.  Otherwise it was a comfortable seat.  Foretravels ride so smooth anyway, I wondered if they were needed.
Title: Re: Newer unit in WA state
Post by: nitehawk on November 05, 2022, 09:49:16 am
Guess I am not a connoisseur of the VERY EXPENSIVE seats touted here.
I have found our 1989 GV Flexsteel seats quite comfortable since we put long-haired sheepskin covers on them.
Although, I must admit that the most comfortable seats I have experienced were in our granddaughter's husband's Nissan pickup.
Couldn't believe how nice they felt even after a long ride. And this truck wasn't anywhere close to being new!!
Title: Re: Newer unit in WA state
Post by: Dub on November 05, 2022, 10:14:31 am
Vertical movement was a problem with the one I had also as the seat belt is constantly tightening up on you.  I left the air out.  Otherwise it was a comfortable seat.  Foretravels ride so smooth anyway, I wondered if they were needed.
They were not needed is correct.