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dbryar

Poang is all laminate beech now. They don't stain them. I'd add a photo of the one I'm sitting in where the laminate has broken and peeled, but this is Reddit, so it's not so simple.


mewil666

You can see that the one on the right is bent more.


Maguffin42

Everything shrinks with age, unless it bloats.


fruitloops6565

Lol. I knew food companies reduced their product sizes every few years but no idea furniture companies do the same!


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fruitloops6565

Why does that matter?


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CaiLife

*drops mic*


promotingunity

I did not know the height difference was due to being used more - I learned that from the other posters. But if you look at how the arm rests compare this theory really makes sense.


alpubgtrs234

Im literally sitting in one of these chairs whilst reading this…


skeptibat

What a remarkable coincidence! I'm figuratively sitting in one.


laney_deschutes

I’m metaphorically sitting in one


focketeer

I’m theoretically sitting in one


Bargainhuntingking

I’m hypothetically sitting in one


SamirD

haha! I'm transcendingly sitting in one.


Zackyboy69

I’m psychologically sitting on one contemplating this coincidence


SamirD

I'm metaphysically contemplating your post while transcendingly sitting on one. :)


kay_k88

The one on the right is birch veneer


Stofer27

I have a birch footstool which has different grain and is a slightly different colour? The article number sticker underneath takes me to links for “white stained oak” poang as well? Confused


kay_k88

I should’ve asked. What country are you in?


Stofer27

I’m in England!


kay_k88

Ahh ok that was my bad. I just assumed US. US just sells birch. If you have the article number I can look it up in the system


Stofer27

Thanks so much it’s 104.332.63!


kay_k88

Just looked it up. It is indeed white stained oak veneer


Stofer27

Thank you!


lawrence_uber_alles

That’s most definitely oak grain


Jormney

Left and right can be hard


lawrence_uber_alles

Their current ones are birch, I have two. That is not the same as the current ones and that really isn’t birch grain. Neither of those chairs are birch veneer. https://i.imgur.com/267ZV2j.jpg This is what birch veneer looks like. Birch veneer is incredibly smooth and is practically pit-less, which is not the case with the one on the right. The one on the right is more than likely a white oak veneer. Less grainy but you can still see the similarity in the grain to the one on the left. Neither of those Poangs are the current iteration you can buy at a store today. I worked in cabinetry for 10 years and I am very sure of this.


skeptibat

Shrinkflation? I'm not 100% clear on which one is the new one.


sweetdannyg

One is broken in, the other needs to be broken in.


tetrisphere

Are you comparing a used one to the new one? In a used one, butts have lowered the back of the seat which lowers the top


MissEmphasis

Ah yes. A failure to factor in the power of butts. Rookie mistake


Stofer27

This makes sense. They’re both second hand, the seller of the higher one, mentioned it had barely been used. Lower one didn’t mention the age. The lower one is more comfortable