Which Adirondack chairs are the best?

Nothing compares to watching a sunset from the comfort of a large Adirondack chair. With laid-back style, the durability of weathered wood or plastic and generous seat size, this iconic outdoor seating has become synonymous with American summers. If you’re considering adding Adirondack chairs to your deck or patio, here’s a look at some of the top options to suit any style and budget.

Types of Adirondack chairs

Plastic

Heavy-duty plastics resist wear and usually require less maintenance. They can come in neutral or vibrant colors, so make sure to look for one that has been treated to reduce fading from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Plastic chairs can be smooth or with a faux woodgrain finish.

Wood

Natural hardwoods such as acacia and fir are ideal for outdoor use because they do not absorb moisture. This reduces the chance of warping, cracking, mold and pests. Wooden chairs may require more upkeep, including washing, staining or oiling.

Sets

Adirondack chair sets come in plastic and wood. You can find them in sets of two for an intimate grouping or four, perfect for placement around a fire pit or pool. Coordinating tables, drink holders and footrests complete the look.

Best plastic Adirondack chairs

Beachcrest Home Shawnna Weather-Resistant Foldable Outdoor Adirondack Chair

What you need to know: This all-weather chair requires zero maintenance but still maintains its finish and vibrant color without splits, rot or rust.

What you’ll love: It’s made of all-weather plastic that can be rinsed to clean and won’t fade in the sun. When you’re done, simply fold up the chair to conveniently store it. The budget-friendly price allows you to get a whole set.

What you should consider: These chairs do require assembly, which can be tricky.

Mximu Folding Adirondack Chair

What you need to know: Sold individually or in sets of two or four, these chairs fold up, hold up in the sun or rain and are easy on your budget.

What you’ll love: The color goes all the way through the fade-resistant plastic so you never need to worry about the finish peeling or scratching. It also has a woodgrain that adds detail.

What you should consider: It comes in only a few colors, mostly neutrals and blues.

Best wooden Adirondack chairs

Birch Lane Folding Adirondack Chair

What you need to know: The acacia hardwood is weather-resistant, and the folding construction and design combine traditional style with convenience.

What you’ll love: There are two finishes, brown and dark brown. Because they are made with natural hardwood, each chair has slight color and grain variation.

What you should consider: Partial assembly is required, although you can pay more for expert assembly.

Best Choice Products Folding Adirondack Chair with Natural Finish

What you need to know: This chair is the iconic Adirondack shape and finish, with flat armrests and a deep seat.

What you’ll love: You can paint the chair to match your style or leave the hemlock wood in its natural state.

What you should consider: The wood has more knots and weak spots than more expensive alternatives, leading to faster wear.

Best Adirondack chair sets

Flash Furniture Charlestown Polyresin Adirondack Chair, Set of Four

What you need to know: Sold in sets of two or four, these chairs are made of polyresin that won’t warp, fade or rot.

What you’ll love: There are 11 colors to choose from, including yellow and bright blue, which make a fun statement in your yard.

What you should consider: Expert assembly is available, although it adds to the cost.

HomeHua Oversized Adirondack Chair, Set of Two

What you need to know: This plastic chair has detailed woodgrain, as well as five color options to create a seating area for two.

What you’ll love: The coordinating cup holder allows you to keep your drink handy and rest your arms on the generous armrests.

What you should consider: This large chair does not fold and takes up more space than some other Adirondack chairs.

Rosecliff Heights Solid Wood Folding Adirondack Chairs with Table

What you need to know: The two-chair set comes with a small side table, perfect for holding items while you relax.

What you’ll love: The chairs and table fold up for easy storage. They are made of acacia, which can be left out in the elements and won’t rot or warp.

What you should consider: This set only comes in neutral colors — natural, dark gray, light gray and white.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK

BY: CHADWICK ROY

This past Sunday, South Sudan made history by getting their first win in Olympic basketball history.

In their first-ever Olympic basketball game, South Sudan did not disappoint, defeating
Puerto Rico’s team 90-79. The game was close the first three quarters, but after a huge run by
South Sudan, the team never looked back.

Carlik Jones led South Sudan in a huge second half, with 19 points for the game. Marial
Shayok notched 15 points for South Sudan as well.

Jose Alverado, a guard for the New Orleans Pelicans, was red-hot for Puerto Rico with
26 points, with three 3-pointers. After a dominant second half from South Sudan though, it
wasn’t enough to pull through.

South Sudan has been attracting huge attention from basketball fans around the world.
This win is after a shocking thriller game against Team USA, which they would only lose by one
point. South Sudan now looks to face Team USA again this Tuesday in the Olympic qualifier.

By REGINA GARCIA CANO, JOSHUA GOODMAN, GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A half-dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolás Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election.

The raid occurred at around 3 a.m., Machado’s party said, adding that the assailants broke down doors and hauled away valuable documents and equipment. Images published by Machado’s party on social media show several walls covered in black spray paint.

The assault comes as top officials, including Maduro himself, have threatened to arrest the opposition leader, who has gone into hiding as she seeks to rally Venezuelans and the international community to challenge last Sunday’s election results.

The Biden administration has thrown its support firmly behind the opposition, recognizing last minute candidate Edmundo González as the victor, discrediting the official results of the vote proclaiming Maduro the winner.

The U.S. announcement late Thursday followed calls from multiple governments, including close allies of Maduro, for Venezuela’s electoral authorities to release precinct-level vote counts, as it has done during previous elections.

The electoral body declared Maduro the winner Monday, but the main opposition coalition revealed hours later that it had collected copies of 80% of the country’s 30,000 voting tallies and that they show González prevailed by a more than 2-to-1 margin.

“Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

Maduro responded with a quick admonishment: “The United States needs to keep its nose out of Venezuela!”

González, whose location is also unknown, posted a message on X Friday thanking the United States “for recognizing the will of the Venezuelan people reflected in our electoral victory and for supporting the process of restoring democratic norms in Venezuela.”

The U.S. government announcement came amid a flurry of diplomatic efforts by Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to convince their fellow leftist to allow an impartial audit of the vote. On Thursday, the governments of the three countries issued a joint statement calling on Venezuela’s electoral authorities “to move forward expeditiously and publicly release” detailed voting data.

But it’s unclear what leverage the countries have over Maduro, who has shown little inkling to rethink his entrenched position.

While no ally or anyone in the armed forces has yet to break with Maduro over the contested elections, he faces huge obstacles righting Venezuela’s economy without the legitimacy that can only come from a credible election result.

Venezuela sits atop world’s largest proven crude reserves and once boasted Latin America’s most advanced economy, but it entered into freefall marked by 130,000% hyperinflation and widespread shortages after Maduro took the helm in 2013. More than 7.7 million Venezuelans have left the country since 2014, the largest exodus in Latin America’s recent history.

U.S. oil sanctions have only deepened the misery and the Biden administration — which had been easing those restrictions — is now likely to ramp them up again unless Maduro backs down and agrees to some sort of transition.

“He’s counting on being able to wait this out and people will get tired of demonstrating,” said Cynthia Arnson, a distinguished fellow at the Wilson Center, a Washington think tank. “The problem is the country is in a death spiral and there’s no chance the economy will be able to recover without the legitimacy that comes from a fair election.”

On Monday, after the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner of the election, thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets. The government said it arrested hundreds of protesters and Venezuela-based human rights organization Foro Penal said 11 people were killed. Dozens more were arrested the following day, including a former opposition candidate, Freddy Superlano.

Machado — who was barred from running for president — and González addressed a huge rally of their supporters in the capital, Caracas, on Tuesday, but they have not been seen in public since. Later that day, the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, called for their arrest, describing them as criminals and fascists.

On Wednesday, Maduro asked Venezuela’s highest court to conduct an audit of the election, but that request drew almost immediate criticism from foreign observers who said the court, which like most institutions is controlled by the government, lacks the independence to perform a credible review.

Asked why electoral authorities have not released detailed vote counts, Maduro said the National Electoral Council has come under attack, including cyberattacks, without elaborating.

In an op-ed published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, Machado said she is “hiding, fearing for my life, my freedom, and that of my fellow countrymen.” She reasserted that the opposition has physical evidence that Maduro lost the election and urged the international community to intervene.

“We have voted Mr. Maduro out,” she wrote. “Now it is up to the international community to decide whether to tolerate a demonstrably illegitimate government.”

Machado later posted a video on social media calling on supporters to gather Saturday across the country.

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Goodman reported from Medellin, Colombia. Sá Pessoa reported from Sao Paulo. Associated Press correspondent María Verza in Mexico City contributed.

It was a good thing Darius Taylor did his homework because the subject matter was attentively sitting right in front of him.

At Big Ten Media Days last week, the current Gophers running back was placed at an interview podium, and legendary former U tailback Darrell Thompson there to listen in the second row. Seeing the past and present a few feet apart, the Pioneer Press asked Taylor what he knew about his famous predecessor.

“He’s a dog,” Taylor said of Thompson. “He had all the records right before Mo (Ibrahim). It’s really cool how he was the top dog right before Mo got in. Mo is a great player, too. We have a long history of great running backs and (I’m) trying to keep it going.”

Taylor passed the quiz.

And here’s a refresher for those at home: Thompson became the Gophers all-time leading rusher with 4,654 total yards in 1989; and Ibrahim broke that mark in 2022 with 4,668. Then last fall, Taylor got on the board with 799 rushing yards. It stands as fifth-best freshman total in program history behind leader Thompson (1,376) and runner-up Ibrahim (1,160).

The few hundred-yard gap was primarily due to Taylor playing only six total games last season due to injuries, while Thompson played 12 and Ibrahim 10 in their first seasons.

With 133 rushing yards per game, Taylor would have led the nation in that category, but he didn’t play in enough games to be eligible by NCAA criteria. He also was the only Big Ten running back to average more than 100 yards per game last fall, but again was sidelined during spring practices.

Throughout the offseason, Taylor focused on taking care of his body with the help of the U’s sports scientists, athletic trainers and nutritionalists “to make sure he has a really healthy 2024 and do everything he possibly can,” head coach P.J. Fleck said.

“That is like being a pro early,” Taylor said. “They always tell me I need to become a pro right now, before I even go to the pros because I have to understand the things I will have to do at that time. That will ultimately lead me there.”

After catching 11 passes for 92 yards a year ago, Taylor is expected to have a bigger role in the passing game with new transfer quarterback Max Brosmer. Both have done it in the past: Brosmer at New Hampshire, and Taylor as a high school receiver at Walled Lake Western in Michigan.

“He’s really big into getting through his progression,” Taylor said of Brosmer. “I think that he takes what’s there. I like that. He will throw the check down if it’s there. I like that he has that in his game.”

Part of keeping Taylor healthy is managing his work load. That Gophers fans know that will be a challenge for Fleck, who so often relies on one primary ball carrier over divvying up touches to a few players. Outside of Taylor’s one carry for three yards in the season opener against Nebraska, Taylor really played in five games and rushed at least 31 times in three of them. He was injured in the Iowa game before he could reach that total again.

The Gophers brought in two transfer running backs — Sieh Bangura (Ohio) and Marcus Major (Oklahoma) — who appear to be among the most likely candidates to share the workload. Taylor said he gets the sense it will be more of a “committee backfield” this fall.

“I think that (Marcus) and Sieh would be a great addition to the team and we still have Jojo (Jordan Nubin),” Taylor said. “Jojo is probably one of the hardest, if not the hardest, working running back in the room. He knows everything and is ready to play at the drop of a hat.”

On the field, Taylor wants to do a better job of making would-be tacklers miss in the open field. “That is something that I personally want to do to change my game and elevate it,” Taylor said.

Thompson, the color commentator on Gophers radio broadcasts, liked a lot of what Taylor showed in his first season. Thompson told Taylor that directly during that media session at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

“I like the balance. I like the acceleration. I do like your open field running,” Thompson said. “You already do a good job of closing down the distance before making a cut. He does a lot of it. It will all get better. It’s hard to go from high school to a freshman in college. He did a great job already and this year will be better. He know what is coming.”

Taylor responded with a laugh and said: “I know exactly what is coming.”

Thompson and Taylor also have gotten to know each other privately. Taylor has even referred to himself as “DT,” which has long been Thompson’s nickname.

Taylor also knows about Thompson’s youth mentoring organization, Bolder Options, and has looked int volunteering there.

“That is something I want to work with,” Taylor said. “I haven’t gotten around to it fully, but that’s definitely something that I’m looking to work into my schedule and get with those kids. I’ve been trying to do some of my own things as well.”

The fall, one of Taylor’s primary football goals is staying on the field and continuing to close the yardage gaps on Thompson and Ibrahim.

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