Metal is the way to go when it comes to garden furniture. Personal experience would make this so. The pros and cons have been wagered. Metal gets the vote.
Plastic garden furniture may be cheaper, but that is only to start. You can move it easily as well, but that is also where the problem may lay. Never do you have to paint plastic furniture, nor do you have to worry about rust. It can rain and still look the way it was when you bought it.
Here are some problems that come with plastic furniture, however. The wind can blow and there goes your chair or even your table. The sun shines and now your furniture is pale in comparison to your beautiful garden. There might come a time when you sit and the next thing you know you are sitting on the ground instead. Plastic furniture has a habit of breaking, not being very forgiving when it comes to the constraints of the human roughness. There is also the tip back factor. Do not lean too far unless you plan on star or cloud gazing. Say your plastic furniture has stood the test of time and you want to paint it to bring back the boldness. Plastic does not like paint so much. The paint feels and looks more like a thick layer added instead of a fresh makeover.
Problems with metal furniture, there are plenty. It costs more than plastic furniture to begin with. Taking care of it is a little more time consuming and it may be slightly more expensive. Coated metal furniture cracks with time and weather and has a habit of rusting. Occasionally metal garden furniture breaks.
In the end metal furniture lasts longer, making the price worth all the while. It does not fade in the sun’s rays and does not blow with the wind. Mother Nature is a little more forgiving it seems. Metal garden furniture seems to hold up when rough housing ensues. When you feel the need for a good stretch you do not have to worry that your body will meet the ground. When the paint has cracked and needs a fresh coat, metal furniture takes paint on like a champ. There is no caked on look, just a nice new look.
All in all, metal garden furniture is the way to go. Cost is nothing when it lasts.
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