Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Console Porch Swing Review 2024

Are you a bigger, taller, or heavier person? Do you have friends or other people who live in your household who are?

If you answered yes to either of those questions and you love the simple pleasures offered by an old-fashioned porch swing, then you’ll love what you read in this review.

Unfortunately, most porch swings today aren’t made with heavier users in mind. The good news is that high-weight capacity options exist, and the Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Console Porch Swing is one of the best you’ll find anywhere.

In the following sections, we’ll tell you everything this delightful porch swing offers so you can decide if it’s the porch swing you’ve been looking for. Even if it isn’t, we think you’ll be impressed. Let’s take a closer look.

Porchgate Amish Heavy-Duty Porch Swing With Console Key Features

It’s big, and it’s beautiful. That’s the first thing that’s likely to pop into your mind when you see this gorgeous hulk of a chair. Before we go even one step beyond first impressions, though, let’s look at the Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Console Porch Swing by the numbers.

Chair Specifications

These numbers bear out the first part of the first impression we described above. At just over five feet long and weighing 68 pounds, it’s a big chair, which might be problematic for some people. If your porch isn’t wide enough to hang it with room to spare, it may be a non-starter for you.

Assuming that’s not the case, you’ll love that it can support up to 800 pounds because, after all, swinging on a porch swing by yourself is fun, but it’s even better with someone else. With a weight limit like this, even if you’re on the heavy side, this porch swing is long enough and supports enough weight to make that a simple proposition.

Even better, if you decide you have to have one, you can opt to get yours either unfinished, with a beautiful cedar stain, or with a semi-solid white stain.

Unlike many lesser porch swings offered by smaller brands, the chains needed to hang this swing come with it when you purchase. However, those things must be acquired separately to buy a robust spring suspension and anchors. We’ve included links to one possible source for such hardware.

Adjustability, Comfort, and Extras

There’s nothing inherently adjustable about the Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Porch Swing, but you can adjust the swing height from your porch by choosing which chain link to hang the swing on either side.

Comfort-wise, the slatted seat is as comfy as you might expect, but if you’d like to enhance that, it’s easy enough to add a pad for the seat and the seatback as you wish. This, however, comes with the tradeoff that you’ll be covering up the natural beauty of the wood.

Unlike most other porch swings on the market today, this one has a delightful surprise in the form of a generously sized console normally hidden in the seatback. When you fold it down, you’ll find two cup holders, giving you a convenient place to keep the cool, refreshing drink of your choice while you swing your troubles away.

Minor Assembly Required

When the Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Rollback Console porch swing arrives at your door, it will be partially but not completely assembled. The process will take no more than fifteen to twenty minutes. The production quality is superb, and the assembly instructions are clear.

Once you’ve completed the assembly process, you can decide where to hang it and hang it there unless you order the unfinished variant and want to custom-stain it to suit your home better.

Pros and Cons of Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Porch Swing with Console

This is a beautiful swing. Even better, it’s made right here in the United States, hand-crafted by Amish craftsmen. Yes, it’s a bit more expensive than other porch swings you can buy, but those fewer chairs won’t match the quality of this one. There’s nothing not to like here, though you will want to take a quick measurement to be sure it will fit comfortably wherever you want to put it.

Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Console Porch Swing Review Conclusion

This is a great porch swing offered by a fantastic company. If you decide to buy one, you’re sure to get years of enjoyment from it, and once you hang it, it will instantly become the focal point of your porch. We regard the Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Console Porch Swing as the standard by which all other porch swings, high weight capacity or not, should be judged, and we think you’ll love it. This one comes highly recommended.

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Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Porch Swing Review

We assessed the Porchgate Amish Heavy Duty Porch Swing, a beautiful, rustic, high-quality swing with a high weight capacity.

References & Resources:

• How to Hang a Porch Swing, This Old House.
• How Adding a Swing to Your Porch Promotes Health, The Joint.
• Why Amish Furniture is a Good Investment, Medium.
• DIY Rope Porch Swing, Borrowed Heaven.