Portable Armrest Extender/Divider

Who would this be for? Common courtesy, IMO, gives the arm rests to the person in the middle seat as it is a miserable seat. I reserve aisle seats and find it is easy enough to just use the aisle armrest;ditto for the window seat.

Looks awful to me. I agree with Wray.

That's kind of silly--and I bet the flight attendants would make you take it off anyway. I don't think you're allowed to alter the seats in any way, because in turbulence such things could cause injury.

It will be quite interesting to see the responses of your seat mates when you plop this down. I would take it as an opening salvo in some sort of dispute when no dispute existed previously. I am sure that for you to consider buying this you must have had some unfortunate experiences in the past.

Bottom Line: There are a great many people in a confined space for several hours. It only works well if each of us is willing to think of the people sitting around us as well as our own needs. The horror stories of airline travel come when people ignore the needs of the group and think only of themselves.

I don't get it. Is it just the white part that looks like a folded paper airplane? Are they showing it clamped on the armrest, or is the lower grey thing part of the device?

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I didn't say I was going to "plop it down".

I used to travel a lot for business and have spent some long flights in middle seats with armrest hogs on either side.

I would only use it if I was in a middle seat and would ask my neighbor if s/he had any objection to my using it.

I can't way to read what is wrong with that approach.

If your neighbour does object to it, what will you do?

Two thumbs way down. The simple approach is just to talk with your seat mate(s) politely if you have any issues - this is unnecessarily provocative, likely not permitted, and won't make you any friends. I see two screw heads sticking out that someone would be pressed against - who is going to go along with this nonsense?

It reminds me a bit of how siblings who are forced to share a room will attempt to divide it in some way. I would be quite annoyed if a seatmate tried to use one of them, further encroaching on an already too-small area.

I think a better approach is to pay the fee to avoid a middle seat.

I agree with all the prior posts opposing this arrogant product. It's interesting, however, that reclining your seat into the very limited room available to the person behind you is, in fact, permitted and not often branded for the selfish behavior it is. (The "Seat Defenders" I bought years ago to prevent that are now formally prohibited, by the way .... ) On the plus side, the newer "thin" seats (to increase airline revenue and eliminate video screen expenses ... ) seem to have a much more limited recline, which renders a good balance between the comfort of the person in back, with the chance for the "it's all about ME" recliner to enjoy a tiny change in posture.

I don't like this one. But there was one I saw which actually created a double deck approach to the armrest giving both passengers an almost full armrest space to use. Sorry I cant find a link to it. It was probably discontinued due to airline pressure.

I think a better approach is to pay the fee to avoid a middle seat.

Spillovers occur on both sides. It could be the person in the middle seat who encroaches either on the left or the right. In the most basic economy class, the ability to "pay your way out" is very limited. I am not a stickler about these sorts of things...I feel for folks who are a bit larger than average (and obviously uncomfortable) and who try their best not to do this. Everyone is in a tough situation sometimes, and it's best just to keep it friendly and civil and not assume ill intent where there is none.

""I'm going to invest in one of these:""

I hope you do not.

Unless you use it between you and a family member or traveling companion, its really unkind to put a stranger in the awkward position of offending you by saying 'no' or having something sticking in their side for x hours

OMG this is absolutely the best thing I've seen in days.

Love this description:

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I thought you were joking! Then, I saw some serious reviews on Amazon.

The bigger offender than the armrest hog, in my opinion, is the person who takes extra leg width room. I'm sure the physical gadget solution for that issue will not fit into my lightweight carry-on list. : )

This forum is an place I like to visit to put me in a happy place, since I am somewhat obsessed with Europe.

Today is bit hectic for me. Our still-young collie was diagnosed with cancer and today she is having chemotherapy (for about the cost of an economy flight to Europe) and my husband is recuperating from surgery on Tuesday, so I am the driver, decider, shopper, heavy lifter, etc. for the team. I saw this item on Amazon while playing with my phone in a waiting room (I forget which one) and thought it would be a fun and funny thing to have for those occasions when one is in the middle seat and one would appreciate one half of one arm rest.

If confronted with this fairly innocuous device, I would say "Wow what a good idea. I would rather rest my forearm against a piece of plastic than your forearm. Where did you get it?"

I can't imagine buying this, but if the person next to me wanted to use one, I'd just chuckle and get on with my life. In fact, I wish the man who elbowed my ribcage for an entire red-eye once had had the foresight to get one. ;-)

Of course, I am also one of those evil seat recliners, so...

I am very sorry to read of your collie's cancer. Is she by any chance a blue merle? I love collies, but I recall reading somewhere that some color types can have problems (I only had sables). I hope the chemo is successful for your dear girl.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Since modification of the seat is against FAA regulations you'd be a fool to waste your cash.