Why are modern-day lion tamers still using chairs?

With the vast amount of high-tech, state-of-the-art gear tailored specifically towards subduing lions readily available in today's market, it's humerously quaint how professional lion tamers, or "Dashing Wranglers" as they prefer to be called, continue to employ a simple wooden chair or stool in their repetoire. I know that "the biz" is all about tradition and paying homage to the greats that came before; Lucious J. McGillicuddy and Barkley J. Liontame are obviously the first two that come to mind.

But come on, we are living in the age of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled lion-zappers, not to mention the new Mane Incapacitators which double as x-raid, intranet servers and mp3/wma players. College-age lion-tamers are using these and other tools on a daily basis, and yet the establishment refuses to make to the leap to the modern world of sophisticated giant feline containment tools.

Tradition is one thing, but holding back the natural flow of progress is just unnacceptable.