Camp chairs

[Quill]

I am not that hard on chairs. I find the "bag" chairs to be bad for my back and I don't like sitting in a hole. I picked up my best chair at a car show about 7 years ago. It was one of the old webbed lawn chairs. The crappy netting was replaced with seat belt material. It doesn't fall apart. Every place I take it, when I get someone sits down and doesn't want to leave.

[Honu]

curious if anyone has this chair and or has sat in them and thoughts on comfort ?


http://www.snowpeak.com/activity/bac...ng-lv-081.html

LV-081.jpg


or the shorter ones which do look quite different in some ways but most likely would get the taller ones !
http://www.snowpeak.com/furniture/ch...rt-lv-080.html

LV-080.jpg

[overlander]

I bought a PICO chair http://www.integrityoutdoorbrands.co...-arm-chair.htm last fall and love it due to its size and ease of set-up. It takes up almost no space and I can get it set-up in seconds. It does require some care and I recommend lubing the legs so you don't get sand in the sliding mechanisms. It is pricey when compared to the fold-up chairs, but I have gone through so many fold-ups, I can't count. This is a high quality chair and higher than the kermit, which for me is better. I am too unflexible to sit so low.

I bought a set of Pico's when they first came out, and took one as well when I deployed to Iraq. I also motivated several friends to buy them as well. I can no longer recommend them. While they are marvelous from a design and comfort standpoint, they have an inherent build shortcoming. I have since replaced three under warranty. All of my chairs that failed, as well as most of my friend's chairs, broke in the same spot. it's an aluminum casting on the seat base in the right rear and it cracks and then splits. The warning sign is when the paint starts to flake off. I have since asked to have my Pico's replaced with the GCI Express Lounger. Unlike the Pico which is a alumimum/steel frame mix, the Express is all steel. It's slightly bigger, but an exact design copy of the Front Runner chairs. While in Guatemala with NLX, I noticed they used the Front Runner chairs, and after years of regular expedition grade abuse, have not had any issue with them, and they are quite comfortable, like the Pico.

It would be a tough sell to convince me that a chair with aluminum in the frame would be long lasting ever again.

[AeroNautiCal]

I found the Coleman Sling Chairs to be astonishingly comfortable and supportive, so much so that I bought three, my third is the Summer Sling Chair which has a vented mesh fabric (the others have non mesh fabric).

I then got a further two for my friends whom were just discovering the joys of car camping, they also can't believe how comfortable these 'bag' chairs are!

Also have a few Crazy Creek Cradle Loungers (like the Sling-Light Camp Chair).


SLFOR.jpg Cradle Lounger


23315.jpg Sling Chair coleman-summer-slingchair.jpg Summer Sling Chair

http://www.coleman.eu/FR/p-23315-sling-chair-red.aspx

http://slinglight.com/sl/?page_id=2

[craig333]

Some of us old guys have gone to http://www.strongbackchair.com/

[Fresno]

Hi All

Its not that I am fat or anything (70kg) but wow do I get through camp chairs!!

I have tried so many different types with the only prerequisite being they will store easily in or on a camper.

The plastic breaks. The fabric tears. Comfort level zero. And most of them are a complete eye sore. Oh for a simple high quality camp chair. I don't want something that looks like it should be in play school.

Doing a little internet browsing came across these guys in India who sell some beautifully crafted camp chairs among other things.

I have put in my order and hope that I can be comfortable around the fire at night star gazing with a beer in hand. Perhaps on second thoughts it might need to be a gin and tonic if I sit in such a nice chair

Here is the link

http://www.jandrguram.com/

See what you think

Regards

Callum

Well.... Did you ever get you campaign chairs. The company does not appear in business.

[refried]

I bought two of these from Alps 5 or 6 years ago and they're still holding up well, I highly reccomend them.
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...lly2008025.jpg

http://www.alpsmountaineering.com/al...-chair-pro-tec
They're a little heavier and don't fold up as small as most other chairs but they are very well made, very sturdy, and very stable. At first I thought they were too big and took up too much room but after sitting in one and feeling how solid they are, they come with us on every trip.

[Landroverholic]

Sorry for the late reply.

The reason being despite numerous emails I have heard nothing. Zilch. Nada!!!!!

Will keep you posted.

Callum

[just eric]

I got a reply from them yesterday. They quoted me $350 each for two Roorkhee chairs and $200 for Fedex shipping to Seattle. That's a little rich for my blood, thanks anyways.

[Beowulf]

I have used the Snowpeak a many times. They are extremely well put together. The set ups in lightening fast. For me they are quite comfortable, but I imagine the larger you are the less comfortable they would be as the front of the seat would force your legs together.