Ultimate camping/festival chair?

[ringo]

Whats the best chair? Has to fold flat toi fit in a car with camping gear.

These fishing chairs look good, but at £79.99 iyt had better last much longer than those crappy ones you can get fot £10-20

TF Gear Dave Lane Hardcore Armchair from 79.99 in Chairs | Total Fishing Gear

Or one with a table, still £59.99 though

 

[ringo]

£29.99 might be alright

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[ringo]

Bedchair £99.99

 

[newbie]

one without arms. The design always, necessarily, puts all the strain of the sitter levering themselves up onto the two joints that support the arms. Wander round Glastonbury on the monday after and observe with interest that 90% of broken chairs have given way in exactly that place. get one without arms, stand up without using the arms as a lever, and the chair will last a lot longer.

I think I spent about £4.99 on mine, it's lasted about 4 years so far and is still going strong: that's 4 Glastonburys and maybe another 20 or so nights per year camping. From Decathalon.

 

[ringo]

But I want arms. And a drink holder because the ground is uneven.

 

[Idaho]

I have one of these.

£40,very solid. Survived 5 or 6 camping trips without a scratch.

 

[newbie]

But I want arms. And a drink holder because the ground is uneven.

in that case I have no advice to offer

 

[Santino]

I've got a crappy £10 which has lasted years. It's got arms.

 

[Sprocket.]

IME The fishing chairs are great for uneven ground as the legs are all adjustable.
But if you need arms they start around fifty quid. Without arms Argos do a carp chair for thirty quid.
Gelert do a budget range of camping chairs that are pretty tough and cheap enough to replace.
Vango do an inflatable chair with arms and cup holder for thirty quid. That packs down fairly small. Very comfy, though likely to blow away in a strong breeze. They also do a two seat inflatable sofa!

 

[Supine]

How about this?

 

[ringo]

How about this?

Perfect, although I'd probably run myself over

 

[ringo]

Gelert do a budget range of camping chairs that are pretty tough and cheap enough to replace.

£16.00

 

[ringo]

This gets over the traditional arm weak spot £18.99

 

[ringo]

Vango Hampton Rocker Chair

 

[Crispy]

I don't know what model it is, but I bought a Vango one that although having traditional armrests has the great added bonus of being reclineable (although you have to stand up to set the angle)

Actually I think this one has the same mechanism

£29.99 might be alright
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[hammerntongues]

SiLLiCAT

I know its not the type of chair you are looking for but it gives me a chance to show off my brothers invention , I have used it for loads of festies , no good in the rain for obvious reasons but it is perfect for dry weather and fits in a small bag . We still have about 2000 of them gathering dust

 

[hammerntongues]

SiLLiCAT

another view

 

[campanula]

looks like a 'reading in bed' possibility...but definitely not a loafing on stony beach/damp grass option.

 

[quimcunx]

I've got a crappy £10 which has lasted years. It's got arms.

Has it lasted years because you have only been camping once in that time?

 

[Santino]

Has it lasted years because you have only been camping once in that time?

It's also been used for picnics, barbecues, beach holidays and general allotment purposes.

 

[gaijingirl]

We've just replaced 2 of our crappy £10 ones (with arms and drink holders) after 7 years, two kids, very regular camping and lots of abuse. I'm amazed at how long they last!

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I found that it doesn't pay to take decent chairs to a festival. They always get co-opted and moved around by others so much that I've lost more chairs than I've taken home.