Best Lightweight Camping Chair
easy camp Willow Compact Chair
What can you buy these days for £23? A round of drinks in a London pub? Lunch for four at McDonald’s? A bucket of popcorn at your local multiplex? You’ll be lucky. But what you can get for £23 is the new Willow Compact camping chair from Danish brand, easy camp. And for a chair of this quality, that represents incredible value for money. Although it comes with a small price tag, this is a far cry from those flimsy folding chairs you can pick up at motorway service stations.
It weighs just 1.5kg and packs small into its carry bag, so it’s perfect for taking with you on backpacking or cycling trips, but just as handy for taking to the beach or a festival.
Despite its light weight, the steel frame is strong and durable so it’s not going to let you down at the campsite. And it’s easy to set up – simply attach the fabric to the frame and you’re good to go.
Highly Commended
Helinox Chair One (re)
Helinox basically invented this category of ultra-lightweight, packable camping furniture with the original Chair One. The new Chair One (re), sees it “re-innovating, re-imagining and re-energising” an iconic product.
Manufacturing waste is cut by 30%, comfort is improved and it’s now higher, wider, more upright and more stable than the original.
Highly Commended
Nemo Moonlite
The Moonlite camping chair has a unique pulley system built into the armrest straps that allows you to easily adjust your sitting position as you go.
Simply pull on the custom buckles and lean back to go from upright at dinner to stargazing after dark.
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