Thread: Ultralight camp chair

Hey. I'm looking at getting a UL camp chair as I'm now old (officially, my daughter's have told me) and I'm running with it.
Looking at the Helios Zero or similar. I'll still carry it so it needs to be our and fit in a pack. Any suggestions or recommendations?

go cheap and replace - you may get two years or four or one they all break at least if you only pay $40 and it lasts two years great but pay $150 it may only last two years ( ask me why ) I have yet to see one I would call robust

Helinox
Only way to go

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

go cheap and replace - you may get two years or four or one they all break at least if you only pay $40 and it lasts two years great but pay $150 it may only last two years ( ask me why ) I have yet to see one I would call robust

Cheap and light unfortunately are not mutually inclusive.

Ive got a Helinox chair Zero it's bloody awesome. Gamechanger having a proper chair you can carry with you in your pack and it weighs under 500gms

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Helinox
Only way to go

Yes was meant to write Helinox. The high back appears to add little weight and can be bought locally so was looking to run with that. It will likely be "work furniture" so easy to fund

And I recently git one of these sub $30 macpac stools for hunting on the Westcoast
Put it in side pocket of day pack and it was great for sitting listening for roars without being on the sodden ground
Spent 1 hour on it in pouring rain and it made it bearable
If you're comfortable you stick at it and concentrate and get your stag

Originally Posted by akaroa1

And I recently git one of these sub $30 macpac stools for hunting on the Westcoast
Put it in side pocket of day pack and it was great for sitting listening for roars without being on the sodden ground
Spent 1 hour on it in pouring rain and it made it bearable
If you're comfortable you stick at it and concentrate and get your stag

I recently bought a copy of the Heliox from Anaconda. Holding up well so far.


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Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

go cheap and replace - you may get two years or four or one they all break at least if you only pay $40 and it lasts two years great but pay $150 it may only last two years ( ask me why ) I have yet to see one I would call robust

I would not do this unless you like sitting on the ground.
I got a Torpedo 7 knockoff of the Helinox didn’t even last 2 days of a 5 day hunt. Im 80 kg, so hardly pushing the limits of the chair.
Luckily a few cable ties and a stick of Manuka kept me off the ground.
Sprung for a Helinox and never looked back.
Mate bought a macpac variation of the same chair, and his croaked this year.

Buy once cry once, and dont contribute to landfill with Chinese shit

I have the Helinox chair one xl and it’s great except the legs sunk into soft ground, I’ve bought some “frogs feet” for it but haven’t used it with them yet. If you’re a little smaller than me then zero high back is great @Puffin.

I am pretty sure I have a similar one to the Pic above. I can post pics after football tomorrow. I was given it so I can give it away or trade for folding or fixed blade knife for my youngest son.

Macpac have them on sale about 85 atm. Great chairs, comfy as

I've done a few trips where I've sat in the dirt for a few days at a time. A chair with a backrest would have been really nice. Do I want to add yet more crap to my pack? Not sure.

I would test drive the Helinox Chair Zero and the Zero high-back if at all possible James. I have both, and they suit me for size, and given this, they may perhaps then not suit you? I also have the Big Agnes Skyline UL and it is a little larger than these other two, but still not a chair for bigger guys. What I can say is that one of these chairs now goes with me almost everywhere, only being dropped if I plan a trip where I'm certain of being on my feet all day, which at my age is never really.