camp stool

I don't have that one but the weight looks better than most backpacking stools/chairs. And yeah, people will probably tell you that you don't "need" this but at the same token I switched last year myself from carrying no camp chair to carrying one (I have the REI Flexlite) because we do tend to stop early, spend a lot of time in camp, and I was tired of jealously eyeing my campmate's chairs while I sat on the ground. To me, it's worth the weight to have the additional camp comfort, I consider it one of my luxury items. I know I can leave it behind when weight really matters, anyway.

I have carried the 14oz. Stool for years (either that one or one that looks just like it). I love it. We'll worth the weight, in my experience.

At 6’1″ and 220 lbs no “lightweight stool” has ever been comfortable for me. I have the Helinox Chair One for when I am willing to carry a chair. Worth every penny and every ounce…I’m not looking back. Highly recommended.

I don't spend a lot of time in camp when hiking alone and sitting in my hammock is more comfortable than any other stool/chair I've tried. However, when with a partner or in a group, I find that having my Alite chair to relax in allows me to better enjoy the social aspect of being in the backcountry with friends. Absolutely worth the weight IMO.

I just couldn't resist…here's a camp "stool' stool (I know, I have a crappy sense of humor). It will make you feel like #1 while you go #2:

Being a hammocker myself, i'm waiting for the Krammock hammock toilet/seat "stool" to move beyond the prototype stage (maybe Kickstarter should be enlisted?):

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?54977-The-ThirstyBear-Traveling-Krammock

Absolute waste of resources– cash, time and weight. Take a sit pad, but nothing more. In a hiking niche where the users debate over taking a small knife, what is the relevance of packing a chair when there is the ground, rocks or logs to park your backside?

99% of the light offerings are a joke if you are over 150 pounds and horribly overpriced, not to mention being uncomfortable.

If you're crazy for camp furniture, hammocks rule and you can sit comfortably under your shelter in a downpour or take a nap away from the bugs.

Aggreed, a piece of CCF and a rock, or a log, and its a chair.

I envy people who don't have back or knee problems who feel camp chairs are a waste. I tried going camp-chair free. I hike in treeless alpine terrain so no logs or stumps, plenty of sharp rocks but rare is the rock that has a smooth place to set your bum. The ground was my option, and frankly sitting on the ground kills my knees because I can't flex them in a normal way. It also kills my back to have nothing to lean back on. So I'm more empathetic to the OP on this one, because I did try it the other way, and have found that I have a more enjoyable trip when I take my chair- and isn't that the point? To enjoy your time out there?

As much as I'd like to, I don't bring a chair hiking. I always trail-hike and plenty of places to sit.

But when I bikepack with panniers over the road, a chair is one of those pieces of gear that just makes me smile, to infer to a different thread. I have an old Coleman folding chair from the early 90's (?) with a flip up back, which I removed, so it's just a piece of canvas over two hinged U poles now. Weighs about 20 oz, but is full height.

It's somehow a whole new level of liberation to beat a thunderhead to a little backcountry gas station, befriend the attendant with the purchase of a soda and candy bar, then pop out your chair and sit under the eave reading a good book, all nice and dry watching the storm pass. It's quite surreal.

The mini you're looking at looks too short too be comfortable. I know I wouldn't like it, but YMMV. Also, most all these newer chairs, even the taller ones, all suffer the same design flaw. The legs are too skinny. The legs on my old Coleman are thinwall, cheap aluminum, but are about an inch and a half in diameter. Anything short of beach sand, and it's stable as a rock. These newer "lighter" skinny leg models are just asking for trouble on a soft forest or prairie floor.

A little too much lean towards the camp fire, a post holed leg, and a trip ending in disaster. Just my 2 cents worth.

thanks for the input glenn i was thinking the same issues think i'll take a trip to campmor and check out there u shaped stools, i never leave home without my ccf pad so many uses, this is my first group overnight on the bike so there will probably be more in camp time. that hammock looks great all i need to do is make under quilt for it and dig a cat hole before going to bed.

thanks again

What about this one here: https://www.camptime.com/products/pack-stool ? It is light, high, cheap and easy to get up from.