Source for camp chair mesh?

[Jo P.]

You know that heavy-duty (but not heavy) mesh found in camp chairs (such as this Nemo chair)? Does anyone know of a place to buy it?

[Valerie E]

I wonder if they use non-metal window screen mesh … like those hanging, curtain style screen panels that you can put over your sliding patio door…

[David Thomas]

Or screen-door screen?  I picked up a roll (one door’s worth) on sale for $1.75, usually $8 at Walmart right next to the poly-cro I went to get at season-end prices.  It’s lighter in weight and certainly cheap enough to do a mock-up with and if you don’t like it, you can use as the pattern for other material.

[Jo P.]

Oh, yeah? That stuff would be strong enough to make a camp seat out of?

[Sam Farrington]

Jo,

A few years ago, I posted a thread entitled “X-C Ski Pole Tube Chair.”  Could not find it on BPL search, but kept a hard copy which states that, “Leno-Loc mesh from OWF and Quest was used for the seat and back. The seat is the lighter 5.5 oz nylon mesh, but may be replaced with stiffer mesh to keep the occupant a little higher off the ground.”  Have used the chair on many backpacks, and never a problem with wear or tear,  The stitching of the mesh to hang on the frame is vital, of course, to prevent failure.  Sorry I could not give you a link – if there is ever time, will update the links.  Hope this is helpful.

 

 

[Gumbo]

Sam’s chair thread

[Sam Farrington]

Thanks, Gumbo.  You inspired me to work on some link updates.

[William N]

An option to at least know about: Heavy duty window screen material is great stuff. it is a bit heavy (weight) for backpacking gear, but I’ve used it for years to replace seats in mesh office chairs, and I made a raised dog bed for my old incontinent lab. (the idea was she’d sleep on it, and if she wet herself, it would drip trough into a large ABS water heater pan. She liked sitting on  it and sleeping on it and an unforeseen plus was the screen knocked off dust, dirt and dandruff on her–the pan was more filled with this stuff than pee). I made this bed about ten years ago, after she died about five years ago I put in the yard–it’s still good.

For a camp chair you might try lighter duty fiberglass screen material.

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