The Inflatable Chair – Durable, Lightweight, and Packable

18oz., I just spent $630 on a Duplex to drop 13.5 oz.

Seriously though, if I’m front country camping weight and space is not so much an issue. I take a more comfortable chair. If I’m BPing nature has always provided something, be it a bit harder on the butt.

Thanks for the feedback! So would you take this front country camping at the $40 price point?

Not for me, I’m afraid (and I have a vast collection of camping chairs).

It doesn’t look comfortable, it weighs almost as much as my Helinox chair (super comfy and I’m off the ground), it’s uni-purpose (it’s not a sleeping pad, too).  The pricing is not the issue.  If you had a truly comfortable backcountry chair that weighed 8 oz or less, you could charge $200 (maybe more) and many people would buy it.

For the front country, I have a (heavy) ALPS Mountaineering folding chair that is heaven.  Who cares about its weight, because it’s for car camping!

Thermarest chair kit is 7 oz

I totally agree with Valerie.

Can’t pop a hole in the Helinox.

I would never take a chair backpacking. However this does look comfortable. If you could make it to convert into a sleeping pad for around the same weight you might sell a lot of them here on BPL.

I’d vote no, also. I had sit-on-the-ground camp chairs before and they killed my knees. I much prefer to be up off the ground so my knees can be comfortably bent. And yes, I see in the photo that she’s bending her knees, but I guess I mean I prefer a more natural sitting position.

You’d have to have a listed r value then.

A pound and two is a LOT of weight. You need to cut this back to <8oz for single purpose. And it wants to be dual purpose. A sleeping pad/sit pad would be OK at 12oz. Even 12oz is on the heavy side for backpacking but manageable for a full length pad and a chair.

This thread reminds me that I keep intending to offer a list of suggestions (“why doesn’t anyone make..?”) for new bpl items that need to be developed, and/or for which there is likely to be a market. For example, as far as I am aware, no one is manufacturing a titanium equivalent of the ancient junk metal Esbit set I have that nests the burner inside the pot and lid. The pot is large enough to boil two eggs, and well suited to brewing a cup of coffee or tea. Very compact, very light weight. (I’m aware of the current Esbit pot/burner set, which is rather larger, and too heavy).

@Robert: It seems like a Caldera Cone setup with an 850ml cup would work well for you.

@OP: I agree with most other comments here – it’s too heavy for something that doesn’t even get me off the ground.

Interesting chair.  It’s basically an inflatable Kifaru Field Chair.   You can make your own Kifaru type chair that will weigh in at about 6.5oz.  Here’s an old link to hiking chairs:

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/91811/page/2/#comments

The Kifaru type copy is the <b>Jun 6, 2014 at 5:43 pm entry</b>.  Note the fiberglass stays could also double as an internal pack frame.

Speaking of inflatable chairs…

I have the ThermaRest chair which I used a few times with the thinner self-inflating air mats. Very comfortable. Has anyone tried using an air mat with this chair?

Bob, from the website “Improved Fit: New designs are an ideal fit for both NeoAir™ and self-inflating mattresses.”

http://www.litesmith.com/qwikback-ul-chair/

http://www.litesmith.com/qwikback-ul-chair/

Oooooh now that is interesting. I’d like to hear some firsthand experience with this chair.

When I want to sit down in the backcounty, it’s not a backrest I want, it’s something that’s the right height so I can sit with my thighs parallel to the ground. I’ve thought about trying to create a simple “hammock bench” that would attach to trees…

All the same, good on you for making your idea a reality. I’m always too lazy.