Shake out tour.

[Templogin]

Beware the clone Helinox chairs.  Mine was £33 and lasted a whole hour before it broke.  I weigh just short of 13 stones but it was rated higher than that.  If you can bear using a stool, have a look at the Walkstools.  Cost a fortune, but superbly made.

[AndyE]

Beware the clone Helinox chairs.  Mine was £33 and lasted a whole hour before it broke.  I weigh just short of 13 stones but it was rated higher than that.  If you can bear using a stool, have a look at the Walkstools.  Cost a fortune, but superbly made.

For warned is for armed as they say, and it's not the first time I have heard that too. The issue over the cloned Helinox Chair cropped up on another forum I'm a member on.

The Walkstool looks a good "doing" something stool i.e cooking, watching a sporting event or rest awhile seat etc but lacks the relaxed, flop in a real chair type comfort I'm after after a long day in the saddle. I have a Helinox Chair one in the post, @ £74.95, we will have to wait and see if it is worth the expense.

Andy

 

[jags]

It is Andy fantastic bit of kit i tryed one when i toured ireland .bikepacker had one so comfy.but yeah feckin expensive.

anto.

[Danneaux]

Andy,

For what it's worth, I've had really good luck with my Alite Monarch Butterfly chair, which has proven durable so far and has no balance issues on uneven terrain. It rocks! (literally) with two feet to pivot on and your own feet to stabilizes it. There was some thought put into the engineering; leaning back too far is counterbalanced by the weight of a person's legs and feet. Once sat, I think it would be difficult to fall over backwards in normal circumstances. I sometimes sit cross-legged in it. It has a lifetime guarantee.

It is a real chair to sit in, not a stool to sit on. I like it 'cos it keeps me off both wet ground and hot pavement, the latter a safety issue with hot tar melting and sticking to bare skin if sitting on desert pavement at 140°F/60°C surface temperatures.

Links:
http://www.rei.com/product/846402/alite-monarch-butterfly-chair
http://shop.alitedesigns.com/monarch-chair.html
http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Backpacking-Chair-Reviews/Alite-Monarch-Butterfly
http://www.amazon.com/Alite-Designs-ALITE-P-Monarch-Chair/dp/B0085SD6QE

For task-stool use, I own and like this: http://www.rei.com/product/765283/rei-trail-stool

For extended use *in* even a one-man tent and sometimes in my home office chair, I own and like this:
http://www.nadachair.com/products/sportbacker/ (bought mine NOS at a thrift store for USD$4; worth it at that price, nice while seated on my inflatable sleeping mattress while reading). There's also a variety of pad-converters that allow self-inflating mattresses to assume the shape of a chair.

Best,

Dan.