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went to cabelas the tuther day to pick up some scope rings. Wandered over to the camping department to check out the goodies and seen a helinox chair. The little short one is kinda low and hard to get into and out of, but the chair one model is like Goldilock's bed. It is 'juuuust riiight'.... I used it tonight to watch some antelope in the wheatfield and the height is great for using a spotter on my slik mini tripod. No need to take the big one. The seat is also low enough to use your knees to support both elbows for a shot from my shooting sticks. They are kinda pricey for what they are, but I had enough points built that it didn't cost me anything. I like this thing so much I'm going to take it elk hunting. Lounging/cooking/eating in the tipi just got luxurious. No more sitting my old, wrinkly white azz on the floor. And it'll be great to keep the very same afforementioned azz up outta the mud and snow. I'll gladly take the one pound hit in my pack.......

You ever tried a sling light? I wonder how they compare? My ass is white but it ain't wrinkly just yet. At least last time I looked about 20 years ago.....

nope, never even heard of those..... My milch stool just got retired.

googled the slinglite. with the crossbar under your legs. it looks like a torture device, if'n a guy wants to stretch out. talk about a circulation-cut -'er-off-er..... even without the highback, I made the right choice.

Yep, you made the right choice. They stopped making slinglights a few years ago. I guess there wasn't enough of a wrinkly white ass market.

Maybe those slinglites are good for keeping the bloodflow to your legs in your azz where it belongs. Wrinkles-be-gone due to higher blood pressures ironing out those pesky wrinkles.......

I looked up the helinox, hell I've got one, got it for Christmas.

It'll be a 2 lb hit to your pack though.

That's OK. I'll leave my clothes at home. The weight will even out..... somehow

Don't do that. Somebody'll think they saw sasquatch.

We've got a couple of the Helinox ground chairs. They are great. 1.5 lbs each, including the bag. I always throw it in the pack.

There is a technique for getting in/out of them. Put your hand or fist on the ground beside the chair and rotate/lower in. Getting up put your fist in the ground at the side, and rotate up and out.

Sounds sorta weird, but really easy and effective.

One other nice thing about the ground chair is that the base isn't really prone to sinking in soft ground.


The ground chair is low enough to use even in a small shelter. Here's a pic on a day hike with the wife, using the little Silvertip shelter to cook up a hot meal on a windy and chilly day.

Thanks for wearing clothes. No telling what kind of pics Don will come back with.

the Helinox ground chair isn't bad but their other ones remind me of the folding toilet seat that I always take on llama pack trips. Those little legs sink into the ground and roll you over backwards if you're not careful.

It's too bad that these are so blasted heavy. You wouldn't want to backpack one. I have 2 that I use on llama trips and they're very comfortable, not to mention being 1/3 the price of the ultalight chairs.

I bought a Helinox Chair One Large version. Helinox Chair One L Packed in 10 miles the chair is comfortable to sit in. Easy to get in and out of! The chair is very comfortable to sit in.

I have this, about 1.5 lbs, packs into 4.5"X15"

https://www.rei.com/product/877258/rei-co-op-flexlite-chair

Have a sportneer chair https://goo.gl/ifngch aluminium frame, very strong and very light to carry in a backpack

Weight
615 g / 1.36 lbs (without case)
640 g / 1.41 lbs (with case)

Dimensions
Chair Height: 50 cm / 19.7 in
Seat Height: 22 cm / 8.7 in
Seat Width: 52 cm / 20.5 in
Case: 30 cm W x 11 cm H / 11.8 in W x 4.3 in H

Capacity
120 kg / 265 lbs

But at $110.00 That will require some real need.
I do like it though.

I saw it priced at $44.99
http://www.alpsmountaineering.com/products/furniture/chairs/rendezvous

Thanks for the post Don.

Anyone use a chair kit with their Thermarest? Works good for me and is light in weight, but still want to check out one of these Helinox chairs.

Jason

The camp rocking chairs are great outdoors chairs because the ski/sled things they rock on keep them from sinking into soft ground.

Once you use one, it kinda makes chairs with "legs" seem silly. They're heavy though. The one I had gotten was something like over 2.5 lbs, kinda bulky, and no longer made (from an REI brand called Evrgrn). They should work well on snow and do work very well on sand and soft forest leaf litter.

I know Helinox makes a rocking chair version now also - dunno how much.

I took mine out on a canoe camping trip last year and use it all the time even at home, by the wood stove.