Best Camping Chair

Ranger camping and BCF both have a huge range which you can test drive.There iis one for every pocket and every as*

Buy the best, buy Coleman! A bit dearer but you will not have to replace it in 12 months.

Yep, the Coleman 5-position chair is a winner!

Coleman with the metal arms five position,both my plastic ones broke of at the elbow absolutly no rough treatment.
Stan

We had the Coleman Jumbo (reclining) chair for a few years. I suspect they are the 5 position ones mentioned by others. Very comfortable and great for lying back and watching the stars at night.

But we got our money's worth. We used the Coleman warranty at least 3 times to replace broken ones. The plastic arm would break back near where it joined the chair. On the plus side, they are very comfortable and the Coleman warranty is good, we never had a problem getting them replaced.

On the downside, it is frustrating when you are miles from anywhere and not planning on returning to 'civilisation' for weeks and a chair breaks.

I must admit though, our chairs get a lot of use. We used to travel about 6 months per year until we rented the house and now travel full time. We paid for two chairs and got close to five years use (though both were replaced, one of them twice, in that time). One is still OK, the other has had bush repairs done to it.

We have now given up on the recliners (though left them in NT for use when back there this winter). We now carry a couple of folding 'lounges' (again Coleman). Big to carry, and pretty expensive, but super comfortable and so far, very durable. Our rational is that the van is home and we all have a lounge at home.

Also carry two Coleman directors chairs, with fold out side tables. Great for meals, happy hours and sitting up, but not for 'lounging' by the fire after dinner.

Coleman are more expensive, but their warranty is good and they deliver on it.

Norm C

These are comfortable and easy to snooze in...

http://www.primusaustralia.com.au/pdf/pg_71_517189_Chair.pdf

We had a variety of chairs over many years but nothing has been as comfortable and durable as this type of Coleman. We decided long ago that a crook chair can easily spoil the holiday expereince.
Coleman Quad Deluxe
Ours are an earlier model but the same overall design - I have done the odd minor repair (replacing wire pins at the strut junctions) - the only con is that they fold up a bit longer than most chairs - but they do come in a nice bag ! $100 rrp is a bit steep though - we got them on a special one year at Snowys for around $60 I think.

If you're after comfort, then the Coleman is a good one. Has a nice high back and headrest and well padded. They also make a super-size for XXXLs, good for about 130kg.
Look for one which doesn't have a bar across the front of the seat; the seat should be slung between the side bars - a cross bar digs into your legs after a while. Check the arms for strength. Unreinforced plastic arms will eventually break, usually at the most inconvenient time. If it's adjustable back, check the range of adjustment so that it can support you when eating at the table.

I just steer away from anything that cuts off the circulation in my legs. The cheap and ugly chairs do that. The wife bought (at ridiculous price) a heavy steel and mimic canvas that I remembered to forget to bring home from tassie lat month.

Owen

While I agree with the comments above - the Coleman 5 position chairs are very comfy, they don't fit my definition of 'reasonably compact and easy to pack'.

The missus has one, its the bain of my existence. There is nothing worse than packing up the camper trailer (Jayco Eagle) - then finding the chair was not packed before we lowered the roof.

The only sort we consider are ones with bars across the bottom (not legs that can sink directly into the sand) I know Coleman have 1 .

Thanks everyone. The ones we have at the moment are the Coleman 5 position chairs which I agree are awesome in comfort - just not in the compact packing and take up half the drawer of the camper unfortunately. Those quad fold ones fold up better but my other half who is 6'4" finds the cross bars dig into his legs a bit. Will probably have to toss up between comfort and space LOL.