Flat fold camp chair

I've not seen them for a couple of years now, when we went looking last year for new chairs the market is now dominated by the useless umbrella folding types which break and are not very comfortable. Yes you can pay big dollars for them too.
We found the only flat type freely available are the Coleman ones in avariety of shapes and sizes, very comfortable but the larger ones are bulky and hard to carry.
Looking at the US Coleman site recently I get the feeling that they are going to be phased out as well as they are no longer present on the site, they only have the director type and the stupid umbrella ones.
Visiting garage sales and council cleanup days are your best bet for the spring loaded flat chairs as they no longer seem to be made.

We have had four of the sling/umbrella type chairs and both failed in some out of the way place so I had to sit on a milk crate till we find another.
We now have Coleman chairs with arm rests. The Coleman pair plastic arm rests broke and Coleman replaced tem with the same chair but with metal arm rests. They are comfortable and warm and recline to almost flat.
Yes they are $100 but I think they will outlast ten reject shop fold ups.

Hi Paul,

Bunnings over here (ACT) had the type of chairs you describe, as we got our replacements there less than a year ago, and for about $10 each. Not high back though. We have had 3 sets of those cheap chairs over the last 20 years and they have performed very well despite having had a lot of use. We have a special place where they fit so when they wear out we have to search around for identical replacements. A couple of years ago we splashed out on the big comfy Coleman chairs with lots of padding etc. But they are bulky to store and carry, slower to set up and fold down and not so easy to move around camp, so the "el cheapo" chairs still get plenty of use..

But having had a look at both Bunnings and Big W online catalogues I see your problem. Suggest keep looking around, or try the op shops. The fold flat chairs do occasionally disappear from the market, then make a come back.

Cheers,

Val

Spend the money, do you sit on a $10.00 chair at home?

Kulkyne have a range of chairs here....

http://www.kulkyne.com/au/Camping-Chairs/

Paul, we have been doing the rounds to buy new chairs and just by chance we were looking in our local Big W store. They do have the fold flat camp chairs, unfortunately I only put one up for comparison purposes and did not look at the price. They are definelty still around, but most assuredly they are no longer $10 items.
Good hunting
Peter