To Chair or Not To Chair ?

[southey]

Hahahaha it very much depends on the person.

[drewdunnrespect]

me i am a complete chiar maniac cos i have a carp fishing chair

[shaggystu]

same as quite a few others, for meets i take a chair (and still manage to do just one trip to cliv's car, it's only a folding chair after all, it's not like i'm trying to carry a sofa into the woods!). for less social outings i don't bother with the chair, instead i take a little (12"ish square) thermarest type thing that i got from lidl for a pound on a whim years ago, it also makes a great pillow and/or fan to encourage a struggling fire

[ex-member Raikey]

me i am a complete chiar maniac cos i have a carp fishing chair

is that the one with the individually adjustable legs Drew?..

so you can use it on river banks and generally uneven ground?

it sounds ausome

[Man of Tanith]

What about the singing?....

maybe a spot of poetry? made up on the spot?......

depends who i am camping with and how cold it is

[bushwacker bob]

is that the one with the individually adjustable legs Drew?..

so you can use it on river banks and generally uneven ground?

it sounds ausome

It ain't 'ausome'. He already said its carp.

[Kernowek Scouser]

Helloooo everyone,...

not sure if this has been asked over and over,

looking at some pictures of meets i seem to see more and more chairs,,..

i just wondered how many of us carry a chair into the woods for a meet or prefer to feel a little "closer" to the place by either making or finding something that keeps you comfy,...

i,m firmly in the NO CHAIR camp mainly because i feel if , once i,ve put the pack on and set off , a return to the truck for a chair or box of stuff would be "cheating",

but that may be just personal to me as i like to live out of one bag and be able to walk a good few miles to my spot if needed.

i,m going to try and apply a poll too so we can see at a glance where the balance is.

cheers


Stu,..

I don't have a car at the moment, so everything I take with me has to fit in my pack, which puts me in the NO CHAIR camp.

However, on one of my trawls through the interweb, I stumbled upon this...

Ultralight Monarch Butterfly Chair by Alite

http://www.alitedesigns.com/alite-sh...rch-chair.html

... which packs up small(ish - due to pole length) and weighs all of 18 ounces.

They retail for around forty dollars in the states (and eighty to ninety quid here on the sites of the few retailers that stock them) but as I am a skinflint, one of several bushy related projects I'm thinking about at the moment, is to make something like this, using some old, spare walking poles and a canvas seat cover I have knocking around gathering dust.

If this project ever gets beyond the 'planning' stage, I'll post a picture or two of my efforts.

[lannyman8]

no chair for me stu, but i have started to put some foam matting in my pack, but i never use it anyway?????

[cbr6fs]

Depends really on if i'm camping out the car or carrying my own stuff on foot.

With the car then i'll throw in one of the beach/fishing chairs, in summer i use a Kelsyus chair that folds into a rucksack type thing and comes with a sun shade.






If i'm hiking then in winter i'll take a inflatable cusion, in summer i don't really bother.

[Dreadhead]

thats awesome i gotta say. nae much use here in scotland though it would then be a chair with a sail....

Depends really on if i'm camping out the car or carrying my own stuff on foot.

With the car then i'll throw in one of the beach/fishing chairs, in summer i use a Kelsyus chair that folds into a rucksack type thing and comes with a sun shade.






If i'm hiking then in winter i'll take a inflatable cusion, in summer i don't really bother.

[mountainm]

this is what you need:
http://www.askari-fishing.co.uk/__We...ter/detail.jsf

[Dr Onion]

ROFL!! I like that mountainm!! Makes you look like a Dalek when it's deployed!

Dr O

[spandit]

That is awesome, love it! Would help with some of the ugly mugs at the Sussex meet

[Whittler Kev]

With a bad back and hips, I take a folding chair to camps but if we have to walk in I take a seat I can hang between two trees or a piece of sea fishing net to hang as a hammock or a seat

[wattsy]

i take a chair more often than not i got told by my old scout leader that being uncomfortable is for mugs its done me proud so far

[widu13]

If I'm going to a meet, I take a chair. If I am going real schrafting I make do.

[ged]

...i,m firmly in the NO CHAIR camp mainly because i feel if , once i,ve put the pack on and set off , a return to the truck for a chair or box of stuff would be "cheating" ...

My thoughts exactly. When I'm at a meet I prefer to get everything in one go. If it can't be carried in one go then it's cheating somehow. Make do or do without. ...

A chair is cheating but a truck isn't? Am I alone in thinking that this makes no sense at all?

FWIW I have one of the National Trust thingies, plus a rucksack with a built-in chair, plus a fabric chair that hangs from the trees, not to mention a couple of the little tripods and a shooting stick. For camping in France and Spain in the last couple of weeks I didn't bother to pack any of them, and despite having taken the fabric one to three Derbyshire meets specifically to try it out I've never managed to. Too busy setting up, cooking, and clearing up!

[spandit]

A chair is cheating but a truck isn't? Am I alone in thinking that this makes no sense at all?

Yes, you are alone. Some of us have to drive a certain distance before we can get to the woods

[F7144]

If you are driving into a basecamp location take a chair. If I'm on foot I take a 12" x 12" foam mat seat and keep it under the hood of my bergan.

Any fool can rough it.

Luke

[cbr6fs]

thats awesome i gotta say. nae much use here in scotland though it would then be a chair with a sail....

Yep with a Scottish wind i can imagine you'd have to phone air traffic control before setting the chair up

this is what you need:
http://www.askari-fishing.co.uk/__We...ter/detail.jsf

I can't help thinking of "boil in the bag" when i imagine that in a Greek summer

[Squidders]

I love the tone of the poll...

If I select "My niece got this from Shackletons you know" I basically insult myself leaving only "Make do". Very good.

[Ed]

I never take a chair to moot or meets .... I just seem to find empty ones to borrow for a while or get offered one

Ed