The 10 Best Camping Chairs for Your Next Outdoor Vacation

Campers, hikers, and backpackers love folding camping chairs for the comfort, ease, and convenience it gives. Even at home or indoors, camping chairs are the best. You can use it in your bedroom, garden, backyard, porch, or wherever. It will serve your chair needs wherever you go.

There are many kinds of folding chairs, but the most popular nowadays is the quad chair. These folding chairs fold inward and outward, like an accordion, and are kept inside a slim bag. Like other folding chairs, the quad chair is more stable when it is supporting a heavyweight. The heavier the weight, the more stable the seat. Of course, there are limits to how heavy the chair can support. There are some folding quad chairs that can support as much as 500 lbs., although 225 lbs up to 250 lbs are the norm. 

These folding chairs are fun to open and close. They look and work like three-dimensional accordions, or like origami, but with metal frames and heavy-duty seat covers. The metal frames are like steel rods which are capable of heavy loads because of the way that they form triangles under the seat. 

The seat material is usually high-density polyester which is tough and does not tear or shear easily. In most cases, there are multiple layers, as well as padding to the chair. Technically, the non-padded seat is almost as comfortable as the padding, but the layers and padding also serve as protection. With a single material layer, all the weight and sideways pressure are on the fabric. With padding and lining, the sideways tension is evenly distributed among the multiple layers.

When choosing a folding chair, the most important consideration is the comfort when using it. The second most important consideration is the ease of use. Users want a folding chair that they can pull of the bag, and have it ready for use in seconds. The chair should unfold or open up in seconds. It should lock into place immediately when unfolded.