low back chair

[Hippie]

  If you're flying in and in need of a festival chair... Might I suggest you ask around at sme of the established camps for a loaner, many folks bring extra chairs. Also if you buy one please make sure yu habd it off to someone for resuse at another festival. It sure is a drag seeing all f those chairs becme landfill before their time.

 
7days to departure

[ilovethelorax]

Thanks for all the comments on the kelsyus chairs. I'll see you with a bloody mary on the tarps for a test drive AJ! 

And Shane, just to be clear, the chair I currently use and the kelsyus are both about 30" tall when unfolded. It might look like there is more clearance there in the picture but they're both considered "sand" chairs. You also may want to wait as Jerry suggests. The hardward store in town sells light aluminum ones you can pick up if sharing isn't working for you but you'll find there are lots of unused chairs in the festival and if you're a friendly person, most people are happy to share until friends come back or what not. It's such a shame to see all those perfectly good chairs filling the dumpster at the end of the festival.

[Debbiefromtucson]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PX1XUS?smid=ADONR6WCR0KAA&tag=msnshop-sports-20&linkCode=asn

These are always good for the young/nimble ( ie: can get yourself off ground easily), packing light crowd. They can easily fit in a larger suitcase or overhead bin.

[LuAnna]

i just googled Crazy Creek chair.... there are some good deals out there for that one.  I am going to get one of those for another festival where carrying one of those to sit on hillsides when not at the main stage makes a lot of sense.   My present festival chair  that comes to all Planet Bluegrass  is the Wearever backpack chair.. but not the one with the high back and the head rest. .. it's just the regular one.  It's starting to wear at the seam on the seat.. probably because  very big people have used it when i wasn't there and because i have sat down too forcefully. oops. Anyway, i am hoping it makes it through another festival season. It has served me well and doesn't block the view of the people behind me. in some venues the higher back ones can do that.. but then so can some hats. We just have to move our seats a bit. It's  all good!

is it time yet?

 
LuAnna

[shane]

Thank you all for the help!  I only started the thread because I was bored at work and really wanted to think about TBF.  I'll find something at the store or wait until I get to the hardware in town.  And don't you worry, I will find someone to whom I'll give away everything I can't take home.

[arcticdesertnomad]

just thought I'd chime in and ask an opinion on chairs.  I have a chair that I brought last year that looks just like this one http://www.campingworld.co.uk/Models.aspx?ModelID=569 .  I only had one person tell me it might be a little on the too big side, but I'm looking for some confirmation before I go out and spend the money on something else if I don't need to.  It's comfy and sturdy and I'd love to bring it again, but I want to be considerate on the tarps.  Any positive or negative feedback will be appreciated.

 Listening to: Packing for Telluride

[Punchy]

just thought I'd chime in and ask an opinion on chairs.  I have a chair that I brought last year that looks just like this one http://www.campingworld.co.uk/Models.aspx?ModelID=569 .  I only had one person tell me it might be a little on the too big side, but I'm looking for some confirmation before I go out and spend the money on something else if I don't need to.  It's comfy and sturdy and I'd love to bring it again, but I want to be considerate on the tarps.  Any positive or negative feedback will be appreciated.

Mitch...did anyone say anything to you last year about your chair?  If not, bring it again.  If someone complains leave it in camp...it looks way too comfy to leave at home.

[TellurideTom]

just thought I'd chime in and ask an opinion on chairs.  I have a chair that I brought last year that looks just like this one http://www.campingworld.co.uk/Models.aspx?ModelID=569 .  I only had one person tell me it might be a little on the too big side, but I'm looking for some confirmation before I go out and spend the money on something else if I don't need to.  It's comfy and sturdy and I'd love to bring it again, but I want to be considerate on the tarps.  Any positive or negative feedback will be appreciated.

Technically speaking, if a basketball will fit under the seat it's too high.
You may not be able to roll one under it because of the frame.

[Hippie]

My goodness Mitch _ I checked the link for your chair and looked at this tent

Outwell Vermont XL Tunnel Tent

At a robust 15 x 25 feet this looks like just the ticket for comfortable festivation 
Such a deal at just 498 pounds ( about 998 $ )

 

[LuAnna]

I see no measurements but in all honesty it looks like it is too high off the ground. However it does look absolutley perfect to have in the campsite.. and if you put it in the living room up at Run- a - Muck, I would be glad to sit in it when you aren't there.  Seriously, i would choose a shorter one of you plan to be in the front half of the festival grounds.

just my two cents....
 



see ya there, Mitch!
LuAnna

[monkeygirl]

Having had complete menisectomies bilaterally (that means I have absolutely no cartilage left in either one of my knees, none, nada, zip, zilch... and I STILL ski!), I can say that the kelsyus is the best chair out there.  It is very stable for getting up and down... something that is a bit dodgy for me if I'm having a "bad knee" day.

After my chair went to festichair heaven (where all bottoms are smooth, tiny and smell like roses), I finally ponied up the sheckles for a new one this year.  I purchased mine at REI. 

xoxo Rhonny