Camping chair

Build notes

Disclaimer: this wasn't my idea. This already exists on the market. My goal was not to spend money and rather spend time, sweat and energy.

Firstly cover all edges with duct tape and sewed the edges. This is to prevent water from entering the porous foam inside. From experience; it could decay quite fast. Then I sued the yellow straps but kept space to insert poles.

I cut the poles to be about 40 cm and put them inside the gaps. However, it's the black strap that holds the poles in place. There is just enough space between the black strap, that has to be held up, and yellow strap to insert the pole. This design makes it easy to take the poles out.

Finally, the black straps hold the chair in position for sitting. The position can be adjusted with plastic buckles on either side.

When disassembled, its use is limited only by your imagination.

What for sure didn't go as planned

• It took me about one day to learn how to operate the sewing machine and one more day to figure out how to work with tensions of the thread. This was quite critical, because the sleeping pad was no ordinary piece of fabric. It required different threads and adjustments compared to normal sewing.
• The chair works. However, its stiff poles don't copy the shape of your back. You can feel the poles, but it won't prevent you from enjoying yourself sitting after a long day hike.
• If I were to make another one of these, I would spend more time searching for better support material.