LW "chair"

**Franco** · 10-09-2010, 19:28

last night in bed I was thinking about Tabasco's comments in some forums about making a light weight chair as a student project. So I decided to make my own.
This morning I had already forgotten but came across another thread on that so I put a quick mock up together.
Took me about 20 min, and that already exceed my attention span.
The idea is of a corded frame with four loops that slip over the top and bottom of your trekking poles.
It is more of a back rest than a chair , to get a leg lift I imagine that another two poles would be needed. 9I might think about this...)
Likely it has been done many times before but it is a bit of fun.
Total "extra " weight for me would be about 2 oz.
Obviously you need to be able to push the tips of your poles into the ground as well as the two stakes.

Franco

**mweinstone** · 10-09-2010, 19:34

no. what you got there is a tree. a chair has less ground.your butt is a chair and the less chairs you sit it on the stronger it becomes and then you need less chairs and way more ground witch is good.

**Wise Old Owl** · 10-09-2010, 20:19

Franco - nice try, I admire the "sprit" but I would rather flip my hammock upside down (puts the fly netting on the bottom) and sit on it sideways.

There was a time when one could sit on the top of a compressed sleeping back positioned next to a tree...

**Pedaling Fool** · 10-09-2010, 20:46

Chair --- I thought that's what packs are for when they're not on your back. It sits on you and you sit on it.

**Franco** · 10-09-2010, 21:20

I see...
First, I don't use a chair , neither I envisage doing so.
Maybe reading my initial comments again it should be obvious that I did that just to see if what Tabasco had in mind could be done or not.
http://www.backpacker.com/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=832107219;t=9991142512
There are many items/ideas that I do not use , however if someone likes them , well I try to keep a positive attitude towards it.
Specifically , since there are several "backpacking" chairs on the market I would assume that people buy them and use them (in fact I know that they do...) so if I like the idea or not is totally irrelevant.
Same for hammocks/wood burnig stoves/tipis, whatever...
BTW, it may not have been spelled out enough but both "chair" and this comment "It is more of a back rest than a chair " should have made it clear what I think of it.
Note also that for example not everyone would want to use their mat against a tree, nor that trees or rocks are conveniently shaped to accomodate your back, nor situated in the spot you would like them to be.
Franco

**Wise Old Owl** · 10-09-2010, 21:35

Now you have it, Just becaue a few of us would not use a chair, there will be someone who will pack the comfort.... I am always astonished when non athletic people (Like my Son) have to have the UnderArmor logo on clothing and he is not athletic.

**Franco** · 10-09-2010, 21:37

"I thought that's what packs are for when they're not on your back. It sits on you and you sit on it."
True. But some sit up, others prefer to lean back.
BTW, I never take books with me either, but apparently some do.
Franco

**Franco** · 10-10-2010, 19:29

With a mat or a 'sit"..

Franco

**Kerosene** · 10-10-2010, 20:25

Watcha readin', Franco?

**Franco** · 10-10-2010, 21:38

I can't figure that out. I think it is some sort of weird code because I cannot make any sense out of it.
Franco
(sorry, I don't take life all that seriously...)

**burntoutphilosopher** · 10-12-2010, 20:44

looks like excel 2003

like the microsoft spreadsheet program.

BTw, LOVE the 'back rest hammock' idea, super lightweight and would work well in the mojave where they don't have trees ; ) or at least nothing you're dare lean against.

**Wise Old Owl** · 10-12-2010, 21:00

He's holding it upside down.

**Wise Old Owl** · 10-12-2010, 21:05

Franco skip the knots and the tent stakes... Carbineer the poles together and lean them up against a tree. then fold the pad like you have in the picture up against the poles.

**Franco** · 10-12-2010, 23:19

"lean them up against a tree"

Yes, that would work well against a tree... or a stone . In fact the handles sort of tend to come together so the curve of a tree or some indentations on a rock/boulder will help with that.
However a suitable tree or rock is not necessarily nearby...
Also I would not reccomend mats like the Neo Air or other thin LW types outside a tent.
Franco

**sbhikes** · 10-20-2010, 13:57

I kind of like your idea. It doesn't really add much weight to your pack (I don't normally carry that much line) and it's fun enough that I betcha if you were hiking with someone else and put that together to sit on everybody else would be envious of your style and creativity, not to mention your comfort.

**Old Hiker** · 10-20-2010, 14:05

I don't care - I think it's pretty novel. Nice thinking outside the box or off the trail or whatever.

Me, I just put my foam pad against a tree and collapse! I only carry one pole anyway.

Remember, Franco, there are nay-sayers everywhere.

**weary** · 10-20-2010, 17:12

Originally Posted by Wise Old Owl

He's holding it upside down.

That's probably why he doesn't carry books on the trail. He thinks books have to be read upside down.

**weary** · 10-20-2010, 17:16

Originally Posted by Old Hiker

.....- I think it's pretty novel. Nice thinking outside the box or off the trail or whatever.
.....

Despite my lame joke, I agree.

**ChinMusic** · 10-20-2010, 18:39

Whenever this thread pops up I think Lone Wolf got the chair.

**mudhead** · 10-20-2010, 18:41

Australian reading a book printed in the North. Everything is reversed there.

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