Crazy Creek Chairs
http://www.crazycreek.com/
Does anyone own one? And if so, how do you like it. Having a seat would be nice after a long day!
I own several. They are reasonably comfortable, great for car camping. Too heavy and bulky for backpacking IMHO. If you like the concept, you can get a chair kit for a Thermarest pad that works the same way and weighs a lot less.
But then I would have to carry a thermarest pad too!
Watched a lot of folks use them in Canada - the added weight was questionable - vs a log. Once I got hammocking, I sold it because a hammock is the ultimate lazy boy....
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Camp chairs are great for social trips. For a thru? No way. For one thing, with shelters there are plenty of places to sit, whether that be designed seating or simple logs previously dragged to the area.
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Thanks ChinMusic
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I'm waiting for someone to design a crazy creek style chair that is both the frame of a pack and used as part of a sleeping pad (or the whole pad if you're into just torso pads). I have a crazy creek and it seems like just closed cell foam + stays + straps. All items that could be put to multi-use purposes.
Wait, do you mean you would use the CC chair as your sleeping pad? You might try that for a couple of nights. They are pretty thin and hard.Originally Posted by Sierra Echo
I bring mine when going on trips with larger groups where it is more about the camping and less about the hiking or on quick day trips where I am hiking a couple miles to a nice view to read a book.
Thermarests aren't the only pads on the market.
True, but the Thermarest chair kit will work with almost any 20 inch self inflating pad. Probably not with a neo-air type pad, though. Not sure what you have.
An air pad has a tough enough life on a thru. Doubling up with chair-duty is just asking too much.
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I'm not a thru hiker and I don't want a thermarest chair. I just wanted to know if anyone had a crazy creek chair and if so how they liked it. I posted the same question on FB and all i got were people telling me to get a hammock. Well I don't want a hammock either. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
You definitly need a hammock!
OK, sorry, yes I have one and like it, but not for backpacking.
I assumed the Crazy Creek used a pad. Guess it doesn't. 26oz???? A lawn chair would be comfortable too.
If I were to consider a dedicated chair I would go all the way and get the Sling Light: http://www.slinglight.com/ 18oz
I'm sitting on one in my avatar.
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Shannon, if you are asking about the chair kit, Crazy Creek's and Thermarest's are too heavy for backpacking IMHO. Take a look at Big Agnes's ultralite version. A little more pricey but only 6 oz.
http://www.campbound.com/Big-Agnes-C...FQWFQAod8X9T6A
PS: Hammock users and ultralighters are wimps. I should know. I am both but I have owned one of these Big Agnes versions.
I am not young enough to know everything.
Shannon _ never said get a Hammock - I had one and sold it in less than one year..... Because of the change to hamocks - I have tried a lot of gear and had a lot of mistakes too - most of my posts have nothing to do with thru hiking.
So now that you told us off and we got it wrong - what do you want to use it for and why are you attracted to it? Whats it for - how about some more info?
Big Cranky watch this....
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That might be perfect. I have a Big Agnes air pad.
I didn't mean to get cranky, I was just getting frustrated. I said the people on FB kept telling me to get a hammock.
I just want a chair, with a back in it for camp on backpacking trips. Crazy creek looks promising, but I cant really find reviews on them. Therefore I was simply asking people for their experiences with them. REI has a similar chair, but with bad reviews.
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