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Re: Camp furniture

I just bought a pair of these:

http://www.rei.com/product/765270

A little on the pricey side but they are light and very comfy, much more so than the standard folding chairs that make you assume a posture like you're hanging your butt over a log.

For a table, I have this:

http://www.backcountry.com/store/ALM0007/ALPS-Mountaineering-Camp-Table.html

Picked it up on Steep and Cheap for roughly half that price. It weighs about as much as a chair.
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Re: Camp furniture

I fly a Maule, so I just throw in the dining room table with 6 chairs. Along with the kitchen sink. ha ha

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Re: Camp furniture

I hang my butt over a log.....or stump, or.....
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Re: Camp furniture

I've got an REI Camp Table, $49.95. It rolls up about the size of a rolled-up chair, light, sturdy, big enough for a 2-burner stove and room left over to eat, and a cover. I also have a couple of roll-up chairs, the cloth kind with aluminum tubing and a cover.

I just replaced my 30-year old Coleman Peak One single burner stove with a Coleman 2-burner propane stove with electronic ignition and a windscreen. I got tired of pouring & pumping & matches. $49.95 for the Peak One 30 years ago, $49.95 for the 2-burner in April at Cabela's.

Other stuff: Eureka 2-person Polar Storm tent, LLBean down sleeping bag with a flannel liner (made the liner myself), Thermarest sleeping pad, tent light, down pillow. Not quite the Hilton, but comfortable enough.

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Re: Camp furniture

1SeventyZ wrote:I just bought a pair of these:

http://www.rei.com/product/765270

A little on the pricey side but they are light and very comfy, much more so than the standard folding chairs that make you assume a posture like you're hanging your butt over a log.

For a table, I have this:

http://www.backcountry.com/store/ALM0007/ALPS-Mountaineering-Camp-Table.html

Picked it up on Steep and Cheap for roughly half that price. It weighs about as much as a chair.


I have two of those. Just got back from a 2 week camping trip with them. The rivets that connect the chairs together will fail soon. I'm debating on sending them back to REI or rebuilding the chairs. They fit in the stock baggage in a super cub laying flat.

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Re: Camp furniture

I use this table on all my river trips:
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It works great but not real robust.

As for chairs I just use the typical camp chair:
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My wife and I have had ours for 4 years and used them on all the river trips we have been on together. Every time we airplane camp we take them...they aren't very small but if they will fit in a Luscombe...
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Re: Camp furniture

I use a chair from Crazy Creek (www.crazycreek.com) less then 2 lbs, adjustable backrest, and durable, going on 10 years now, and so so simple. Since you are sitting at ground level, the ground is your table. The only disadvantage I've found is if you're talking to someone standing or sitting in a normal height chair, you feel , well, small!
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Re: Camp furniture

I tore up several "kmart-walmart" folding chairs on recent trip to Idaho. I finally reverted to my "apple boxes" to sit on . Table was fold up version
that from REI worked OK. http://www.cinemagadgets.com/full-apple ... 31b660ca1e
I work for several hollywierd types and they occasionally give one of the "spare"apple boxes. These boxes are strong enough to hold up your airplane if needed,great for standing on to check or add fuel etc. When you need to clean windows it's great.
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Re: Camp furniture

I can get quite a few different chairs and tables through my store (skymountaingear.com) supplier. If people are interested, let me know and I'll order some up. You'll get the standard BCP/shortfield discount of 10% off.

Tables:
I can get these tables:
The Canyon Table for about $60
The Nacho Table for about $25

...and most of their chairs

BTW: is anyone looking for a nice campstove? I have one more of these in stock and I need to move it.
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