OZARK TRAIL COMFORT CAMPING CHAIR REVIEW: SummitSurfers Tested

While it may be slightly heavier and bulkier than others, its performance and value for money outweigh any minor drawbacks. This wider and longer set will provide support for larger adults with the same upright style as the traditional bagged camping chair. Has been rated for 300 pounds, but can hold more weight comfortably. Double cup holders are also extra large to hold bigger drinks. Other chairs we tested sacrificed too much comfort in order to shave mere ounces off of their weights, and we don’t think the trade-off was worth it.

Great for camping, at the beach or in the backyard, this Ozark Trail Kids Chair is made of durable steel with a sturdy frame that locks into place – it has a 125 lb weight capacity. It also offers a built-in cup holder and includes a carry bag for added convenience. It has the most comfortable and supportive seat shape of any chair we tested. The Dual Lock chair has a firmer backrest and seat bottom than the competition.

Normally, we’d caution against buying a chair with a significantly wider seat than you need. In the case of a recliner or lounge chair, it matters because if the seat is too wide, you won’t be able to use more than one of the armrests effectively. But where camp chairs are concerned, it’s not the end of the world. These are occasional seating options, and you won’t typically spend such extended periods sitting in one that it starts to be an issue. The canopy is big enough to block most, if not all, sunlight any time of day, and the chair’s seat has a strip of breathable mesh down the middle for airflow. Senior staff writer Lauren Dragan said the Renetto is her most comfortable camping chair.

The seatback has some slightly padded sections that do at least a little something to enhance comfort, and the armrests are nominally padded, too. But this isn’t the chair you’ll want to spend most of the day in. The Ozark Trail XXL Director Chair is a reasonably comfortable, versatile camp chair, offered by a reliable company. Recommended for anyone up to 500 pounds who is looking for a basic camp chair.

Since these are mechanical disc brakes, they are only as good as the cable connecting them. In the case of the front brake with its shorter, straighter cable routing, it works well. After six months of frequent use, the stitching along one arm had come unraveled, and the small straps holding up the back of the armrests had both ripped in half. After eight years of consistent use by senior editor Kalee Thompson’s two young boys, the REI Co-op Camp Chair is, she reports, faded and worn but still holding up. In order to give the Ozark Trail Camping chair a thorough testing, we took it out to the base of the Lammermuir hills on a breezy, overcast afternoon to see how it would fare.

That way, you’ll have all the information you need to decide for yourself if this is the high-weight capacity camping chair you’ve been looking for. If that sounds good, let’s jump right in and take a closer look. Simply put, it can be notoriously difficult to find big and robust furniture to support you properly. That’s as true for camp chairs ozark trail backpack as it is for recliners and the like. Where camp chairs are concerned, most of them top out at around 300 pounds of supported weight.

The Ozark Trail had its beginnings in the 1970s when a group of public land managers, land owners, and trail users met to discuss the concept of a long-distance hiking trail. A comprehensive state outdoor recreation plan prepared by the state of Missouri in 1975 showed a need for an addition of 500 to 900 miles (805 to 1,448 km) of hiking trails. A first meeting in 1976 at Meramec State Park lead to the first draft of the trails proposal in February 1977 and in 1981 the first sections of the trail were under construction. It’s a gateway for those who can’t or simply don’t want to spend a lot of money to go mountain biking and have a good experience while doing it.

Keep in mind that lightweight chairs won’t be nearly as comfortable as traditional camping chairs, so take the word comfortable with a grain of salt. Since 2016, our testers (with different body types and physical needs) have subjected camping chairs to multiple camping trips. We chose the Coleman Cooler Quad Chair as the model with the right combination of comfort, durability, usability, and price for most campers. These Ozark Trail camping chairs are perfect to take with you to kids’ sports games, camping trips, or to simply have them around so you can lounge in your backyard or for guests when having cookouts. They are lightweight and fold up for easy and compact storage when not in use.