Overland Setup - Camp chairs, saving weight, space and multi use

[weeds]

Moving from a camper trailer to living in a pop top means space is at at premium.

Ya standard camp chairs are big, bulky and weigh a ton

We are also keen multiday hikers therefore had my eye on Chair Zero's from Helinox weighing only 500g after we met two guys on the overland track with them...well they may of had Chair One at 900g.

Thanks to Ranga for pointing out that ALDI had light weight hiking chairs for sale.

Picked up two.....I know we are not comparing apples with apples but

29$ ea v 125$ ea for Helinox
1.8kg v 9.2kg
Use at campsite and hiking

I think we have found the right mix for us

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[Chrisette]

Those types don't have the long term support or strength. When I traveled I just bought a longer lasting chair, might have weighed more but it never collapsed in the middle of nowhere.

[kogvos]

I have used the genuine Helinox chairs for years in a combination of remote sea kayaking and 4WDing. They've held up excellently without any problems. Also use the little Helinox table which is a nice luxury in our midget 90.

[Carzee]

Double Triple Quadruple purpose. seats Elegant. Stylish. Pure Design Art. Ingenious. Waterproof. Rotproof. Possumproof.

Tested to destruction by Sir Russell Coight during his Camel Trophy - All Aussie Adventure (with actual live camels by mistake). (Nah, not really, just kidding, but it sounds like the sort of stuff up he would do).

Three of these fit perfectly in the center space of my loadspace. And you can stand on them to load the roof rack.

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[weeds]

Those types don't have the long term support or strength. When I traveled I just bought a longer lasting chair, might have weighed more but it never collapsed in the middle of nowhere.

Have you tried this type of chair? yeah I brought the cheaper version first up my I'm convinced the helinox will stand up to ours travels......testing them this weekend and will report back.

Space is what we are chasing as we will be living in our defender. No roof rack capacity and when it's foul weather for weeks on end in Europe we are chasing as much space as possible inside.

Also it's nice to have a chair after a long day hiking.......so chasing a dual purpose chair

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[weeds]

I have used the genuine Helinox chairs for years in a combination of remote sea kayaking and 4WDing. They've held up excellently without any problems. Also use the little Helinox table which is a nice luxury in our midget 90.

Plan to purchase the tale.

[Meccles]

We are friends with a couple who've used Mountain Designs copy of Helinox with no issues for some time. We've all just brought the Aldi copy's- they seem better than Mountain Design. For $30 there's not a lot to complain about👍🏻

[The ho har's]

We are friends with a couple who've used Mountain Designs copy of Helinox with no issues for some time. We've all just brought the Aldi copy's- they seem better than Mountain Design. For $30 there's not a lot to complain about👍🏻

hmmm so do we, do they live down the gold coast?

Mrs hh

[Meccles]

No Sunshine Coast. Close but not quite😀

[Redback]

We've alway found this style of chair the best, the brand doesn't matter really, Dune and Oztrail do one as well, I have the Coleman, and still have my Oztrail one as well, they have lasted well.

I have the adventuridge chair for the motor bike camping.

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[DiscoMick]

We've alway found this style of chair the best, the brand doesn't matter really, Dune and Oztrail do one as well, I have the Coleman, and still have my Oztrail one as well, they have lasted well.

I have the adventuridge chair for the motor bike camping.

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We have used those and they are comfortable, but take up a lot of space.

[weeds]

We've alway found this style of chair the best, the brand doesn't matter really, Dune and Oztrail do one as well, I have the Coleman, and still have my Oztrail one as well, they have lasted well.

I have the adventuridge chair for the motor bike camping.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/07/431.jpg

Adventuridge are the ones ALDI is selling.

[weeds]

Chairs worked a treat....we just had three days away using them, flatter the ground the better

Although I will need to come up with something for our upcoming Fraser Island trip.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

squashed beer cans? [bigwhistle]

[weeds]

squashed beer cans? [bigwhistle]

That could work......nice dome for the leg to sit in.

[Dorian]

Chairs worked a treat....we just had three days away using them, flatter the ground the better

Although I will need to come up with something for our upcoming Fraser Island trip.

I am sure you have seen the Helinox sand/ soft ground solution. if not here it is.

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We have had our (Helinox) for about 4 years, we do a lot of Kayaking and they are a great space saver.


Cheers Glen

[weeds]

I am sure you have seen the Helinox sand/ soft ground solution. if not here it is.

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We have had our (Helinox) for about 4 years, we do a lot of Kayaking and they are a great space saver.


Cheers Glen

Thanks Glen....nope hadn't seen the accessory.

Cheers

[Dorian]

Unfortunately the accessory from Helinox is going to be more than your chairs.:Rolling:

I bought the Helinox chairs at the time because all of the copies were pretty dodgy looking. They seem to be a lot better now.

I'm waiting for the copiers to put out a soft ground support, but i think I'll be turning blue before that happens.

Cheers Glen

[weeds]

Unfortunately the accessory from Helinox is going to be more than your chairs.:Rolling:

I bought the Helinox chairs at the time because all of the copies were pretty dodgy looking. They seem to be a lot better now.

I'm waiting for the copiers to put out a soft ground support, but i think I'll be turning blue before that happens.

Cheers Glen

Yes...just sting that to the wife.

These ones cannot be a whole lot different to the helinox....Might buy a couple of ground sheets as my wife reckon her work couldn't do them any cheaper.

[numpty]

Unfortunately the accessory from Helinox is going to be more than your chairs.:Rolling:

I bought the Helinox chairs at the time because all of the copies were pretty dodgy looking. They seem to be a lot better now.

I'm waiting for the copiers to put out a soft ground support, but i think I'll be turning blue before that happens.

Cheers Glen

I bought the Helinox ones a couple of years ago and then noticed all the copies started appearing. And I'm still glad I did. Great after a long days walking and we even use them on our lunch stops. (when walking ie)

[DiscoMick]

The Helinoxes certainly have a good reputation.

[Witchdoctor]

Weeds

Im using the Aldi knock off for work, it has copped a hammering & still going fine.
Also use them anywhere we need to carry them around for hours on end.

They will be going in the truck for all our long distance trips.

Very good option in my eye's

Cheers

[Wicks89]

Really like the concept of this, keeping everything very light and very simple. You've obviously already got the pop-top, but I use a hennessy Hammock out bush. Built for the jungle and perfect for the tropics. Worls brilliantly in the cold too. Doesn't seem like you will need anything like that heading to Europe though lol.

I think if you just take a "less is more" approach to your defender you will yield better results. People tend to seek innovative ways of loading their defender rather than innovative ways of taking less stuff with them.

I see people with huge water tanks and stuff strapped to their rig. A good potential saving is replacing a certain amount of hard shell water holdings (jerry cans or tanks) with a means of water purification, and keeping a collapsible water bag for the few stretches where you may need to carry a lot more.

Just food for thought.

[weeds]

Really like the concept of this, keeping everything very light and very simple. You've obviously already got the pop-top, but I use a hennessy Hammock out bush. Built for the jungle and perfect for the tropics. Worls brilliantly in the cold too. Doesn't seem like you will need anything like that heading to Europe though lol.

I think if you just take a "less is more" approach to your defender you will yield better results. People tend to seek innovative ways of loading their defender rather than innovative ways of taking less stuff with them.

I see people with huge water tanks and stuff strapped to their rig. A good potential saving is replacing a certain amount of hard shell water holdings (jerry cans or tanks) with a means of water purification, and keeping a collapsible water bag for the few stretches where you may need to carry a lot more.

Just food for thought.

Er I just purchased a 70L water tank to go with the other 65L water tank....good thing I save in other areas.

[Wicks89]

Haha maybe water is a bad example because it's a survival essential and not a luxury!

There are probably some savings to be made with cooking gear (the way I see it, I'd be trying to eat local where ever I went if I could, all part of travelling), and probably tools too.

A toolkit that could do a few things like change a wheel bearing, plus some other tricks would be pretty compact.