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Product Description
Awarded the 2017 “Editor’s Choice” by Backpacker Magazine, the Mountainsmith Slingback chair is a light and simple solution to backcountry lounging. Made of 610d Cordura fabric, it’s built to withstand water, abrasions, tears, and whatever else you throw its way Read More
This product listing feels like the true epitome of massdrop all summed up into one product - in other words, a product that's hardly a deal at all, with the "price cuts" likely being linked to inflated MSRP's to begin with. Then, after paying for what you could just as easily drive down the road to buy at a retail store, you have to wait about a month for it to even ship (+ presumably not for free either); so thankfully you have all the time in the world to go out and get poles for this, since...well, they don't even come with the "chair" itself, despite appearing in nearly every single picture of the product. So while you're out buying poles for this thing + waiting on it, you can just go ahead and get a different, cheaper, and presumably better product before this one even ships in the first place.
Boy, oh boy - what a deal!!
I own this chair. It’s great. Some camp spots dont have any good seating, and don’t like lounging totally on the ground. When I whip out this chair, I see the envy in the eyes of my fellow campers. It’s pretty stable. I have dozed off in it. It does take some practice to find the balance and stability, but once you get your system of sitting/set up down, its comfortable. I also use it as a ‘place mat’ area to keep dirt out of my food ext.
angry.dudeI like the idea of using it as a place mat, although I don't usually try to mix eating surfaces with sitting surfaces. :-) I have a Helinox Zero, and love it, but i was recently at a lakeshore, where the little legs sank into the cobbles, and sitting in the chair was impossible. I know Helinox makes an attachment that I could use and not sink, but that seems like a one purpose item. I envision using this as "carpeting" in the vestibule and to simply lay out as a dry spot to sit when a nice log or rock appears on the trail (and to serve as another point of separation between ticks and me). Someone also said you can adjust it as a backrest while sitting on a log, and it probably would have worked when I sat on a mat of grasses on that lakeshore (thinking that I wish I had a backrest).
ATPaddlerGreat points ATPaddler. Additional feature: one side is waterproof/slicker and makes a great snow sledfor those alpine trips.
i have been looking at the helinox zero, and have tried it out. I like it, but for the weight savings, I think I’ll bring the sling-back. I had never thought about the cobble issue, so thanks for that lookout.
Moostyle
Jul 22, 2018
Can anybody tell me how this will work if you already use your poles to hold up a tarp/tent? I can imagine using this during short breaks on long hikes but even that seems like a little overkill for me.
Moostyleobviously, bring more poles:
- 2 poles to hold up your tarp/tent
- 2 poles for your chair
- 2 poles for kebabs
- 2 poles for play-jousts with your friend (presumably he didn't bring any poles but hey, sharing is caring)
- 2 extra poles should the others break
Looks and sounds like a great idea/product. Has anyone actually used this before or something similar? For example, I tried out the "Monarch" chair that requires you to "balance" yourself and didn't like it. The helinox chairs...are not comfortable even for someone small like me.
seaoceanngoThe helinox is very comfortable for me and I'm 5'11"/195lbs. I've tried many foldable small chairs including the monarch (not bad) but if you don't think the Helinox is good enough, you likely won't find anything to your liking.
Man, I'm gonna need like 5 sets of trekking poles to set up my trekking pole supported tent, my trekking pole camera tripod, my trekking pole bear bag system, my trekking pole broadband receiver, and my new luxurious trekking pole supported chair. Integrated poles are for suckers.
Does anyone know if this can work together with a seating pad like the on in link below? I am considering using the slingback chair on a shoulder season trip in the arctic circle and the ground can get chilly so sitting on an insulated pad will make it a bit more comfortably at camp with a hot cup of coffee. My concern is that the two would slide over each other once you sit on it, since your weight/center of gravity will be hitting the seating pad at an angle cause the pad to slide away?
https://www.thermarest.com/seating/seats/lite-seat
RusstangFantastic, Thanks for that info. They should put that in description. Even reviewers on blogs YouTube have not mentioned this feature of the chair. I am ordering them now and perhaps will throw in the Klymit seats as well.