lesspayne
08-18-2013, 18:34
I bought a chair about a month or two a go after watching a couple of You Tube videos from JP on his EconoChallenge channel. It turns out to be quite a simple and useful multitasking piece of gear, that JP introduces in his video. I have provided a link below.
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The Amazing Wilderness Camp/Hammock Wilderness Chair Specs:
The Original:
Made from Ripstop Nylon
Weight Capacity: 300 lbs
Weight (chair only no suspension): 110 grams
Cost: $30
The Ultra-Light:
Made from Nylon Taffeta
Weight Capacity: 200-250 lbs
Weight (chair only no suspension): 100 grams
Cost: $30
I decided to get this chair after seeing JP demonstrate the chair in the above video, watching him convert it into a hammock chair and make a sofa (with two chairs and a hammock) (check out his You Tube channel for more about this chair). After having a thought that I could also use it as a gear hammock as well as a chair I made a purchase. For thirty dollars I obtained a square nylon taffeta rectangle that measures approximately 40" X 21" and had two channels sewn into either end with one channel larger than the other. On one side a pocket has been sewn in to provide a built in stuff sack.
I built the chair JP built in the above video in about 20 to 30 minutes. My first go at it landed me on my butt because I decided to use a rotten branch for the chairs bottom support, it snapped under my weight and I quickly got a refresher course in gravity. A few minutes later I found another branch that took my weight and my camp chair was born.
This chair is very comfortable. My friends that I was camping with commented that the chair was more comfortable than the folding chairs that they had. When it started raining I moved the Amazing Wilderness Camp/Hammock chair, tripod and all, under my tarp, set in porch mode and cooked dinner from my comfy perch, listening to the rain drops bounce on the tarp.
I also wanted to show my idea, this chair used as a gear storage hammock. So in the morning I took apart the tripod camp chair and set it up as a gathered end hammock, underneath my hammock and dropped in whatever gear I had close at hand into it. I was pleased with the results.
Not shown in my pictures, this chair can be used as a hammock chair hung like a gathered end hammock. It could make an easy chair to rest in during breaks along your hike which would set up in the amount of time it would take to hang a normal hammock. I have not tried it out as the hammock chair yet but I am sure it will hold my weight with no problems after making the camp chair with it.
Other tips from JP include using the camp chair on any hillside by adjusting the tripod or cutting one leg shorter than the others. When being used as a camp chair some people like to lash the chair's bottom support to the tripod or cut notches for the bottom support brace of the chair into the tripod legs, I didn't find it necessary.
If you are interested in getting one yourself and like me have no sewing skills, email JP at Econo Challenge [email protected].
Pictures:
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KH6yqDFGRqI
The Amazing Wilderness Camp/Hammock Wilderness Chair Specs:
The Original:
Made from Ripstop Nylon
Weight Capacity: 300 lbs
Weight (chair only no suspension): 110 grams
Cost: $30
The Ultra-Light:
Made from Nylon Taffeta
Weight Capacity: 200-250 lbs
Weight (chair only no suspension): 100 grams
Cost: $30
I decided to get this chair after seeing JP demonstrate the chair in the above video, watching him convert it into a hammock chair and make a sofa (with two chairs and a hammock) (check out his You Tube channel for more about this chair). After having a thought that I could also use it as a gear hammock as well as a chair I made a purchase. For thirty dollars I obtained a square nylon taffeta rectangle that measures approximately 40" X 21" and had two channels sewn into either end with one channel larger than the other. On one side a pocket has been sewn in to provide a built in stuff sack.
I built the chair JP built in the above video in about 20 to 30 minutes. My first go at it landed me on my butt because I decided to use a rotten branch for the chairs bottom support, it snapped under my weight and I quickly got a refresher course in gravity. A few minutes later I found another branch that took my weight and my camp chair was born.
This chair is very comfortable. My friends that I was camping with commented that the chair was more comfortable than the folding chairs that they had. When it started raining I moved the Amazing Wilderness Camp/Hammock chair, tripod and all, under my tarp, set in porch mode and cooked dinner from my comfy perch, listening to the rain drops bounce on the tarp.
I also wanted to show my idea, this chair used as a gear storage hammock. So in the morning I took apart the tripod camp chair and set it up as a gathered end hammock, underneath my hammock and dropped in whatever gear I had close at hand into it. I was pleased with the results.
Not shown in my pictures, this chair can be used as a hammock chair hung like a gathered end hammock. It could make an easy chair to rest in during breaks along your hike which would set up in the amount of time it would take to hang a normal hammock. I have not tried it out as the hammock chair yet but I am sure it will hold my weight with no problems after making the camp chair with it.
Other tips from JP include using the camp chair on any hillside by adjusting the tripod or cutting one leg shorter than the others. When being used as a camp chair some people like to lash the chair's bottom support to the tripod or cut notches for the bottom support brace of the chair into the tripod legs, I didn't find it necessary.
If you are interested in getting one yourself and like me have no sewing skills, email JP at Econo Challenge [email protected].
Pictures:
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54419
54420
54421
54422
54423
54424
54425
54426