Camping Chairs & Recliners
You use a camp chair more than almost anything else you pack, and you think about it least. It is what decides whether you sit out after dinner or go to bed at eight. The ones here split on a single thing first: how high off the ground they put you. Choose that, and the rest gets easy.
What is in here, and which one is yours?
Everything here is for sitting down outside and staying there a while. It folds, it lives in the boot, and it comes out at the beach, at camp and in the backyard.
A chair to sit up in
Low and light, for the fire, the sand and the table. From 1.35 kg.
A chair to lie back in
Reclines, or lays flat to 186 cm for the sun and the long afternoon.
A chair that does a second job
A cooler slung under the seat, or a table with the stools built onto it.
Everything in Chairs
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Often Royal All-In-One Multi Stool Table Chair (Double)
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Folding Directors Chair with Cooler Bag - Often Foldable Camping Chair 10L Cooler Military Green
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Often Foldable Outdoor Chair With Adjustable Canopy
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Often Multifunctional Portable Cart Wing Cooler With Folding Table and Chairs
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Often Waterproof Sun Modern Multifunctional Folding Recliner Chair
Sale price $109.00 Regular price $129.00Unit priceIn stock (10 units) -
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Often Portable Adjustable Sleeping Bed Frame With Pocket
Sale price $109.00 Regular price $139.00Unit priceIn stock (9 units) -
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Often Lightweight Foldable Canvas Lounge Deck Chair
Sale price $79.00 Regular price $99.00Unit priceIn stock (9 units) -
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Often Nation Foldable Single Chair
Sale price $59.00 Regular price $69.00Unit priceIn stock (8 units) -
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Often 3 Positions Multi Purpose Recliner Chair
Sale price $89.00 Regular price $109.00Unit priceIn stock (10 units) -
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Often Modern Lightweight Mesh Back Chair
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Often Royal All-In-One Multi Stool Table Chair (Single)
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The mesh-back chair in the shade of a palm, on a rocky stretch of the Queensland coast. Own photography.
Low chair or tall chair?
Height is the first fork in the road. A low chair drops you near the sand and the fire, weighs a kilo or two and rolls into a bag about the size of a beach towel. A tall one keeps your knees level, lets you eat at a table, and gets you back on your feet without a hand.
Height changes one more thing, which is shade. Sitting low you are mostly out of the wind and completely in the sun. The canopy chair is the only one here that brings its own roof, and 5.3 kg is what the roof costs.
Which one do you sit up in?
Ordered by how high they sit you. If you want one answer: the mesh back chair. At 2 kg it is the one you will actually carry down to the sand, and the mesh dries after rain instead of holding it. The last row says what each of the other three is for.
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Mesh Back Chair
$69.00
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Nation Single Chair
$59.00
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Directors Chair with Cooler Bag
$59.99
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Outdoor Chair With Adjustable Canopy
$89.00
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| Size in use | 57 x 53 x 60 cm | 70 x 43 x 44 cm | 35 x 28 x 58 cm | 88 x 91 x 123 cm |
| Packed | 65 x 15 cm | 65 x 16 x 16 cm | 35 x 10 x 46 cm | 21 x 19 x 94 cm |
| Weight | 2 kg | 1.8 kg | 1.35 kg | 5.3 kg |
| Frame and fabric | 22 and 16 mm steel, 600D with PVC and mesh | 16 mm carbon steel, 600D Oxford | 16 mm iron tube, 600D Oxford | Steel frame, 600D and PE fabric |
| Holds | Holds up to 100 kg | Holds up to 120 kg | Holds up to 100 kg | — |
| What sets it apart | Mesh back that breathes, and a cup holder on the arm | A deep seat you sink into, with a 210D carry bag | A 10 L insulated bag hangs under the seat | The canopy tilts over your head and folds away |
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The canvas chair laid flat on the dune. Own photography, tested in Queensland.
What reclining costs you
Everything here that lies back pays for it somewhere. The canvas one gets away with it: 186 cm laid flat and still 1 kg, because it has no legs to fold. That is also the catch. It puts you on the ground, and getting up off the ground is its own decision.
The others carry a frame under you. The three-position chair is 3.8 kg and folds a footrest out from under the seat, so it goes from chair to lounger without you leaving it. The sun lounger is 6 kg of iron and 198 cm long, built to live outside in the yard instead of being carried anywhere. And the camp bed answers the question by skipping the chair part: it lies completely flat on legs, keeps you off wet ground, holds 200 kg, and still packs down to 105 by 21 by 17 cm.
Which one lies back?
Four ways to get horizontal, and the last one is a bed. If you want one answer: the three-position chair, which reclines with a frame under you and still folds to 90 by 28 cm. Take the canvas one for the beach, the iron lounger if it is never going to move, and the camp bed if you are going to sleep on it. Inflatable loungers and sofas are in Chill & Rest.
| Model |
3 Positions Recliner Chair
$89.00
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Canvas Deck Chair
$79.00
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Sun Folding Recliner Chair
$109.00
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Adjustable Sleeping Bed Frame
$109.00
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| Size in use | 168 x 80 x 58 cm with the footrest out | 111 x 50 x 33 cm, 186 cm laid flat | 198 x 58 x 30 cm | 190 x 67 x 35 cm |
| Packed | 90 x 28 cm | 50 x 39 cm | 78 x 59 x 14 cm | 105 x 21 x 17 cm stuff sack |
| Weight | 3.8 kg | 1 kg | 6 kg | 6.5 kg |
| Frame and fabric | 16 mm carbon steel, 600D Oxford, Textilene mesh | 600D and 210D Oxford with pearl cotton, stainless steel frame | 500D Oxford, iron tube | Aircraft-grade aluminium poles, ripstop nylon |
| Holds | Holds up to 120 kg | Holds up to 120 kg | 1 person | Holds up to 200 kg |
| What sets it apart | Three positions, and the footrest folds out of the seat | Backrest from 0 to 180 degrees, zip pocket, carry handle | Iron frame built to live outside, in the yard or by the pool | Shock-cord poles and 10 anti-skid feet. Packs into a backpack |
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The low chair and the cooler chair on the dune, with the mat that travels with them. Own photography, tested in Queensland.
A seat that carries something else
Some of these do a second job, and that is the whole reason to own them. The directors chair further up this page has a 10 L insulated bag slung under the seat. The Royal sets go further: a cast iron table with the stools built onto it, the lot out of one bag at 1.52 kg for the single and 2 kg for the pair.
The cart is the far end of the idea. It is a 28 L cooler that unfolds into a table with two stools, holds cold for 24 hours, and rolls on wheels, which is what you want when camp is a walk from where you parked. Its lid is built to take a person's weight, so it is a seat even before you unfold it.
Which one does two jobs?
Read the last row first: what you get out of the bag. If you want one answer: the Royal double, because two seats and a table come out of one bag that weighs 2 kg, the same as a single chair further up this page. Tables on their own live in tables, and the cold gear is in coolers.
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Royal Stool Table Chair (Double)
$109.00
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Royal Stool Table Chair (Single)
$89.00
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Cart Wing Cooler With Table and Chairs
$159.00
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| Size in use | — | — | Cooler 50 x 33 x 42 cm, 28 L inside |
| Packed | 78 x 22 x 38.5 cm | 78 x 22 x 38.5 cm | 54 x 38 x 47.5 cm boxed |
| Weight | 2 kg | 1.52 kg | 6.5 kg |
| Material | Cast iron table, PP stools | Cast iron table, PP stool | PP shell, EPS insulation, electroplated iron frame |
| Seats | 2 seats | 1 seat | 2 stools and a table |
| What sets it apart | Table and both stools come out of one bag | Table and stool come out of one bag | Cold for 24 hours, on wheels, and the lid holds a person |
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Frequently asked questions
How do I choose a camping chair?
Start with height, not price. Decide whether you want to sit low, near the fire and the sand, or up at table height where your knees stay level and you can stand up unaided. That one choice removes most of the range. Then look at weight, because it decides whether the chair actually leaves the car, and last at whether you want the chair to carry something else as well.
How much should a camping chair weigh?
The chairs here run from 1 kg to 6.5 kg, and the weight tells you where the chair lives. Under 2 kg you will carry it down to the sand without thinking about it. Over 5 kg it becomes something the car brings to a spot and leaves there for the weekend. Neither is wrong. They are answers to different trips.
Are low camping chairs comfortable for a whole evening?
Yes, and usually more comfortable than a tall one, because a low chair lets you stretch your legs out instead of hanging them off a seat edge. The trade is getting up. If standing up from low down is not something you want to do ten times a night, the taller chairs with arms are the honest answer.
Will they survive being left outside?
The iron sun lounger is the one built for it, with an iron frame and 500D Oxford made for rain, sun and wind. The rest are 600D Oxford on steel or iron frames and will take plenty of weather, but they last longer under a roof. The one thing that shortens any of their lives is packing them away wet.
There is a camp bed in this collection. Is that a chair?
No, it is a bed. It sits in this collection because it folds and travels the way the chairs do, and it appears in the lie-back table because that table asks which ones get you horizontal, and a bed is a fair answer to that. If what you want is camp beds compared against each other, they are side by side in Chill & Rest.
What is the warranty?
One year on Often Outdoors branded products, and six months with proof of purchase on the other brands here. All of it sits on top of the Australian Consumer Law guarantees, which cannot be excluded and which entitle you to a repair, replacement or refund depending on how serious the fault is. The full terms are in our warranty policy.
The chair is what makes people stay out
Dinner ends and somebody has to decide whether the night keeps going. That decision is usually made by whoever is least comfortable. A chair is the one piece of gear that comes out on every trip you take, and the one that quietly decides how long the evening runs.
Free shipping on orders over $150 AUD. One-year warranty on Often Outdoors products and six months on other brands, on top of your statutory rights under Australian Consumer Law.
