{ "id": "onetigris-folding-camping-chair", "sku": "onetigris-folding-camping-chair", "title": "OneTigris Folding Camping Chair", "slug": "onetigris-folding-camping-chair", "price": 121.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "camp-furniture", "category_label": "Chairs & Tables", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "1.4 kg", "images": [ "https://camping.irish/dropship-images/camp-furniture/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/main-onetigris-folding-camping-chair.jpg", "https://camping.irish/dropship-images/camp-furniture/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/onetigris-folding-camping-chair-2.jpg", "https://camping.irish/dropship-images/camp-furniture/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/onetigris-folding-camping-chair-3.jpg", "https://camping.irish/dropship-images/camp-furniture/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/onetigris-folding-camping-chair-4.jpg", "https://camping.irish/dropship-images/camp-furniture/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/onetigris-folding-camping-chair-5.jpg", "https://camping.irish/dropship-images/camp-furniture/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/onetigris-folding-camping-chair-6.jpg", "https://camping.irish/dropship-images/camp-furniture/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/onetigris-folding-camping-chair-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Aluminium frame, polyester seat and back, two side pockets, a 150 kg weight rating and a 1.4 kg packed weight with its own storage bag.", "description": "The problem with sitting on the ground\n\nMost camping trips start well. You get the tent up, the kettle on, and then you look around and realise there is nowhere good to sit. A log if you are lucky. A cooler lid if you are not. Within half an hour your lower back is complaining, your legs are going numb, and ants have found the crisps.\n\nA chair fixes that, but only if it is a chair you will actually bring. Heavy, bulky camp chairs have a habit of staying in the shed. They take up too much boot space, they are awkward to carry from the car park, and they feel like more trouble than they are worth for a single afternoon. So the real question is not just whether a chair is comfortable. It is whether it is comfortable and light enough and small enough that you never leave it behind.\n\nThis OneTigris folding camping chair sits in that middle ground. The frame is aluminium, the seat and back are polyester, and the whole thing weighs 1.4 kg with a storage bag included. It is rated to a maximum recommended weight of 150 kg, which covers most adults.\n\nHow a folding camp chair works\n\nNearly all packable camp chairs follow the same logic. A set of lightweight poles clips or slots together to make a frame, and a fabric seat stretches over the ends. The tension in the fabric is what gives the chair its strength, not the poles alone. When you sit down, your weight pulls the fabric tight and pushes the leg ends outward, and the whole structure locks up firm.\n\nThat is why the fabric matters as much as the metal. Polyester is the common choice because it holds its shape under tension, dries fast after rain, and does not rot the way natural fibres can when packed away slightly damp. On this chair, the seat, the fill and the general material are all listed as polyester.\n\nThe frame here is aluminium. It is the standard trade-off material for outdoor gear, light for its strength and resistant to rust in a way steel is not. Combined, those two choices are what get the chair down to 1.4 kg.\n\nAssembly is required, which sounds more involved than it is. You put the frame together and fit the seat over it. Once you have done it twice you stop thinking about it.\n\nWho this chair suits\n\nIf you drive to a campsite, park nearby and set up for a weekend, this chair does the job easily. Carry it from the boot, unfold it, and you have a seat by the fire.\n\nIt also suits people who move around. Anglers who walk the bank looking for a better spot. Parents on the sideline at junior sport. Anyone who ends up at a market, a car boot sale or an outdoor film night and wants a seat that does not dominate the back of the car. The best compact outdoor chair is usually the one that fits in beside everything else rather than dictating what else fits.\n\nFor hikers, the honest answer is that 1.4 kg is reasonable but not featherweight. Dedicated ultralight backpackers chasing the best backpacking chair will find lighter options, usually at a higher price and with a smaller seat. For short walks in and overnighters, this is a sensible carry.\n\nWhere it is less ideal is anyone wanting a recliner. The reclining position count is one, so the chair holds a single fixed angle. If you want to tilt back and nap, this is not that chair.\n\nHow to choose, feature by feature\n\nWeight. Be realistic about the distance you carry gear. If the car parks ten metres from your pitch, weight hardly matters. If you walk five minutes with a cooler in the other hand, every kilogram counts. At 1.4 kg this chair is in easy-carry territory.\n\nLoad rating. Check the number, not just the look of the frame. The maximum weight recommendation here is 150 kg. Chairs are tested for a seated adult, so avoid standing on the seat or letting two people share it.\n\nArms or no arms. Armless chairs are lighter, easier to get out of, and easier to pack. This one is armless with a solid back. If you like resting your elbows, you will notice their absence, so think about how you actually sit.\n\nBack height. The set-up height is 65 cm. That gives support up to the middle of the back for most people rather than full shoulder-to-head support. For eating, chatting and sitting by a fire it is plenty.\n\nSeat width and depth. Listed at 51 cm wide and 33 cm deep, with an overall listed size of 54 x 40 x 65 cm. Wider seats feel more relaxed but pack bigger, so there is always a compromise.\n\nPockets. Two side pockets here. It sounds minor until you are hunting for your phone in the dark. A best chair with side pockets stops small items disappearing into the grass.\n\nPacking. The storage bag is included, which matters more than it sounds. A chair with a bag stays together. A chair without one sheds a pole eventually.\n\nSetting up well\n\nPick your spot before you unfold. Look for flat, firm ground and clear away sharp stones and sticks that could press into the fabric or snag the feet. On a slope, turn the chair so you face downhill rather than sitting sideways, which keeps you from tipping.\n\nOn sand, press the legs into damp compacted sand rather than dry loose sand. The flattened leg design helps here, spreading contact rather than sinking on a point. On soft grass after rain, expect some sinking and shift position if one leg goes down further than the others.\n\nSit down with control the first few times. Lower yourself rather than dropping into the seat. Sudden loads are what stress frames and fabric most.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare for this kind of chair is simple and mostly about moisture and grit.\n\nWipe the fabric with a damp cloth and a little mild soap when it gets marked. Let it dry fully in the shade before you pack it, because polyester packed damp will smell within a few days and can grow mildew in a warm boot.\n\nShake out sand and brush the joints before folding. Grit in a hinge is the single most common cause of a stiff or sticky frame. After a trip to the coast, rinse the frame with fresh water to clear salt spray.\n\nStore the chair in its bag, out of direct sun. UV is slow but relentless on outdoor fabric, and a chair kept in a shed or boot will outlast one left on a patio year round.\n\nIf a pole bungee cord loosens over time, that is normal wear on any folding frame. Keeping the chair clean and dry slows it down considerably.\n\nGetting the most from it\n\nSmall habits make a cheap chair feel better. Throw a packable cushion or a folded fleece on the seat for long sessions and you add real comfort for almost no weight. Use the side pockets properly, one for your phone and one for whatever you keep reaching for, and you stop putting things on the ground.\n\nIf you camp as a group, mark your chair bag with tape or a tag. Grey chairs at a campsite all look the same by the second evening.\n\nAnd keep it in the car. Genuinely, that is the trick. A best portable chair for events is only useful if it is with you when the event happens, and this one is small enough to live permanently in the boot without being in the way.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 1.4 kg folding camping chair on an aluminium frame with a polyester seat and back, rated to a recommended 150 kg. It is armless, has a solid back, one fixed sitting angle, two side pockets, and comes with a storage bag. Set up it measures 33 cm deep, 51 cm wide and 65 cm high, with a listed size of 54 x 40 x 65 cm, and the colour is grey.\n\nChoose it if you want a light, simple seat you will carry without thinking, for camping, fishing, the beach, the garden or the sideline. Look elsewhere if you need arms, a reclining back or a sub-kilo hiking chair.\n\nKeep it clean, keep it dry, keep it in its bag, and it will quietly do its job for a long time.", "llm_summary": "The OneTigris folding camping chair (model ZDY05-GY-DE) is a lightweight, packable outdoor chair with an aluminium frame and polyester seat, back and fill, in grey. It weighs 1.4 kg and carries a maximum recommended weight of 150 kg. Set-up dimensions are 33 cm deep by 51 cm wide by 65 cm high, with a listed size of 54 x 40 x 65 cm. The design is armless with a solid back, flattened legs and one reclining position, plus two side pockets for small items. Assembly is required and a storage bag is included. Country of origin, GTIN, folded pack size and warranty terms are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Camping Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://camping.irish/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/", "canonical_url": "https://camping.irish/onetigris-folding-camping-chair/", "json_url": "https://camping.irish/api/products/onetigris-folding-camping-chair.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }