CAMPING | Trail Deluxe Polka Dot Folding Camping & Festival Chairs, Review

August 18, 2017 Shell Robshaw-Bryan

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Who wants a boring plain navy blue or khaki green camp chair? Not us! If you feel the same, you’ll love the range of funky camping chairs available from Trail Outdoor Leisure which includes the Trail Deluxe Polka Dot Folding Festival Chairs that we tried out. Read on to find out what we thought of them!

What are they?

Trail Deluxe Polka Dot Folding Festival Chair
£12.99 Buy them here

Chair features

6 different colours
Carry bag included with each chair
Hardwearing tubular steel frame
Insulated cup holder on right armrest
Maximum weight capacity: 264lbs (120kgs)
Size when set up (cm): H104 x W88 x D58
Size when folded (cm): H92 x W15 x D15

What we thought

Camp chairs are one of those essentials that annoyingly, we end up buying over and over again. A few years ago I bought some from Tesco for just £5 each, and to be honest I didn’t expect much, but they lasted pretty well. Towards the end of the second year one of them broke, and after a winter in the shed they both emerged that spring covered in mould.

Then we tried out some Trespass chairs which were a little bigger and priced slightly higher. They initially felt like they were better quality, but ended up only lasting us a single season before one broke, so we have high hopes for our new polka dot chairs!

At £19.99 a pop the Trail Deluxe Polka Dot camping chairs are more expensive than the bog standard chairs you can pick up pretty much anywhere at this time of year, so we were keen to find out if the chairs stood up to their ‘deluxe’ status and slightly higher price tag.

These chairs come in an array of different colours, making it easy to match your chairs to the colour of your camping set-up, and if you’re anything like us, colour co-ordination or purposeful vibrant clashing is a must.

As well as their funky Teal polka dot pattern, these chairs come in an array of other bright colours, making it easy to match your chairs to the colour of your camping set-up, and if you’re anything like us, colour co-ordination or purposeful vibrant clashing is a must.

As well as looking pretty funky we found that these camp chairs are much more generous in size than the usual bog standard camp chair. As well as being a bit wider and generally more substantial, we also liked the fact that they are more padded too, making them that bit more comfy than standard camp chairs.

Final verdict

It’s a big thumbs up from us in terms of both quality and looks, and whilst they are marketed as festival chairs, my own preference would be to take something cheap or old to a festival, keeping these bigger, comfier chairs for camping trips.

Long term field test update

2 years on and these chairs are still going strong after receiving a lot of use, so it’s a full thumbs up in terms of quality from us!

Check out the full range of camping chairs available from Trail Outdoor Leisure.

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Shell loves all things travel and outdoors and is a nature-loving, comfy-camping kinda girl. Shell started the Camping with Style blog after a serious snowboarding accident which left her with a broken back. Despite this she used the outdoors and healing power of nature to aid her recovery and she continues to spend time outdoors whenever she can.

From open water swimming, snowboarding and kayaking to hill walks and meditation, Shell shares her travels and microadventures here on the blog and in various publications she's written for, Shell has a particular interest in promoting wellbeing and the many benefits of nature therapy.

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