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Kelty Essential Chair

Hiking & Camping > Chairs & FurnitureRated: ***** by 7 reviews.

Backcountry.com

When you go on your family fishing trip to Mirror Lake this summer, don't forget the important, the necessary, the Essential Chair by Kelty. A steel frame means it holds strong when your son throws it against the rocks, or your daughter backs into it with the Suburban. Adjustable arms make it comfy for your littlest one to play bus driver in, and an adjustable beverage holder nicely grasps your wife's Lexan water bottle or your mother-in-law's diet cola. Side mesh pockets and a back pocket can house all sorts of captured creeping critters and 600D polyester mini-ripstop holds it together when dragged upside down across camp to be integrated into the stick fort.

Altrec

This comfortable chair is easy to relax in and comes equipped with a unique adjustable beverage holder, a mesh pocket, reflective ascents, and a transport sack. Built with a 16-millimeter steel frame for durability.

Features:

  • Adjustable arms
  • Chair back height: 34" / 86 cm
  • Deluxe carry sack with stash pocket
  • Durable steel frame
  • Frame Diameter: 16mm
  • Frame Material: Steel
  • One unique, adjustable beverage holder (holds 12 oz. can or one-liter water bottle)
  • PVC-free
  • Reflective accents
  • Seat Depth: 18" / 46 cm
  • Seat Height: 16.25" / 41 cm
  • Seat width: 23.5" / 60 cm
  • Seat-back pocket
  • Side mesh pockets
  • Weight Capacity: 225 lb. / 102 kg
  • Weight: 8.5 lb. / 3.9 kg

Dick's Sporting Goods

The Kelty(r) Essential chair is comfortable and easy to relax in. It comes equipped with a unique adjustable beverage holder, a mesh pocket, reflective ascents, and a transport sack. It's crafted with a steel frame for durability.

Features:

  • Adjustable arms
  • Body Fabric: 600-denier polyester mini-ripstop
  • Chair Back Height: 34 in
  • Deluxe carry sack with stash pocket
  • Durable steel frame
  • Frame Diameter: 16 mm
  • Frame Material: steel
  • PVC-free
  • Reflective accents
  • Seat Depth: 18 in
  • Seat Height: 16.25 in
  • Seat Width: 23.5 in
  • Seat-back pocket
  • Side mesh pockets
  • Unique, adjustable beverage holder (holds 12-oz can or 1-liter bottle)
  • Weight Capacity: 225 lbs
  • Weight: 8.5 lbs

This description was also provided by: Sports Authority, Modells, FogDog Sports


Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS)

This comfortable chair is easy to relax in and comes equipped with a unique adjustable beverage holder, a mesh pocket, reflective ascents, and a transport sack. Built with a steel frame for durability.

Features:

  • Adjustable arms
  • Deluxe carry sack with stash pocket
  • Key bottle opener included
  • PVC free materials with 600D polyester mini-ripstop fabric
  • Reflective accents
  • Side mesh pocket and seat back pocket
  • Unique adjustable beverage holder can hold a 12 oz. can or one-liter water bottle

SummitHut.com

The comfortable Essential Chair from Kelty is easy to relax in and comes equipped with a unique adjustable beverage holder, a mesh pocket, reflective ascents, and a transport sack. Built with a 16-millimeter steel frame for durability.

Features:

  • Adjustable arms
  • Deluxe carry sack with stash pocket
  • Durable steel frame
  • One unique, adjustable beverage holder (holds 12 oz. can or one-liter water bottle)
  • PVC-free
  • Reflective accents
  • Seat-back pocket
  • Side mesh pockets

eBags.com

Kelty's comfortable Essential Chair is for easy relaxation by being equipped with a unique adjustable berverage holder, a mesh pocket, reflective accents and a transport sack. Built with a 16-millimeter steel frame for durability.

Armrest:Yes
Country of Origin:China
Cup Holder:Yes
Dimensions:[Seat width] 23.5 x 16.25 x 18in (60 x 41 x 46cm); [Chair back height] 34in (86cm)
Linear inches:68.5"
Manufacturer Warranty:Lifetime
Material:[Frame] Steel; [Seat] 600D polyester mini-ripstop
Pillow:No
Recommended Use:Fishing, camping, picnics
Size:34" x 18" x 16.5"
Warranty:Lifetime guarantee against defects in materials and workmanship
Weight:8.5lb (3900g)

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Legend

  •     - Modells
  •     - FogDog Sports
  •     - Dick's Sporting Goods
  •     - Sports Authority
  •     - eBags.com
  •     - Backcountry.com
  •     - Altrec
  •     - SummitHut.com

Notes:

Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) offers this product at $49.95, but does not provide any color/size information.

Kelty Essential Chair Reviews Summary:

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Reviews:

Great Chair!

Rating:****
I bought up 2 for our next beach or concert trip. They are very well constructed, and light compared with other folding chairs of a similar style that we have owned for beach, concert & camping use. I found the Kelty chairs comfortable, and compact. Once more I discovered that I can store the carrying bag in a web pocket located on the chair back. The only minor complaint is that the seat back isn't high enough to allow one to sleep easily in the chair, as with 2 of our other chairs.
HikerGuy at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 09/28/2008

its the little things...

Rating:*****

Great chair. Comfy. Easy to get back into the bag.

Two things that where not pointed out in the description..
Q. it has an integrated bottle opener on a lanyard right beside the bottle holder.
R. The over sized bottle holder in picture actually has a divider that fits drinks in there nice and snug. Also, the drink holder is insulated.

Overall, i like this chair. If someone breaks this one like they did my last camping chair, i would totally buy another one.

thx Kelty.

jfelpel2285204 at Backcountry.com on 09/08/2008

Good, but Mesh chair is better

Rating:****

This chair has the exact same dimensions and functionality as the Kelty Mesh Chair, but without the mesh. Mesh is stronger (compare the weight limits), lighter, breathable for outdoor sitting (which is kinda the point) and only $10 more than this chair. I highly recommend the mesh chair (obviously), but if you hate mesh for some reason, this chair is very good, too.

orionsticks123 at Backcountry.com on 07/02/2009

Nice basic chair

Rating:****
Nice carry sack with pockets of its own and daisy chain. A good simple basic chair (with it's own bottle opener!). I got these chairs for the backyard, car trips and campgrounds. This is a bit heavy and bulky for backpacking trips. My only knock so far is that it forces you to have good posture...no reclining in this chair!
WMS at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 04/14/2009

2 Kelty chairs, anniversary gift to MN

Rating:*****
Handy anniversary gift to son and daughter-in-law in MN from RI. They had no outdoor chairs to take with us when we visited over the 4th. Now they do! They participate in many outdoor recreational events.
Easy to carry and small to store in apartment. Easy to purchase and ship, and they were in stock even.
Mimi at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 08/14/2008

great chair

Rating:*****
This chair is very sturdy but not too heavy to carry in its own sack. Love the adjustable beverage holder. Adjustable arms are a huge plus.
Anonymous at Altrec on 06/24/2009

Great chair!

Rating:*****
Great chair! Sets up in an instant, is comfortable, holds two drinks, and has built in bottle opener and mesh pockets. I can't ask for more!
Jen at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 09/28/2008