OZARK TRAIL COMFORT CAMPING CHAIR REVIEW: SummitSurfers Tested

Unbeatable deal if you’re looking to buy several chairs at once. The Ozark Trail is a hiking, backpacking, and, in many places, biking and equestrian trail under construction in the Missouri Ozarks in the United States. Over 350 miles (563 km) of the trail have been completed as of 2008, and the estimated length when finished will be at least 500 miles (805 km). When joined to the Ozark Highlands Trail in Arkansas, the full hiking distance from end to end will be at least 700 miles (1,127 km), not including a large loop through the St. Francois Mountains in Missouri. The Ozark Trail Association was founded in 2002, and has added more than 50 miles of trail to date, most constructed by volunteers. The association continues to maintain and expand the Ozark Trail.

Welcome to the Branson family entertainment park & farm centered around the legendary Outdoor Drama and historic farm of the namesake novel, The Shepherd of the Hills. We are not suggesting those already in the sport buy one of these for themselves. But, for a relative or a friend who is a beginner with a very small budget, this bike is a no-brainer and worlds better than what you’d get in this price range a few years ago. It might sound like blasphemy, but there is not much to hate about the Ridge. If you consider the price, it delivers an outstanding value that far exceeds our expectations. All that said, we wish the rear brake worked better, and it could with better cable routing.

Good design with a small pocket to place your cell phone or snacks near the cup holder. Sturdy arm rests and sits a little higher from the ground, making it a great choice for taller people. Compared to similar camping chairs on the market, the Ozark Trail Camping Chair stands out for it’s exceptional value for money. Most of our testers found the REI Co-op Skyward Chair to be one of the least comfortable chairs in our testing pool. People who did like it tended to have smaller body types, so if you find that other camping chairs are too big for you, the Skyward might be a good fit.

GCI Outdoor makes several rocking chairs, and we plan to try more of them to see if they’re any better than the Freestyle Rocker, which we weren’t enthusiastic about. We like this durable, well-constructed chair that has a frame that makes you confident to sit. In order to give the Ozark Trail Camping chair a ozark trail tumbler thorough testing, we took it out to the base of the Lammermuir hills on a breezy, overcast afternoon to see how it would fare. The land manager for each parcel held by these constituents is responsible for the trail within its holdings. The trail is currently composed of thirteen sections, most of which are joined to other sections, though some gaps exist. The sections vary in length from 8 to 40 miles (13 to 64 km).

Of the chairs we tested, the Coleman chair was the only one that came with a built-in cooler bag, which can hold four standard-size beer or soda cans. The chair also has the round mesh cupholder found on most chairs of this type. If you’re looking for highly specialized or ultra-lightweight chairs for backpacking, our recommendations are probably not for you.

Most other chairs in its price range don’t match its quality, features, or reputation. Stumps, stools, boulders, and picnic tables are fine for sitting briefly outdoors. But if you want to kick back and stay comfy, the right camping chair can make all the difference.

Just unpack, unfold, and sit down—that’s all there is to it. The seatback has some slightly padded sections that do at least a little something to enhance comfort, and the armrests are nominally padded, too. But this isn’t the chair you’ll want to spend most of the day in. The Ozark Trail XXL Director Chair is a reasonably comfortable, versatile camp chair, offered by a reliable company.

These are occasional seating options, and you won’t typically spend such extended periods sitting in one that it starts to be an issue. Many testers found other chairs more comfortable and easier to put together than the Nemo Moonlite Reclining Camp Chair. This is also the most expensive lightweight chair we tested, and we think the Chair One is a better value. The Chair One is rated to hold up to 320 pounds—more than any other lightweight chair we tested aside from the Moon Lence. Despite the Renetto chair’s weight and bulk, our testers found it simple to set up and adjust.

The real fly in the ointment for most test riders lies in the rear brake’s feel and performance. Since these are mechanical disc brakes, they are only as good as the cable connecting them. In the case of the front brake with its shorter, straighter cable routing, it works well. The first and most striking thing is the fork’s performance. Without a real damper of any sort, the fork picks up small trail hack quite well, but as speeds increase, so did our distrust in the front end. It tends to rebound uncontrollably from bigger hits, and it tops out with a clunk when you leave the ground on jumps.