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- When it comes to seating, too often you have to choose between comfort and convenience during transport or storage. With a great folding chair, you can enjoy a supportive, inviting chair anywhere and then tuck the seat away when it's time to get up.
- The Coleman Cooler Quad Chair is our top pick because it's sturdy, comfortable, and costs about twenty bucks.
To quote Winston Churchill: "Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down." Lying down is great and all, but when you're at the dinner table, around the campfire, relaxing in the backyard, or tailgating before the game, sitting is the preferable position. If you want to take a seat, of course, you'll need a chair. But what's to be done when you need extra seats for guests, if space is at a premium in your small apartment, or when you want to bring a chair along when camping or picnicking? Ah, you guessed it - the answer is the folding chair.
With a great folding chair, you and your friends or guests can enjoy the relaxing comfort of the seated position without cluttering up your home with big, bulky chairs. When not being used, a folding chair stows away in the closet, garage, or even under a bed. Many folding chairs are compact and lightweight enough to be carried to campsites, beaches, or other outdoor locations.
Other folding chairs look and feel so good that you can use them as a part of your everyday furniture - both indoors or out on the porch or patio.
In our guide, we have covered everything from semi-permanent outdoor and indoor seating to low-cost options for the extra chairs you only need a few times a year to highly portable options perfect for the outdoor enthusiast. As an avid camper and backyard-grilling enthusiast, I've researched quite a few folding chairs in my time.
Here are the best folding chairs you can buy:
- Best overall: Coleman Cooler Quad Chair
- Best for your patio: Trex Cape Cod Classic Folding Adirondack Chair
- Best for your dining room: Linon Keira Pad Folding Chair
- Best for camping: GCI Outdoor Freestyle Rocker Chair
- Best for buying in bulk: Flash Furniture Hercules Series Folding Chairs
Updated on 05/07/2019 by Les Shu: Updated links, formatting, and prices.
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