- 220g ripstop nylon chair
- DSCN5535.jpg (118.19 KiB) Viewed 3589 times
Years ago, I made a "chair" for a flat HDCC (high density closed cell) mat. There was one centre stick to prop up the back (rather than two struts on the side as in the commercial ones). It worked OK but I moved on to a much more comfortable Exped hyperlite mat. For a chair, I decided to accept the extra weight (and extra comfort) of a Helinox chair zero (500g vs 220g for the home-made).
What I don't really understand is the attraction of those folding HDCC mats. Yes, costs less and certainly can't puncture - but an Exped, for example, weighs less, is way more comfortable and packs up into a much smaller volume.
To reply to your question, as long as there’s enough friction between the mat and the chair material, I'd reckon it would work OK.