Comparing The REI Flexlite Air And Lacal Ultra-light Backpacking Chairs: Which Is Better?

This video reviews and compares the lightest weight premium backpacking chair to the lightest weight budget backpacking chair. This chair has been rated as the best overall backpakcing chair for 2024. The REI Flexlite Air is the lightest weight backpacking chair that I could find on the market weighing only 16 oz. The Lacal Ultra-light model LFC03-1N is the lightest weight budget backpacking chair that I have found on the market weighing only 25 oz. So, which of these chairs is best for your needs? Well, watch this video and then you decide. Then let me know in the comments which one you think is the best value or is there another chair that you think is a better value.
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Overview of REI Flexlite Air Chair
02:13 Flexlite Air Pros and Cons
04:44 Overview of Lacal Ultralight Chair
06:13 Lacal Pros and Cons
08:21 Conclusions

[myrone]

Fantastic review and comparison. The Lacal is a real discovery! You alluded to it briefly, but I find that it is much more comfortable and feels more stable (on solid ground) as you shift weight side to side and front to back. This is a huge plus for me, and worth the extra weight. The lack of warranty doesn't trouble me at this price. Many thanks for digging into this!

[NeverTooOldToHike]

Thanks for going thru the products so thoroughly. It’s great to have this kind of information on products. I really appreciate the effort it takes to keep us informed!

[christopherhiggins]

I am currently camping across highway2 in the National Forest from Glacier... LOL... a little west of East Glacier Park. Any who I have the REI chair and used it two days ago on a day hike, great chair. I didn't know there were after market feet, so I will look into that. Enjoyed your video.

[ZzZ-qdzo]

Flexlite con: the design. It has no support to deal with forward or backward movement. There's a reason almost every manufacturer makes the main support run side to side rather than front to back, so your forward or backward movement (when, say, sitting down or getting up lol) are transferred directly through the legs. It's wild that a design like the Flexlite would ever make it to market.

[Berttheturt]

The flexlite commonly goes on sale for $70 (it will for the labor day sale) making the competition much closer

[mathewjones]

I bought a chair identical to the Helinox One Chair on TEMU for $16.

[kmichaelp]

And now! The moment we’ve been waiting for… everything, and I mean everything, is made in China. We keep spending money for the benefit of China. Where are the next companies in America that is going to produce for the benefit of our country and the people of America? Sorry. But I just get disgusted with our mindset. And I’ll probably buy one myself.