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28 Mar, 2017
Ultralight comfort
Was sceptical at first but planning a two week trek this summer and reevaluating every piece of gear in my bag. Ordered the X Frame to save volume and weight. When it arrived I blew it up instantly and gave it a try. Decided to try it out for a nap. Slept in comfort on the kitchen floor (ceramic tile) for over an hour! Back yard field test yielded similar results. I did find it more comfortable inside my slumber jack than underneath it (personal preference). I am 5'8" and about 185# and am a side/front sleeper. I think it would easily work for someone up to about 6' tall. If you're shorter than me this may not work as the pressure points are mapped out for an "average" sized person.
Simply put, this thing rocks...more comfortable than my thermarest ridgerest closed foam and weighs only one ounce more. Packs down super small and gets you an inch off the ground. This thing is an ultralight hikers dream come true.
21 Mar, 2017
Have a seat!
Was looking for a chair to take to Philmont this summer. Philmont Scout Ranch is a ten day trek in New Mexico. Everything you take needs to be lightweight and durable (read 'expensive'). After shopping around was resigned to sitting on a stump....sticker shock! I found the wildness outfitters chair on eBay for a fraction of the cost of other chairs of its type.
I figured the chair only had to last ten days in the wilderness and then I'd probably leave its tattered remains in New Mexico.
When it arrived at the house (two days early) I opened it up and was pleasantly surprised by the quality. I had my son set it up. We call him "Captain Destructo." He has broken more stuff in his fourteen years on this earth than I care to recall. He had a hard time getting the canvas on the frame and I assumed this was the beginning of the end of the chair. After a few choice words from him and myself we managed to stretch the seat together and he proceeded to sit in it for over an hour playing on the Xbox.
If it can hold up to his abuse I imagine it will withstand anything I or the rest of my Scout crew can throw at it.
Time for a field test!
I took the chair in my pack on a prehike. At two pounds it weighs as much as a full Nalgene bottle and packs down almost as small. I was the envy of the entire crew at lunch when I broke out my chair while everyone else was sitting on a rock or the ground...
Well done wilderness outfitters. You made a Philmont pack list...and that's no easy feat.