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Lightweight aluminium camping chair

Updated: 22 October 2026

You are packing a car, a caravan or a fishing bag, and portable on amazon.co.uk covers a 2 kg director and an 8 kg patio chair. A lightweight aluminium camping chair, in this folder, means you can walk it from the car and the frame row says aluminium. The eight listings are on the [aluminium folding chair comparison](/hub/garden-furniture/aluminium-folding-chair). Steel as a deliberate choice is on [aluminium vs steel folding chair](/hub/garden-furniture/aluminium-folding-chair/sub/aluminium-folding-chair-aluminium-vs-steel). Who leads the score is on the [best aluminium folding chair](/hub/garden-furniture/aluminium-folding-chair/sub/aluminium-folding-chair-best) page. If the hinge fights you at the pitch, use [how to fold a director's chair](/hub/garden-furniture/aluminium-folding-chair/sub/aluminium-folding-chair-how-to-fold). A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are packing a car, a caravan or a fishing bag, and portable on amazon.co.uk covers a 2 kg director and an 8 kg patio chair.

Our top picks

Ever Advanced Ever Advanced grey pair

Best overall

Ever Advanced Ever Advanced grey pair
9.2/10about £129.99
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Hyfive Hyfive blue director chair

Best value

Hyfive Hyfive blue director chair
8.9/10about £49.99
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HomlyPro HomlyPro green camping chair

Rank 3

HomlyPro HomlyPro green camping chair
7.2/10about £24.30
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On this page
  1. 1.What light means outside this folder
  2. 2.Chairs you can carry
  3. 3.Chairs for the pitch, not the path
  4. 4.Feet, rain and the steel alternative

What light means outside this folder

A 29 cm seat is a different job from a 45 cm director. You sit lower, and you stand up differently, which matters on a cold pitch more than the grammes do. Start with the weights these listings print. Hyfive's single is 2 kg. Garden Pride is 2.1 kg. Outsider is 2.52 kg. HomlyPro is about 2.2 kg with a bag, and its frame row does not say aluminium. Ever Advanced's bullet says 6.1 kg with a bag and the item row says 13.5 kg. Grand patio is 8 kg.

Chairs you can carry

For a walk from the car, stay near 2 to 2.6 kg and then read the bag row. The Hyfive single, model 74109, is aluminium at 2 kg with a stated load of 120 kg, £49.99, and 4.4 from 214 reviews. It ranks 4 in Fishing Chairs. Reviews include torn seats and loose joints, and the components row lists an arm pad, not a carry bag. One review says it does not fold into a shoulder column. Garden Pride is aluminium and canvas at 2.1 kg and £29.99, with a seat height of 45 cm, no printed load, only two reviews and no bag. Outsider is aluminium at 2.52 kg, stated load 159 kg and £52.99. The seat-height row of 82 cm matches the overall height, and UK reviews call the seat low. Its components row does not list a bag. HomlyPro lists a carry bag at £24.30 and about 2.2 kg, stated load 100 kg, but the frame says metal. Reviews clash on colour, and one says it broke after two days. The bag does not promote it to aluminium.
Ever Advanced Ever Advanced grey pair

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Ever Advanced Ever Advanced grey pair
9.2/10about £129.99
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Chairs for the pitch, not the path

The Ever Advanced pair is the long sit, not the walk. It is £129.99 for two, 4.6 from 226 reviews, seat height 50 cm, stated load 150 kg, and the bullet says steel and aluminium. UK reviews call it heavy to walk with. Use it when the pitch is where you sit for the evening and someone can lift it out of the boot once. The bullet says 6.1 kg with a bag and the item row says 13.5 kg. Grand patio is an 8 kg Textilene recliner with six positions and no printed load. It is a patio chair, and the wrong shape for a fishing walk.

Feet, rain and the steel alternative

Soft ground is the part the grammes do not solve. Camp Gear UK's guidance is that wide feet matter on a soft pitch, and that a thin pole can bend if you lean back on two legs. That is their note, not a test of these chairs. None of the director rows prints a foot area. Rain does not come with a waterproof rating on these listings. Aluminium does not red-rust like bare steel, and a wet canvas still needs to dry before a bag. If you want a cheaper steel quad chair because it is stabler in wind, that trade belongs on the versus page. For a long sit at the pitch, the heavy pair is the other job.

Common questions

Which chair in this folder can I carry from the car?
The Hyfive single at 2 kg, Garden Pride at 2.1 kg and Outsider at 2.52 kg are the confirmed aluminium chairs in that band. None of them lists a carry bag in the components row. HomlyPro is about 2.2 kg with a bag, and the frame row says metal, so it is not the aluminium answer. Ever Advanced and Grand patio are the heavy end, at a 6.1 kg bullet or 13.5 kg item row, and at 8 kg.
Which one is only for the pitch?
The Ever Advanced pair. Reviewers call it heavy to walk with, the frame bullet is steel and aluminium, and the weight rows do not agree. It is the long sit at 50 cm seat height if you can lift it once from the boot. Grand patio at 8 kg is a patio recliner, not a pitch chair you stroll with. Use the main comparison if the mesh and the six positions are the actual job.
Does it come with a bag?
Only HomlyPro lists a carry bag in the components row, and that frame is metal, not aluminium. Hyfive, Garden Pride and Outsider do not list a bag. Ever Advanced's bullet and reviews mention one, and the components row says no, so pack a separate sack unless the carton proves otherwise. A bag in a title is not the same as a bag in the included-components line.
Is a director's chair a fishing chair?
The Hyfive single ranks 4 in Fishing Chairs and lists beach, camping and fishing among the uses on related rows such as Outsider. That is a sales category, not a test of a long session on a bank. The fabric-tear reviews still apply, there is no bag in the components row, and the stated load is 120 kg. A director can be the fishing chair you carry. It is not a 1 kg pole chair with a shoulder strap.
Will the feet sink on a wet pitch?
These listings do not print a foot area, so you cannot claim they will not sink. Camp Gear UK's guidance is to think about wide feet on soft ground and to avoid leaning a thin frame onto two legs. HomlyPro contradicts itself: hard floor in one row, grass and sand in the bullet. Put a director on level ground. If the pitch is soft enough to take a peg, assume a narrow foot may settle.

Related pages

Aluminium garden chairs comparison

Aluminium folding chair

Aluminium vs steel folding chair: read the frame row

Best aluminium folding chair: the pick in this set

How to choose an aluminium folding chair, in order

How to fold a director's chair: first fold and stop

Sources

Sources from the research digest. Page updated 22 October 2026.

  1. GOV.UK: General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  2. Notice 0149/26 (8 October 2026), GPSR designated standards (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  3. BSI: BS EN 581-1:2017 outdoor furniture general safety (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  4. BS EN 581-2:2026 outdoor seating strength and stability (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  5. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9, satisfactory quality (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  6. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 22, time limit for short-term right to reject (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  7. Harbour Lifestyle: care guide for aluminium garden furniture (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  8. Camp Gear UK: how to choose camping chairs (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  9. EZ UP: director's chair instructions (retrieved 22 October 2026)