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What Chair
- Thread starter Picinisco
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1flyer
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+1, Kermit.
I use one of the canvas & metal types from Sears or Walmart sporting goods section - but in the small size. Looks almost like a childs size chair. At $10 each, I don't mind replacing it every couple of years when the stitching or fabric give out.
Folded, it is the same packed size as my tent poles, so it lashes down right next to them.
Folded, it is the same packed size as my tent poles, so it lashes down right next to them.
Picinisco
Scottish Transplant
Now you're talking $10 as opposed to $125 for the Kermit. In fact at that price I could probably drop in at a Walmart near the Rally and buy one there and discard or donate it at the end so as not to carry it.
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beemerdon
Guest
I have the Kermit chair and it goes on the small rack at the back of my GS, but I think you have hit on the right plan. Stop in at the nearest ***Mart and get a nice $10 chair and leave it at the end of the rally. You'll get your money's worth out of it and won't have to schlep it back and forth!
Don
Don
Rapid_Roy
New member
I do that sometimes. Sometimes, if we are going really far and I know we are nmot camping on the way, I buy a cheap lawn chair at a store near the rally, then slip it into somebody's pickup bed that works at the fairgrounds. heh.
I usually bring my 7 dollar collapsible from Menards Home store.
I have had it for years now.
)but it has never let me down yet
rob nye
Ritalin Poster Boy
Ridealot
Lifetime Member
I manage to pack both mine and my wifes Kermit on the bike. And we ride two up. If you can't find room for it, ya just aren't trying hard enough.
And yes, you will definately take it with you. I can think of a lot of things we pack that I could leave at home. The Kermits aren't one of them. Go ahead and
to the altar of Kermit, for they are worthy. 
I use the $6 to $10 ones from Target or Wally World. They are about the same size as the Kermits, only at a more reasonable height with no assembly required. Plus if you lose or break one, you won't cry about it.
The latest set I got at Target has plastic end caps under the fabric at the top, so I'm hoping the fabric won't tear out on this set for a while.
The latest set I got at Target has plastic end caps under the fabric at the top, so I'm hoping the fabric won't tear out on this set for a while.
reimerdavid
New member
+2 kermit chair
jcpuckett
New member
Kermit is like yuppie coffee houses ... way over priced. $129.00 for a chair that might have $15.00 worth of materials in it and 1 hour of labor.
You can buy 15 Walmart quad chairs for the same money. I subscribe to the buy it when you get to the rally and give it away or throw it away at the end of the rally.
Certainly not as comfortable as a Kermit, but $129.00 times 2 plus the room two of them would take up on my 1150RT. I carry my soon to be 13 y/o son, Zach, to all of these rallies.
Rod Sheridan
New member
The kermit is certainly de rigeur, however I don't own one, I find them a bit low. Yes I know you can get leg extensions (for the chair), however a Kermit is probably worth more than my bike.
I have one of those ubiquitous folding chairs, it must be 10 years old by now, however it works great.
Diann of course has a genuine BMW Motoman chair that she won at Trenton. She still lets me sit beside her even though I only have the plebian chair........Rod.
I have one of those ubiquitous folding chairs, it must be 10 years old by now, however it works great.
Diann of course has a genuine BMW Motoman chair that she won at Trenton. She still lets me sit beside her even though I only have the plebian chair........Rod.
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RIDERR1150GSADV
Guest
+ umpty for Kermit! Yup, I have done the $10 chairs too and find them wanting at best. Each to his/her own, but when rallying I'll pack my Kermit.
Rapid_Roy
New member
When I sit in a Kermit chair, I feel like I am going to break something.
At 6'2" it doesn't fit my large a.........ahem...... frame.
A real lawn chair makes my 3 or 4 days at the National quite comfy.
Not to mention, people who visit our campsite invariably sit in it, as opposed to Kermit chairs.
In Texas, the guy who lent me some blocks of wood for my bike when adjusting valves, found a folding lawn chair in the back off his pick up.
Karma is great!
At 6'2" it doesn't fit my large a.........ahem...... frame.
A real lawn chair makes my 3 or 4 days at the National quite comfy.
Not to mention, people who visit our campsite invariably sit in it, as opposed to Kermit chairs.
In Texas, the guy who lent me some blocks of wood for my bike when adjusting valves, found a folding lawn chair in the back off his pick up.
Karma is great!
My grandfather learned to work at the end of the nineteenth century, and here at the beginning of the twenty-first century, I still benefit from the fact that I learned to work from him. One of the things he taught me is: always buy the best tools that you can afford. Not only do they do the job they were designed for, and do it for a long time, but also they give pleasure in their use. The Kermit chair is an elegant solution to a common problem. It's made of quality materials, is a pleasure to set up and use, and will last a long time. Personally, I find it depressing to be surrounded by cheap sh*t that is ugly, just barely performs the task it was designed for (if you're lucky), and will fail after a few uses. Not to mention the incredible waste of resources involved in producing the stuff. [disclaimer: I have no connection, financial or otherwise, to the Kermit Chair Empire]
