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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bitterntwisted" data-source="post: 1315591" data-attributes="member: 46297">Update.  I am now the proud owner of two stools:The Walkstool 55 is very nice, but I would question whether it's worth £50.  It is light but it isn't very small.  It does attach neatly to the outside of my scope harness and also fits in a daypack easily, and it is certainly comfortable.  It's pretty well made but not amazingly so.  I've used it only once in anger so far, at Marshside last weekend, and will certainly make more use of it, expecially in the Gambia next month where I think my Mum will be very grateful for it.I also bought the Terra Nova stool Marcus already has, mainly because it was just a fiver... <a href="http://www.venturesport.co.uk/venturesport_product.asp?parseid=10446" target="_blank">http://www.venturesport.co.uk/venturesport_product.asp?parseid=10446</a>.  Now this is incredibly small and portable.  Packed it takes up much less room, and weight, than my Collins guide and can live in my Scopac without me knowing it's there.  But it is, quite honestly, less comfortable and secure than sitting on the floor.  Would be ideal for someone 3' 6" tall.   It does bear my not inconsiderable weight, but it really doesn't stand any comparison as a seat with the Walkstool.So I haven't achieved what I wanted, which was a comfortable chair I wouldn't know I was carrying.  I have one very comfortable, very well made, rather overpriced, and fairly portable one, but which I would still always have to think twice before carrying, wondering whether I would need it or not.  I have one excellent value, incredibly portable one I wouldn't hesitate to carry everywhere, but which actually isn't tall enough or big enough to be worth sitting on.I conclude that what I want, a comfortable, sturdy, armchair which fits in my pocket, remains an impossible dream.GrahamPS - i couldn't find the Haglofs stool in your review anywhere Marcus - the only one for sale on the web is this rucksack/stool, which leaves me nowhere for the scope... <a href="http://shop.packyourbags.com/acatalog/Haglofs_Castor_Backpack.html" target="_blank">http://shop.packyourbags.com/acatalog/Haglofs_Castor_Backpack.html</a></blockquote>

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