Often tenting chairs fall into two classes: massive, comfy automobile tenting chairs which can be too giant and heavy to hold very far into the wilderness and compact, light-weight backpacking chairs that lack consolation options like armrests or reclining functionality. With the all-new Moonlite Elite, Nemo is trying to erase the divide. The ultra-packable backpacking chair is likely one of the lightest full-framed chairs on the market and nonetheless gives the reclining perform that has made the unique Nemo Moonlite an award-winning favourite.
Nemo has been on a mission to make sitting wherever on the topographic map extra comfy. It began again in 2017 with the introduction of the swaying, hammock-like Stargaze Recliner. It adopted up with a a lot lighter breed of recliner in 2021 when it launched the unique Moonlite recliner, which weighs slightly below 2 lb (907 g) and carries in a 14 x 4-in (35 x 10-cm) cylindrical bundle.
Now, two years later, Nemo has slimmed down its lean-back consolation as soon as once more, practically halving the load of the unique Moonlite with the Moonlite Elite. Any backpacker, rafter or bikepacker who discovered the unique Moonlite too heavy to justify carrying, or thought ultralight sub-2-lb backpacking chairs weren’t comfy sufficient to warrant the added pack weight, might need to rethink.
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With a minimal weight of 18 oz (526-g), the Moonlite Elite is likely one of the lightest backpacking chairs on the market, becoming a member of ranks with the likes of the 16-oz (454-g) REI Flexlite Air and 17-oz (482-g) Helinox Chair Zero. In truth, it is lighter than some light-weight stools and folded-cushion chairs.
Not like these different ultralight seat choices, although, the Moonlite Elite includes a reclining system much like the one on the unique Moonlite. Utilizing a pulley, these seated within the Elite chair can recline again to the place most comfy to them, including a degree of adjustability not normally seen in a backpacking chair that hardly breaks a pound.
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Nemo has carried out a powerful job of going skeletal on the Moonlite Elite to get the load as little as it’s. The body remains to be produced from 7001 aluminum tubes however connects collectively by way of shaved-down skeletal 6061 aluminum hubs. The reclining {hardware} can also be slimmer – instead of the Moonlite’s thicker adjustable straps, the Elite has light-weight 2-mm cords produced from high-tenacity polyester (HTP) and Dyneema strung by a pulley impressed by climbing belay gadgets.
All the chair can also be barely extra compact with a decrease 10-in (25.5-cm) seat peak than the Moonlite, saving extra weight by way of much less materials. That additionally means a barely extra compact collapsed dimension – the Elite breaks down right into a instrument roll-style bundle that measures 12.5 x 4 x 3 in (32 x 10 x 8 cm). The case, must you select to hold it, doubles as a weight-spreading platform for sand and tender floor.
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Owing to its lighter construct, the Moonlite Elite is rated to 250 lb (113 kg), down from the 300-lb (136-kg) capability of the Moonlite.
Nemo introduced the Moonlite Elite as a part of a 2024 gear assortment preview this week. The chair will retail for US$179.95 when it hits the market.
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