OZtrail Getaway Deluxe Chair Review

We paid $140 for it and used it on a recent trip to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, together with the OZtrail Getaway Chair. Both are good chairs and really comfy. The catch is the size when packed.

What You’re Getting

A quad-fold armchair with a 17.5 mm high-tensile steel frame and a padded 600D polyester seat, in a carry bag with a handle. It’s rated to 200 kg.

Quick Specs

Comfort

This is a really comfy chair. The seat and the arms are padded in two layers, and the high backrest supports your shoulders, so it’s a chair you settle into for the evening.

It’s also a good height to pair with a camp table. Next to our BCF roll up camp table, which stands 70 cm high, it sits just right for eating dinner.

The arms are adjustable in height. Each one hangs from a webbing strap with a buckle at the back of the chair: shorten the strap and the arm sits higher, let it out and the arm drops. It’s a small thing, but it lets you set the arms where your elbows actually rest.

Arm cooler and pockets

The chair is packed with features, and the best one is the zippered arm cooler. One arm opens up into an insulated compartment that keeps a can or a stubby cold and within reach, which is great for extra comfort on a warm afternoon.

The arm cooler has a bottle opener attached on a cord, and next to the drink holder on the other arm there’s a dedicated holder for a wine glass: the stem slides into the slot and the glass hangs there. The other arm has a mesh drink holder. On the side hangs a large pocket organiser for a phone, sunscreen or bug spray, and there’s another storage pocket on the back.

Frame and build

The Getaway Deluxe is a quad-fold chair: the four legs cross over each other and the whole frame pulls open in one movement, then pushes back together to go in the bag. There’s nothing to assemble and no loose parts to lose.

The frame is 17.5 mm high-tensile steel with a powder-coated finish. The legs are tied together by cross-bracing hubs at the front and sides, and each leg ends in a wide plastic foot that spreads the load on soft ground. It’s rated to 200 kg, which makes it a solid choice for bigger and taller campers. The steel is also where most of the 4.35 kg comes from.

The seat, back and arms are black 600D polyester, padded in two layers. OZtrail gives the chair a 12-month warranty.

Packed size

Here’s the downside. Packed in its bag the chair measures about 98 × 19 × 19 cm and weighs 4.35 kg. We really liked the chairs, but found them a bit too bulky when packed to store in the back of our Prado, where they compete with the fridge, the drawers and everything else.

So it’s a chair for people with packing space to spare: van-lifers, anglers who drive to the water, or anyone with a ute tray or a trailer.

Getaway Chair vs Getaway Deluxe

The Deluxe costs $50 more at full price. For that you get a 200 kg weight capacity instead of 130 kg, a bottle opener and a wine glass holder, and OZtrail describes its seat as larger and wider. It’s also the bulkier of the two when packed. If you don’t need the higher capacity or the extras, the OZtrail Getaway Chair gives you the same comfort and the same arm cooler for less.

Conclusion: OZtrail Getaway Deluxe Chair

The OZtrail Getaway Deluxe Chair is a really comfy chair that’s packed with features. It has a padded seat and high back, a zippered arm cooler, a bottle opener, a wine glass holder, plenty of pockets and a 200 kg rating, and it sits at a good height next to a camp table. It’s bulky when packed, at 98 × 19 × 19 cm and 4.35 kg, and we found it too big for the back of our Prado. I paid $140 for it. For van-lifers, anglers and anyone with packing space to spare, it’s a very good chair.