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Telescoping Tripod Stool
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Price: From $99.50 to $119.50
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XXL Walkstool shown closed for carrying (on small picnic cooler) and open, ready for use.
(Note the extra wide feet on all Walkstools now in stock in the image on the left.)
Weighing around 2 lbs, this radical new design is ideal for anyone who needs to sit down from time to time, and wants to have an easily carried stool under their arm or in their bag. This stool excels at being portable because of its small size and weight, but is surprisingly strong and durable. Its telescoping/locking legs cut its length in half for carrying.
Now you can take a walk, attend an outdoor event, or go to a shopping mall, airport, or bus station, and not have to worry about finding a place to sit down. Not much bigger or heavier than a folding umbrella, your XL or XXL Walkstool will open up some possible activities to you that previously were risky or impossible due to lack of available seating.
Don't confuse this with other tripod chairs. Boasting weight limits of
350-500 lbs, depending on model, and a much larger seat than a standard Swedish Walkstool, you can carry this chair for emergency seating in all kinds of situations.
The XL and XXL Walkstools are simply the biggest, the best, and the most portable tripod stools you can find anywhere. The seat measures
16-17 inches on each of its three sides. It is made of black nylon, and the legs are black-anodized industrial-strength aluminum. When the legs are telescoped and the XL or XXL Walkstool is folded up for carrying, it is only 15 – 19 inches long, and less than 4 inches across.
We carry three Walkstools: The 2006 XXL “Luxe” model (20" high), and the 2007 XL (22") and 2007 XXL (26") “Comfort” models. You can identify XL and XXL Walkstools by the letters on a tag sewn to the seat, next to the Swedish flag; and by the model “Luxe” or “Comfort” on the label. All models have a small loop under the seat for hanging it from a hook, a backpack, or even a belt loop. The newer 2007 models also come with a carrying case.
| Weight ratings are as follows: |
| Height of Stool |
Weight Rating |
| 20 inches |
350 lbs |
| 22 inches |
450 lbs |
| 26 inches |
500 lbs |
Order by the height of the stool. It is best to order the highest one on which you can sit comfortably, in order to get the highest weight rating, and have the easiest time in sitting down and getting up afterward. Your bed may be the highest seat in your house--if you can sit on the edge comfortably, and rise to a standing position easily, then measure the height of your bed, and order the Walkstool that is closest to that height.
| Who shouldn't order these Walkstools? |
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The preferred method of sitting on a Walkstool is to lower yourself slowly onto the seat, when it is behind you, as you back up to and straddle one of the three seat corners between your legs. In tests with customers weighing between 300 and 500 lbs, we determined that those who do not have the strength to lower themselves slowly and carefully onto the seat, or who have an unusual amount of weight on their inner thighs, may have difficulty getting on this stool safely. Typically, their attempt to straddle one of the three seat corners results in their knocking the stool over behind them. The fact that the stool is so light in weight (a great advantage in carrying it) also means that until it is actually sat upon, it can be tipped over easily by the people we just described. However, most people who tried the stool were happy with it. |
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