Grand Trunk Compass 360 Stool

Great stool for traveling. It's now part of my backpacking gear. The legs unfold and snap easily into place. However, the fabric seat was extremely difficult to attach the first few times I set it up. I really struggled, but finally managed to wrangle it onto the poles. Totally worth it once I sat on the thing, and they do get easier the more you use it. This stool has everything I wanted. It's fairly lightweight (but not as light as advertised), yet it's stable and sturdy. It folds down small (only 7.5 inches long when folded), which is half the size of most stools because the legs fold in half. It easily fits in both my backpacking pack and small day pack. The seat is comfortable. I don't feel like I'm sitting on a net like some other lightweight stools. I'm short, only 5 feet tall. This stool is 15 inches high. I think it's fine for me, but my sister in law sat on it today and said it was a bit too short for her. One fun feature of this stool is that it swivels 360 degrees!

This is an excellent little stool. It packs up very small. But the real beauty is it rotates 360 degrees! Take it traveling, camping, to a parade, or just use it around the yard. There's a storage net underneath to hold the carrying case, your phone, or whatever. I'm using it to do watercolor journaling in the field, so you can sit down exactly where you want to paint. It's also less expensive here than anywhere else I found.

I am really happy that I discovered this stool. It's less squatty than and ultralight chair and the spinning mechanism works surprisingly well to be so small and compact. I plan to use it for urban exploration. If I were to improve something on it it would be to have an optional footprint for it to keep the legs from jamming into the ground if you are on dirt. Still, for under 50 bucks this year holds an awful lot of value! Thanks guys! I love it!

I'm definitely going to take this along with me! I am 5'10" at 200lbs and it holds me up without a problem! Rated at 330lbs if I'm not mistaken! The packability is another bonus because it doesn't take up much room in my pack and it's light weight! I am happy with it!

I have only set it up once at work to see how it goes together. First fit was a little tight on the third pole getting it into the hole. But chair is very comfortable and lightweight. Love the swivel aspect and looking forward to many hours behind my spotting scope and not having to stand up and adjust like my last stool. Thanks for an amazing product

I am always looking for a better pop-up blind chair for bird photography. The most comfortable are too heavy and bulky to carry far distances. Many lightweight chairs are still not compact enough. This one sits at the right height, is plenty light, very compact, and even comfortable. The only improvement would be a change to the feet to prevent sinkage into the earth while in use. Otherwise a brilliant chair.

I've only had the products for a few days on my hands. So I'll be waiting for a month to test the durability of the stool before giving my final verdict but until now I find all the products really nice the quality way higher above whatever else I've tried so far.

In my line of work I've gone through countless camp stools. Grand Trunk's 360 Compass is the most durable and packable of the over several I've used. Even with extra weight strapped to me or my compatriots it holds up to all the challenges thrown at it. It definitely punches above its weight.

Have not had an opportunity to use the stool yet. Purchased two stools because we are aging, avid campers who love to hike. Benches are frequently spaced too far apart on the trails or located where we would rather not sit due to swarming insects, poison ivy, etc. Sometimes you just find a view you would like to linger over without having to sit in wet grass or on a hard rock. For those with arthritis, assembling the stool could be problematic as it requires quite a bit of strength, thus the 4 star rating.

Recommend that the manufacturer measure twice, cut once. The materials are good quality and I like the convenient carrying case. The seat "cloth" just needs to be a little bigger for the corner pockets to fit over the posts. Without the posts in the corner pockets, it can't be used.