- Hey folks, Ben from Snowys here today.
Never before has a product divided the opinion
of the Snowys staff more so than this
Multipurpose Collapsible Stool from Outdoor Connection.
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This is a collapsible stool
that doubles as a footrest, side table.
You can use it fishing, camping, watching kids sports,
or even around the home.
Now, this Multipurpose Compact Stool comes in three colours.
So you got blue, purple and red there.
This is the red one that I've got out of the box here.
Now I'm actually really excited about this box.
So there's kind of a divide right down our office,
people who love it, people who don't.
I'm all for it and I'm thinking about replacing some
of my chairs with these guys in the near future,
I'll tell you why shortly.
Firstly, getting into all the details.
About 25 centimetres in diameter across the top here,
when it's packed up about six and a half centimetres
and weighs about 1.2 kilos or just under 1.2 kilos.
It's a plastic construction, apart from a spring
that goes from inside here,
from the top right through to the bottom
so that it kind of helps with the setup
and pack down of it.
And there is a nylon strap around the side here
which incorporates a little grab handle there.
And then this strap here is an extendable strap
that you can use as a shoulder strap.
Now to extend it out
you wanna have a fairly swift motion with it.
So there's two holes on the top here
and two holes on the bottom.
So two fingers in there, two fingers in here.
And what we wanna do is give it a nice swift pullout
as far as it can, while giving it a slight twist.
In this instance, we're gonna twist it around this way
'cause there's little notches that'll lock into place.
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And that's locked into place.
One ring at the bottom there that didn't quite get in
so just give it another pull.
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And lock it into place.
So what happens is these little notches here,
come up this slot here and slide into place.
To collapse it down we twist it back the other way.
So if we watch carefully,
I'm gonna twist the top ring back this way
and the bottom ring that way
and that's gonna unlatch these little notches here
and it'll allow the whole thing to collapse down.
If I keep the tension on it as it goes down
it collapses right down flat again.
Now, if you find when you use it...
I think the people who had a bit of trouble
maybe didn't have the grip strength
to sort of twist in here with just two fingers
and pull at the same time.
Easy solution to that
and that's to put it between your feet.
So if you just grab the top, give it a shake
and the bottom few...
Or it'll start to open up.
If you just pinch that bottom bit between your feet
and then pull up, give it a twist, it locks into place.
So you can then easily adjust it from there
and go down to whatever height you want.
So this is 45 centimetres at its highest point there.
If I want it to half-height, I can drop it down.
If I want to really low, I'll drop it down even further
until it just sits to the height that I like.
So really adjustable.
"Yeah, how sturdy is it?"
I hear you ask.
Well, there's lots of points on this
that actually lock this into place.
So this doesn't feel like it's wobbling around at all.
It's not twisting, it's not bending or anything like that.
It's a really sturdy chair.
What would you use it for?
Well, in this instance, watching sports, fishing,
the good ones are to carry it down to fishing
just to sit on the side of the river,
on the beach on fishing.
It's got a nice sturdy bottom on there
that's not gonna sink down or rock into the sand.
You think about legs like what's in this stool here,
this is gonna sink into sand.
This one's gonna sit on top.
On the stools, some bench seats like this
come with kits with a table here.
What I'm actually thinking of doing
is doing away with these 'cause these are long
to pack in my vehicle.
If I do away with those, I can take four of these.
They're probably about the same pack size
as my two benches there.
And I can have individual seats at the table.
And these are all adjustable.
So for my kids, I can drop it down a little bit further
and give them a lower seat to sit on
or for myself the full height of 45 centimetres there
is a good height at a table like this.
Sitting around the campsite, great for that too.
If I'm sitting around the campsite
I can use it either as a seat or it's gonna be a side table
next to my seat while I'm sitting around the campfire.
It can go next to my stove just to put the pots and bowls
or bits of food that I've got while I'm cooking
'cause it's easy to transport.
If I drop the height down a little bit
it can become a footstool for me
while I'm kicking around the campsite.
On top of that use it around the home.
It's not just for around the campsite.
You could use this sitting next to the bath at home
while you're bathing the kids.
Use it in the garden.
As I mentioned before use it at sporting events.
Really versatile product.
And you know what, when it's flat like this
I could probably slide that under my front seat
easy to pack into the car and it's really sturdy.
Probably some of the questions are the things
that I would like to test over years as I use it,
is if you get a bit of sort of dirt
and stuff in these things here,
'cause there's lots of different sleeves
that kind of slide together,
it may get a little bit stiff, but this is all plastic.
The only metal thing is the spring in the middle there
so easy to give it a clean, keep it clean
and keep it running nice and smooth.
And for those who sort of have a bit of trouble
with this motion of opening it,
you can see if I grab the side there
and twist it locks it into place.
You really need to give it a straight pull
for it to actually operate.
Weight rating to 150 kilos, it feels really sturdy.
We jump on board with me I reckon these are probably one
of the most versatile chairs we've seen in the camp market.
It's got 101 different uses.
So side table, chair,
and all the other things I've just mentioned.
I love 'em, I reckon I'm gonna replace some chairs in my kit
with four of these 'cause it suits the kids
and my wife and I.
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