Now, when my friends and I set up around a fire ring and everyone’s got their fancy camp chairs, I can bust these stools out with pride. Backpacking season is only just getting started in Colorado, so I haven’t packed the Grand Trunk Compass 360 Stools into the backcountry yet. But I brought them on an early-season car camping trip and used them in my yard and at my house. While I sat on the XT, my partner used the UC as a footstool from the Kelty Couch. The REI Co-op chair’s polyester seat material feels both more forgiving and more durable than the thinner material on many other kids’ chairs.