Review: Oztrail Galaxy 2-Seater Camping Chair

As a couple with young kids, we absolutely love the rare occasion when we can spend some quality alone time together around the campfire. The only bummer has always been the urge to cuddle up together, which is a logistical nightmare when you have two separate standard camp chairs.

Stumbling across the Oztrail Galaxy 2-Seater Chair when we were chair shopping recently was a lightbulb moment because, though we vaguely knew that 2-seater camp chairs existed, we’d never thought to dish out a bit of extra cash on one for ourselves. When we looked at the cost of two separate good quality chairs, it wasn’t even that much more expensive. Now that we’ve enjoyed a handful of nights by a campfire in our Galaxy 2-Seater, we’re in agreeance that it was worth every single cent.

The Oztrail Galaxy 2-Seater Camp Chair’s most important feature – apart from its obvious ability to sit two people – is its double-layer padded construction. We’re hardly talking memory foam levels of comfort, of course, but this does make it feel a little more couch and a little less camp chair.

A couple of the reviews we came across when researching our purchase mentioned that it feels too upright compared to other camp chairs but this might actually be the number one reason I’m so happy with it. Generally a few days of camping with standard camp chairs – especially if I’ve spent a lot of time sitting and exercising my drinking arm – leaves me with an aching back and shoulders. The Galaxy 2-Seater still feels loungey without curving every part of your body forward into the worst possible posture.

While there obviously needs to be a vertical pole supporting the front of the chair in the middle, we don’t find that this gets in our way when we’re snuggled up under our Rumpl. I did find out (the hard way) that it prevents you from sitting comfortably in the middle of the seat when you’ve got it all to yourself, but sitting to one side alone is perfectly comfy and doesn’t make the chair feel unbalanced.

The cup/can/stubby holders in the chair’s arms are pretty standard but the Oztrail Galaxy has the added advantage of a kind of plastic hook at the end of the arm, where your wine glass can sit nice and snuggly. This is a clever little feature that I’ve not seen on any other chairs.

For the most part, what’s left to mention about the design is pretty standard for camp chairs, except it’s obviously double the width. With a powder-coated steel tube frame and hard-wearing 600D polyester fabric, the construction does feel more sturdy – and the material more durable – than any of the other chairs we’ve used in the past.