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Folding Stadium Seat with Back Support
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Folding Stadium Seat with Back Support

Part of the Patio Furniture collection
$29.99
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The number that decides whether this works is 15.7 in of depth. Aluminium bleacher planks are commonly around ten in deep, so a seat this size overhangs the back of the plank, and the two steel hooks over the front edge are what stop it sliding backwards into the gap. Width is the easier dimension: at 13.3 in the seat is narrower than the eighteen in a stadium usually allots per person, so it does not crowd whoever is next to you and it keeps the row workable.

Weight
4.4 lb
Seat
15.7 x 13.3 x 13.3 in
Padding
2.8 in thick
Rated
400 lb

How it lives in the room

Set both steel hooks over the edge

The hooks go over the front lip of the plank and the non-slip rubber strips do the rest. Check that both are seated rather than one, because a single hooked corner lets the seat twist under a shift of weight. On benches with brackets or bolted seat-backs behind them, a hook can land on hardware instead of metal, which is worth finding out before the first down.

Four and a half pounds on a strap

At 4.4 lb this is lighter than most folding camp chairs, and the shoulder strap matters more than the handle: it leaves both hands for a cooler, a program and a child. Folded flat it stows behind a car seat rather than in the trunk with the sports gear. A child can carry their own, which is the practical difference between one of these and a cushion for the whole family.

Where 2.8 in of foam puts you

Nearly three in of padding lifts the sitter that far above the plank, which raises the sightline over the row in front and opens out the knee angle. It also takes three in of legroom from whoever sits behind, so the row behind notices. The 13.3 in back reaches the lower spine rather than the shoulders: it supports where a bare plank gives nothing and leaves the upper back on its own.

Before you order

The 400 lb rating assumes a bench underneath carrying the load. On grass, sand or a tailgate this becomes a padded ground cushion with a back, and the backrest angle is set by the hooks rather than by the sitter, so it reclines less off the bleachers than on them.