Ventura Portable Reclining Stadium Seat

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I love the idea of having a chair like this that I can sit anywhere with. The waterproof functionality is great so that I can feel confident that it would survive various terrains such as the beach, a lawn, etc. The chair itself feels sturdy and well constructed, and it is nicely padded. It is a comfortable chair and I enjoy the option of having the armrests as well as opening it without the armrests. It is also a pretty large chair, so I certainly feel well covered in terms of having back support and enough seat to fit in with room, however the size of the chair also comes with major downsides. I could unfortunately only give this 2 stars as the bulkiness/size of the chair just makes it impractical to carry around. To carry the chair around (i.e., from your house to the car, car to destination, etc), it has to be in the unfolded position. There are backpack-like straps to carry the chair on your back. The size of the chair unfolded is very large- larger than any backpack and sticks out considerably width wise and covers a lot of my body. For something meant to be portable, this design doesn't make sense to me. I don't like having to worry about bumping everything/everyone around me while carrying this, plus it takes up a lot of storage space in the house. I don't really understand why the creators of this chair did not decide to make this chair be able to fold completely in half so that it is more compact and easier to be carried around. I own another portable chair similar to this but that one folds in half completely, so I'd choose using that over this chair.