Your first mental image of an indoor table and separate but matching chairs may not be your best choice for an outdoor camping table and chairs. There are a lot of arrangements and different set-ups that you may find will meet your needs and better match your budget for outdoor gear.

Consider first the all-in one, integrated approach to a camping table and chair set. One version offers a one-piece, multi-fold canvas and steel tube table and chairs set that travels in its own canvas bag. Yet the set opens to form an almost 70 inch square table that can hold up to 90 pounds and includes four attached camp seats. This forms something like the papa bear, mama bear and baby bears version of a standard camping folding chairs seating arrangement. The price for this complete set was around fifty dollars on one web site, so you will want to pay careful attention to the manufacturer’s recommended weight loads and the probably durability and strength of the components.

Another integrated approach to a camp table and chairs stays away from the canvas materials and instead depends on durable molded plastic and a steel frame for the structural makeup. The two-person “picnic set” manufactured by Palm Springs Sports unfolds readily to form a 27 inch by 24 inch table top, 27 inches high, with two attached seats that are 13 by 16 inches and which are 16 inches off the ground. When folded for storage, the item looks very similar to a collapsed card table with the folded chairs attached. The folded set slides handily into car trunks, RV compartments, back seats, or closets for storage. It may be your perfect quick set-up for the spontaneous get away for two. This type of camping table might also double well as a children’s table and chairs set.

Some stronger, non-integrated set-ups for folding camping table and chairs may provide more strength. One option comes in an aluminum fold-away table with two separate “chairs” that more closely resemble camp stools. The three-piece set travels folded in a 24 inch by 16 inch by five inch pack (self-storage carry bag included), but it opens up to a strong 24 inch by 31 inch table surface. This may not offer the comfort of the folding camping chairs with canvas back and seats, but the efficient and strength may make a set like this a better buy.

One of the least traditional set-ups I have seen for camping tables and chairs is the “roll-a-table” from Camp Time Manufacturing. The table top surface can actually roll up because of its wood slat design: slats are hinged inside a waterproof fabric. When un-rolled, the wood slats quickly become a table when the tubular aluminum legs are screwed on. The specifications indicate the 32 inch square table surface and legs can support 100 pounds, yet the set folds to a 32 inch by 6 inch roll. The set-up table height of 28 allows for many options of chairs to complete the set.

All of these set-ups for a camp table and chairs differ significantly from the traditional table and matching chairs image, but the price, flexibility and portability of these options may better meet your needs and budget for your outdoor adventures.

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