The mat is relatively light at 4¼ pounds, roughly a pound lighter than our top pick—a consideration if you carry your mat often. The Quechua chair is more of a traditional camping chair - it offers excellent folding ability with that all-important reclining function for a gentle snooze after lunch. Most people will be more than satisfied with the regular 71-by-26-inch mat, which is 3 inches longer and 2 inches wider than a standard mat. Though most of those chairs may seem fine at first, you’ll soon be feeling (and hearing) the consequences of choosing a cheap chair: creaking sounds, deflated foam cushions, and cracking armrests and other plastic parts.

The Gesture is easy to maneuver and adjust to exactly the right configuration for your task and body type.Our hot yoga instructor found it slippery and commented that the material stretched a bit underfoot. Expensive chairs can also be bought secondhand (often in like-new condition) at significant discounts, so they are more accessible to more people. Definitely worth a look in our opinion, especially as there are seven different reclining positions to relax in! Compared with the back on the Aeron (which has a tight weave that feels like a trampoline for your posterior), the back on the Ignition 2.

Lumbar and back support: Because people have different torso lengths and lumbar curvatures, adjustability is key, according to professor Alan Hedge, an ergonomics expert. Both of our yoga instructors praised the Voyager highly for its portability and traction, selecting it as either their favorite or second-favorite travel mat.

But there is, and it represents probably the best combination of everything you require from a camping chair – comfort, weight, cost and packing space. We’ve noticed some reviewers on the JadeYoga site reporting that their Harmony Mat has lasted for five, seven, even 11 years. There’s less arm adjustability on Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair than on the Aeron Chair or the Steelcase Gesture.

We found the Gesture’s arm support useful when we were playing games, reclining to read, and leaning over a tablet to draw for long hours. With a padded neck rest and integrated drink’s holder also included, it’s just the ticket to chill at the campsite. In fact, it did nearly as good a job at absorbing sweat and wicking it away as the Lululemon, making it a great pick for heated classes, too.Our hot yoga instructor noted that the rubber felt almost too grippy and somewhat coarse on her skin and she had to put down a towel to absorb sweat near the end of class. One size C tester found that the Silq pushed them forward in an uncomfortable way and that the armrests dug into them. The mat is 3 inches shorter and 2 inches narrower than our top pick, though we didn’t feel cramped on it at all. It also didn’t shift, slide, or bunch up on the floor during our testing, unlike several of its competitors. Our hot yoga instructor complained about the PVC being very slick and “actually had to stop using [the mat] 20 minutes in.