The 12 Best Beach Chairs in 2025 | Tested on the Beach

The Best Choice Products Folding Zero Gravity Recliner stands out with handy features, quality materials, and rugged durability. Constructed with durable, UV-resistant mesh and a sturdy steel frame, this chair ensures long-lasting use thanks to its high-quality materials and resistance to the elements.

We were also fond of the many thoughtful bonus features this product included. The chair comes equipped with an adjustable headrest, an optional sunshade, and an attachable plastic tray with a cup holder and slots for other personal belongings.

The Best Choice Recliner also allows for some personalization, with a tightening knob that can lock the recline anywhere in its range of motion.  When open, the chair provides a roomy seating space, while folding to a more compact size for easy storage.

Weighing 20.5 pounds, the Best Choice Recliner may not be the most portable option – perhaps being better suited for patio or lawn use rather than beach trips. However, despite its portability limitations, the chair offers sturdy support and comfort with a weight capacity of 250 pounds, making it a durable, high-quality seating outside option. Dive into the full review!

For those unfamiliar with the AmazonBasics brand, it is pretty much exactly what it sounds like – basic, functional designs at an affordable price, produced and delivered to you with the speed and convenience of Amazon. The AmazonBasics Portable Folding Camp Chair is a pretty standard camp and beach chair, though they didn’t skimp on all the bells and whistles.

This chair comes equipped with a 4-can cooler, mesh cup holder, and partially meshed back. When purchasing, you have the option of a regular padded or an XL-padded variation. It also comes with a built-in side storage pocket for sunscreen, binoculars, or personal items you might use for a day spent outside.

The $24 price point makes it hard to complain about much, but we had some things come up worth considering before making a purchase. The seat on this chair is a bit small, especially for larger builds, and has a tendency to dig into the back of your knees. Additionally, this popular item can be hard to come by as they sell out during peak seasons. These notes aside, we think it’s a great chair that provides excellent value. Dive into the full review for more information!

The Ostrich Deluxe 3N1 chair is tricked out with extra wide armrests, 5 reclining positions, adjustable lumbar support, face cushion and cavity (similar to that of a massage table), convenient backpack-style carry straps, a built-in cup holder, hanging pockets for personal items, and even the top back rail that doubles as a towel rack.

We think it’s safe to say this chair did not skimp on features. We love that this chair is lightweight and has backpack straps to keep our hands free during transport. We did notice it was a bit awkward to store, so it’s worth considering what kind of real estate you have in your trunk and hall closet.

The Ostrich Deluxe 3N1 Beach Chair is ideal for folks with knee or hip problems, with a generous seat height of 12 in. Dive in to the full review for more complete information and specs!

The GCI Outdoor Waterside SunShade Backpack Beach Chair is made for folks who want it all, and who want it all in one place. They come with an attached stash bag for your beach items like sunglasses or sunscreen, a bungee cinch cup holder for beverages, and even an adjustable sun shade that nearly eliminates the need for an umbrella entirely.

Even without all of the thoughtful features, the GCI Outdoor Waterside SunShade Backpack Beach Chair is sturdy, high quality, and a more or less portable beach chair on its own. Including strong weather resistant fabrics and a sturdy powder-coated steel/aluminum frame, this chair was built to last and endure the wear and tear of regular use.

The GCI Beach Chair comes with backpack straps in an effort to improve portability, but the overall consensus is that these chairs are a bit bulky and awkward both to store and transport. Don’t let this deter you from getting a really high quality, comfortable product, but perhaps keep shopping if compact design is a top priority for you. Outoria to the full review for more details on the GCI Outdoor Waterside SunShade Backpack Beach Chair!

Tommy Bahama is somewhat of a luxury brand, widely known for beachy clothing and gear decorated with their signature tropical designs. Their shtick is that life should be treated as one big vacation, and you should dress and gear up accordingly. The Tommy Bahama Backpack Beach Chair falls right in line, offering the best seat in the house for your next oceanside escape.

The Tommy Bahama Backpack Beach Chair weighs in at just 8 pounds while somehow maintaining a tangible degree of heavy-duty quality and durability. Its capacity is one of the highest on our list. This beach chair is strong enough to safely support 300 pounds – that’s a lot of muscle for an 8-pound chair that you can wear on your back.

While the price is on the higher end of the spectrum, ringing in at about $105, we feel this chair has the quality, durability, and plenty of valuable features to back up the luxury price point. Learn more about the Tommy Bahama Backpack Beach Chair in our full review!

As hinted in the title, the Cascade Mountain Tech Low Profile Camp Chair is a very low sitting chair, with the seat sitting just 5 inches above the ground. This modest height makes it a great option for concerts and beach use but not ideal for any hip, knee, or general mobility issues.

The Cascade Mountain Tech Chair is durable enough to handle rough terrain and rigorous wear and tear while still maintaining a degree of lightweight portability and easy assembly. Weighing just 7 lbs and folding up into a functional shoulder bag.  

Although its smaller seat and overall compact size are mainly designed for people with a more petite frame, customer reviews still almost unanimously agree that it’s one of the sturdiest foldable chairs on the market. Dive into the full review to learn more about the Cascade Mountain Tech Low Profile Camp Chair!

The Mac Sports 2-in-1 Beach Day Foldable Chair & Wagon is one of our favorite beach essentials. It’s a multifunctional chair that not only provides a comfortable beach lounging experience with a padded headrest and four reclining positions, it also folds into a beach wagon.

It comes with heavy-duty wheels made for multiple terrains, handles for comfortable pulling, and a large mesh basket for easily carting all of your beach belongings down to your perfect beach spot.

Doubling as a beach chair and a beach wagon, you’ll save yourself some money and space with this 2-in-1 beach accessory. But does it really perform just as well as a regular beach chair and a regular wagon do?

Dive into our full review to find out.

The UNIPRIDE Lightweight Beach Chair stands out on our list due to its unique and space efficient design. These beach “chairs” are perhaps closer to beach towels, featuring a soft padded, no-legs design, resting directly on the ground with only a simple backrest for support.

Their compact 3-fold design sets this product apart from its competitors, allowing it to be conveniently packed into a space-efficient square. This makes storage possible in even the smallest closets and keeps beach trips as breezy and hassle-free as possible. While there’s lots to love about the Unipride Lightweight Beach Chair, the recurring criticism revolves around its size, as larger users have found it to be unsupportive and somewhat lacking, while petite users typically find it more than satisfactory in terms of comfort.

While these chairs may not match the durability of some heavy-duty alternatives, we find them to be sufficiently durable for the average beachgoer. If you value easy portability and storage, Outoria to the full review of the UNIPRIDE Lightweight Beach Chair:

Can’t decide what beach chair to get or how much to spend on one? You should take a look at the RIO BEACH 4-Position Backpack Beach Chair. It’s an affordable option that brings portability, comfort and some simple features to the table.

The simplicity of its design makes it effortless to use and transport. If you’re searching for a backpack beach chair that returns more than its tag, it might be for you. It’s an appealing option for anyone who prioritizes portability without throwing sturdy construction out the window.

The RIO BEACH 4-Position Backpack Beach Chair is not perfect. Some might want a full recliner or a built-in cooler bag. But for those who find it’s the ideal choice, they’ll enjoy all its simple, yet smart features.

We took this backpack beach chair for some test driving, and after getting some milage out of it, we found it deserving of its place as one of the best.

Offered in a variety of bright colors and patterns, the Rio Classic Beach Chair is a rather traditional choice for beach seating, seamlessly combining a lightweight design with understatedly luxurious features. The Rio chair excels in portability and offers both durability and convenience for on-the-go relaxation.

Made from quality materials like 600 denier polyester fabric and a sturdy aluminum frame, this chair is truly as durable as it is portable. It has proven to handle the wear and tear of frequent beach use so long as it is properly maintained and can safely support up to 250 lbs.

While the design is indeed a classic, Rio made sure we didn’t miss out on handy modern features, like a cup holder, a built-in towel rack, and a fully reclining seat back. This product offers all the design sensibilities of a classic with all the modern functions of a fresh, new product. Dive Into the full review for more specs!

The Lawn Chair USA Beach Chair took a nostalgic 1950s beach chair design and made it tough as nails, creating a product that excels in durability and core function. It’s effortlessly foldable and lightweight for leisurely outdoor gatherings like beach days, block parties, tailgates, and more.

The saying goes, “if it ain’t broke…” and while the Lawn Chair USA Beach Chair certainly isn’t broken, it isn’t perfect, either. What the chair may have in durability, classic charm, and “instagramability,” it lacks many convenience features that are more or less standard in beach chairs these days.

You won’t find cup holders, carrying straps, cushions, and more. While these features can add bulk and detract from a simple design, it is undoubtedly a significant tradeoff worth thinking about.

Lastly, this simple design comes at a pretty steep price point. While you won’t have to pay to replace this chair often – it will last you years – it is still quite a large investment for a pretty bare-bones design. Outoria to the full review for more information on size, performance, quality, and value…

Rio is a popular manufacturer of summer gear, offering a number of products like beach chairs, umbrellas, beach tents, and more. This particular Rio beach chair varies slightly from their other models with its high-back design, which aims to better accommodate the elderly and others with limited mobility.

This chair seat sits a towering 17 inches off the ground, making it a breeze to get in and out of, and features a high back that comes up to around the neck or head for most users. We were a bit disappointed to find the chair didn’t have a headrest, but Rio did a great job of padding the top aluminum bar where your head or neck can rest.

While we were impressed with the generous size, the decent portability, and the high quality materials, we were the slightest bit underwhelmed at the performance of the Rio Extended Height Beach Chair.

We found it to be slightly less sturdy than other options we’ve tried, and a handful of customer reviews echoed that same sentiment. While the materials are adequately weather resistant, the overall construction feels rickety to larger users – even within the product weight limit. Outoria to the full review for more information!

Weighing a mere 7 lbs, the lightweight construction of the Coleman Utopia Breeze Beach Chair offers easy transport, while the high back and spacious seat provide excellent support and comfort for relaxation. This comfort is accompanied by a sturdy build with an above average weight capacity of 250 lbs, catering to a wide range of users.

The collapsible design, coupled with the included carry bag, enhances portability, making it an easy pick for on-the-go excursions. The chair offers a couple of other nice features, like the seatback pocket and cup holder, to add a degree of functional convenience.

While generally speaking, it was a solid, comfortable beach chair, there were a few drawbacks that require some consideration. The armrests are slanted and in our experience, did not offer the most comfortable support. Additionally, we noticed recurring complaints from customers that the cup holder is prone to falling off.

It’s also worth noting that the chair doesn’t recline, so if this is a deal breaker, you may want to keep shopping. Dive into the full review for more information on the Coleman Utopia Breeze Beach Chair!