Chair - useful if you'll be sitting around fusing for long. Saves knees and back. I've worked on sites where the vans have to be left the other end of a park or field and all the equipment & pyro carried to the firing area. Then having a chair is useful when you've finished setting up and have time (hours sometimes!) to wait.... and you can't all go back to the vans - someone has to stay with the pyro.
Some folk use a sturdy big plastic tool / storage box to transport their firing clothes, helmet & tools in and use that to sit on. Just don't use the kind of 3-legged folding seat, or 4 legged chair, which have only the ends of the metal tubes on the ground - they sink into the soft ground / mud we often have to work on. When they sink unevenly it can be amusing to watch. It's best to have something that spreads the weight - the simple cheap picnic ones like this are OK. It only cost £4 in a DIY store so I don't care how bashed or lost it gets, it's light and easy to carry and it folds up flat so it's easy to chuck it in the back of the van.
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