Mike M.

Mike M. is the hands-on owner behind Iron Mako Media, the publisher of Seat & Stake. He started the site for people who would rather pay once for camp furniture that lasts than replace a torn chair every season. Seat & Stake scores products on published specs, written warranties and parts availability, and says plainly when a figure isn't published.

How Mike scores camp furniture

Mike reads the maker's published rated capacity, frame, fabric, dimensions and weight; reads each brand's own warranty page and quotes the term with the date; checks whether seat fabric, cot canvas, feet, valves and legs are sold as replacement parts; and scores each product with the fixed bands published on how we score.

Every figure on the site links to where it came from, so you can check the rated capacity, the warranty term and the parts list for yourself before you buy. Where a maker publishes nothing, the card says so and the score reflects it.

What stays constant

• Rankings decided on published specs, warranty terms and parts availability.
• Live Amazon prices in every buy button, refreshed daily and dated.
• Commissions never set a score or decide a pick, and no brand pays for placement.

Contact

Questions, corrections and warranty-term changes go to contact@seatandstake.com or the contact form. More about the publisher is at Iron Mako Media.