Sturdy and multifunctional. I bought a second one to use indoors. I’m 74 years old and don’t get up and down from the floor without something sturdy to push up with. I also need to sit to perform some actions. My first one is in the garden. I don’t need the dirt or inconvenience of bringing that one inside.

We needed a place to sit while changing from our goathead packed shoes to clean shoes before walking in the house. Bonus points because it also serves as a way to pick weeds on our knees!

light weight but works great

My wife has been mentioning that she needed something to to kneel on in her garden after being out there for hours. This thing has been perfect and the ability to use it two different ways is a huge plus. You might not really know by looking at it but it is made well and doesn't bend at all. All the materials seem chosen such that they are as light as possible while being strong enough. I like that the latching mechanism is so beefy too. It takes a deliberate motion to release it so there is no chance it will ever collapse under you. I'd never call this exactly thin when folded up however it is far more space saving than trying to store the whole thing at full size. The foam is not overly squishy but I find it just right to relieve any discomfort from a hard surface. The inclusion of the fabric holder on the side is a bonus with pockets deep enough to hold any tools. The only problem I've noticed is that the pouch just sits on the handles so if you pick up the seat by one side it can often fall off. Beyond that this is a perfectly functional addition to garden time and one that I think will hold up for a long time.

If you're like me and you've been searching for the best garden kneeler, reading reviews, and trying various ones and having to return them (or leave them at the store), stop your search and order this one. You won't be disappointed! This is everything a garden kneeler is supposed to be.I've had a lifetime of knee and foot issues, and age isn't doing me any favors. With a large raised bed garden, 260 linear feet of in ground flowerbeds, and another 140 linear feet of in ground flowerbeds in the works, I spend a lot of time on my knees or sitting on a stool. For the past 5 years I've been a big fan of Earth Edge kneeling pads. The past 2 years, I've had to stack 2 of them together most of the time. I needed a taller stool since I installed a Vego 17" metal raised bed this year, which is 7" taller than my wooden raised beds and I'm not getting any younger, so I decided it was time to give one of these contraptions a try. I was about to give up after returning 6 others and trying 3 at local stores, because they all would have necessitated stacking 2 Earth Edge kneeling pads on top when using it as a kneeler, which would be a pain. I tell you all that so you will know how good this garden kneeler/stool really is. I've been using it almost daily for 2 months now, and my photos are from yesterday, which gives you a good look of a well used product, dirt and all. That means it's really been tested well, so you can trust me.There's not a thing about this garden kneeler and stool I don't like. It's not too heavy to carry and it's not too hard to squeeze the mechanism to unfold it at the beginning of the day and unfold it at the end of the day. All the meta is welded on both sides at the connection points, and the paint job is perfect, with no bubbles or missed spots. It's got pads on both sides, so it's quick to go between sitting and kneeling. (Some garden kneelers require you to move and reattach a pad every time you change how you're using it, which is a pain.) When I first got it, I thought the pads appeared too thin and thought I'd be stacking one of my Earth Edge pads on top when kneeling, but the pads are really great. The pad supports your knees well without squishing down too much, but it is also soft enough to make your knees really comfortable. I spent 3 1/2 weeks of 8-10 hour days (6 days per week) digging out decorative stones kneeling on this, and the handles were definitely appreciated the more tired I got. The kneeler was really stable, even when it was sitting on the uneven stones. Not matter how sharp some stones were, I never had to worry about it tipping when I was getting up or down. I've been putting this job off for 2 years, and I honestly don't think I could have gotten this huge job done by myself without this product.I had hostas between the stones that needed to be moved too, so the next week I went to work on my next project. (The stones and hostas used to be around my garden, but after some garden expansions, they were now in the middle of my garden in what is now a main walkway. Stones aren't great if you're not willing to spray herbicides, in my opinion, and hopping over 3' hostas is a recipe for disaster at some point.) Our yard has a lot of quackgrass, which is literally evil. After my husband used a sod cutter to remove the grass, I still spent 3 weeks on these 2 30'x3' beds digging down 10" to get out as much of the quackgrass roots as I could, planting the hostas, installing the edging, laying down cardboard, and spreading mulch. Half of that time was spent kneeling on the driveway. While I was at it, I spent 3 days doing the same to create a flowerbed around our mailbox. The whole time this garden kneeler protected my knees and performed perfectly. The only issue is that I scuffed up the paint while using it on the driveway (and probably from the stones too). I probably should have been more careful moving it. One improvement I think could be made to this product would be having some protection where it rests on the ground, whether sitting or kneeling. As is, I'm worried about rust on the now unprotected metal. I think I'm going to wrap some Gorilla duck tape around the metal where the paint is scratched off to protect it, rather than continually repainting it.At the end of those projects, I injured the cartilage in my right knee. I'm doing physical therapy and likely headed to surgery, but the yard and garden work doesn't stop. I've had to add a thin kneeling pad on top that was a giveaway from an Extension class I took, since kneeling is horribly painful at the moment, but other than that this garden kneeler/stool is still doing the job. I'm using it to support 90% of my 170 lbs when getting up and down, and it hasn't flinched. I'm telling you the truth when I say I couldn't get up or down without these handles the past few weeks. Even with the painful injury I dug 6" down and pulled the dirt away from all 140' where I installed a fence around the garden kneeling on it, so I could bury the fencing to keep the voles and rabbits from digging under it and have done all the other garden work I could. Yes, I'm not able to spend as many hours on my knees at the moment, but without this product I'd be spending no time on them.No matter the reason you spend time on your knees, need a stool to sit on, or need/want some extra help getting up or down, inside or outside the house, I highly recommend this garden kneeler/seat. The only thing I wouldn't use it for would be to stand on it outside on less than level ground, as shown in the listing's video. I can't imagine that would end well for most of us.

PROS:+ Easy to open/close+ Pads are permanently attached for kneeler and seat; no switching necessary!!!!+ Handy pockets for tools: easy to switch sides for kneeler, seat, or storage+ Sturdy+ Easy to get up from the ground or kneeling position with strong handles+ Not just for the garden; great in the house to get down low and back up again+ Lightweight: easy to carry and storeCONS:- Padding quite stiff; better than kneeling on rocks, but not cushy on the tush- Rocks just a little until you put weight on itNet/net => I really like it and consider it a great add to my garden tool collectionIf I'd had this a few years ago, my post-stroke husband might have been able to use this to get off the floor after a fall instead of calling the fire department in the middle of the night. Hope we never have to try it out for that, but it might have made a difference for him, even with just one hand.As it is, I'm a year post hip replacement and I can get off the floor when I get down to look in a bottom cabinet, but this little kneeler makes the operation fast and easy. Kneel, back off to get down and look, get back on kneeler. Use the handles to get right up. That right there makes this kind of "priceless" as they say.Thumbs up for garden and home.UPDATE: This little kneeler helped me do what could have been a painful and nasty job quickly. I had to straighten out the hose from our RV black tank on my knees with my head dangerously close to the sharp corner of the slide out. I was also wearing a sundress.With the help of some rubber gloves and the kneeler, I was able to get close enough to the problem area under the rig, avoid kneeling on sharp pebbles, get the job done fast and get up again without banging my head, messing up my dress or fumbling around in a potential hazmat situation. Quick and easy down and up again.Today I used it in the driveway to see if the cat was still hiding under the car. He was. I was down and up again without mooning the neighbors.This thing is growing on me... 6 stars. I'm keeping it with my garden tools in a big storage box on my patio. So awesome and handy.