Walkstool
Covering the African Nations Cup football here in Cairo has acted as a reminder of all those things necessary to cover the game comfortably and in all weathers - rain gear, monopods, laptop sleeves, and most importantly something to sit on. Long-lens cases have always done me pretty well in the past, but one of the photographers here has a nice tripod-like stool. Three-legged folding stools have been around for a while, but the Walkstool from Sweden goes one step further by having telescopic legs, so that it folds up really, really small and also comes in a number of different heights and seat sizes.
Update 30/01/06: It seems Mike Sturk wrote an article on the walkstool way back in Sept. 2004 on the Rob Galbraith website, and has some better pictures posted here
