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Diealles Shine Telescoping folding stool

A polypropylene telescoping stool with a carry strap, described in five bullets that contain no measurement at all.

Diealles Shine black telescoping folding stool

Diealles Shine Telescoping folding stool

A polypropylene telescoping stool with a carry strap, described in five bullets that contain no measurement at all.

Seat height range
The listing gives none
Adjustment method
Not published by the maker.
Steps
The listing gives none
Load rating
The listing gives none — described as a large capacity
Folded size
The listing gives none
Weight
The listing gives none
Foot design
Not published by the maker.
Seat material
Polypropylene, described as an upgraded version
Supplied accessories
Supplied straps for hand or shoulder
Amazon reference
B0BWF25TX6 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0788135722737
  • The same telescoping principle as its better-documented rivals
  • Carry straps are supplied rather than sold separately
  • Not one measurement appears anywhere in the listing

Best for: Nobody who has not seen one in person or measured what they need

≈ €20
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Specifications

Seat height range
The listing gives none
Adjustment method
Not published by the maker.
Steps
The listing gives none
Load rating
The listing gives none — described as a large capacity
Folded size
The listing gives none
Weight
The listing gives none
Foot design
Not published by the maker.
Seat material
Polypropylene, described as an upgraded version
Supplied accessories
Supplied straps for hand or shoulder
Amazon reference
B0BWF25TX6 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0788135722737

A listing without numbers

Five bullets, numbered one to five, describing durability, portability, strength, a carry strap and suitability for indoors and outdoors. Not one height, weight, diameter or load figure appears in any of them.

What can still be said

It is a telescoping stool in polypropylene with carry straps, of the same general design as the rest of this shelf. That design works: collapsed it is a few centimetres thick, extended it reaches a usable seat height, and it weighs about a kilogram.

Why the absence matters

The two figures that decide whether a stool suits an observer are its maximum height and its load rating. Neither is published, and both are published by every rival on this page.

What to do

Compare it with the stools here that publish their figures, and buy on price only if the difference is large enough to justify not knowing what you are getting.

Availability

German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 20 € to 23 € on the day of the survey.

British Amazon catalogue holds a record for it that nobody is selling.

American Amazon store gave no result whatever, so the buy button there opens a search rather than an empty page.

Figures as Keepa reported them on the day this page was last updated. Stock and pricing shift without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 17 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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    Steps
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    Load rating
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    Steps
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    Load rating
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    Steps
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