Folding stools are of various kinds.
These are the most preferred variety of stools among all and the best sellers in the market also.
This is essentially due to the commercial purposes they do serve widely and the remarkable advantage of occupying less space.
When they are folded they can be kept to slide behind your cupboard or thrown over the shelves to occupy minimal space.
At the same time their application is quite wide as there are stepping facilities available in certain kind of folding stools.
You can use these stools as a ladder for climbing up the tallest regions of your house, office or business center.
Also on the other hand if you want all of your kids and their friends to sit together in each step to watch television or matches in the ground conveniently is possible.
When you purchase such a type of multi-purpose stepping stools you should ensure that the material of the stool as well as the nature of the joints are reliable.
Sometimes the material would be of fine quality but still the mechanism of joints would be weaker to make them not withstand weights.
The numerous types of folding stools involve the kitchen folding stools, step schools, shower stools and also the famous folding camp stools.
Every item has its discreet features and special purpose too according to the areas of application.
In general the folding stools are made up of materials like recycled plastic, Bakelite, iron, cobalt, aluminum, steel and nickel alloys, brass alloys for dental stools and so on.
Generally these types of stools are made up in such a way they are much portable and lighter enough for them to be shifted easily to places where they can idle for long time.
Selecting corrosion resistant material in such cases is a key aspect.
Because after few months when you take them out of the shelves the surface paint should not have got eroded.
Also these types of stools could be easily transported from place to place and hence proffered to be taken for trekking and camping purposes too.