Camco 51834 Zero Gravity Chair Tray, 2 Cup Holders

The Camco 51834 Chair Tray clips onto a zero gravity recliner and gives you a flat, stable place to set a drink, your phone, and whatever else you want close by. If you've ever balanced a can on the armrest and watched it tip into the grass, you know why this little tray earns its keep. It's a simple accessory, but it changes how you use the chair. You settle back, and everything you need is right there at your side.

It fits the angled tube frames you find on most zero gravity recliners, up to 7/8 inch in diameter. Installation is tool-free. You find the narrowest point between the angled frame tubes, line the tray up with the built-in 7/8 by 5-1/2 inch slot, and lower it until it sits flush. That's it. Once it's seated it stays put, giving you a steady surface that won't wobble every time you reach for your coffee.

Two cup holders are molded right into the tray. One is a standard round holder for a can or a tumbler. The other is shaped for stemmed drinkware, so a wine or margarita glass has a home instead of tipping over on the deck. Both holders have drainage holes in the bottom, which matters more than you'd think. Set down a sweating glass on a humid afternoon and the condensation runs out instead of pooling around the base.

The top surface is textured and non-slip. Snacks, sunglasses, a paperback, a phone, they stay where you put them instead of sliding off when you shift in the chair. And there's a built-in hook on the tray too. Hang a small bag, a camera, a set of keys, or a pair of binoculars off it and keep them off the ground.

Camco molded this one from polypropylene with UV protection. That's the part that matters for anything living outdoors. Sun exposure is what fades and cracks cheap plastic accessories over a season or two. The UV-stabilized polymer here is built to take the sunlight, the heat, and the damp without going brittle or losing its color. The finish is black, which hides scuffs and doesn't show water spots the way a light color would.

The little details are what set this apart from a bare cup clip. The stemmed-glass holder is a genuinely nice touch if you like a glass of wine while you unwind at the end of the day, and it's rare to see it on a tray at this price. The drainage holes keep the holders from turning into little puddles after a rain shower or a round of sweating drinks. And because the whole thing is one molded piece, there's nothing to assemble, nothing to lose, and nothing that rusts.

Where does it earn its spot? Camping and RVing, first off. Set up your zero gravity chair at the campsite and you've got a drink holder and a phone shelf without hauling a separate side table. Same story on the patio, out by the pool, at the ballgame, or anywhere you park a reclining lounge chair for a few hours. It's light enough to move with the chair and small enough to stash in a storage bay when you break camp.

A couple of honest notes. This is the tray only, so the chair isn't included and you'll be clipping it onto a recliner you already own. It's built for frames up to 7/8 inch, so measure your chair's tube before you count on a fit. Most standard zero gravity recliners fall right in that range. If yours does, this is about the easiest upgrade you can make to a chair you already like. Clip it on once and you'll wonder how you sat out there without it.