The 2 Best Collapsible & Folding Wagons of 2025

At 30 pounds, the L.L.Bean Collapsible Wagon was the largest and heaviest of the folding wagons we tested. But even though it has nice wheels and construction, this wagon was a headache to fold and unfold. It took two people — and several minutes — to put the L.L.Bean wagon away after use. We had to wrestle the cover onto the bulky rectangle and tug it down to get it on. One of the wheels came loose when one of our testers was carrying about 100 pounds of gear, which is well under the stated weight capacity.

The Timber Ridge Folding Camping Wagon gets decent reviews online. But it’s difficult to fold, and despite how large it is, it has a significantly lower weight limit than the also-bulky Mac Sports XL.

The bare-bones Uline Utility Wagon was not as highly rated as the Mac Sports wagons. It’s also not as widely available as our picks.

The Sekey Folding Wagon Cart feels like a durable tank, built solid. It scored high marks for having an attractive price point, as well as having fabric that could be easily removed for washing (which the other wagons did not have). But it didn’t turn or pull as smoothly on sand as the Mac Sports beach wagon, and its smaller wheels seemed to sink.

The Oniva Collapsible Adventure Wagon’s major downside was its folding mechanism, similar to that of an umbrella, rather than an accordion, like on the others. It was extremely hard to squeeze inward and still jutted outward if not squeezed into its cover — an impossible ordeal when wrangling two kids in a parking lot. The sand-removal feature, which seemed promising, worked only partially, and many reviewers noted that the wagon’s handle was short.

We started looking for a better option than our original beach-friendly pick, the Seina Folding Utility Beach Wagon, after a nut fell off the wagon at a critical time — when we were on the sand, about a quarter-mile from the parking lot. We were able to fix the problem, but a year of use has also led to scratches on the wheels and the plastic looking pretty shorn. One staffer who also owns the Mac Sports Heavy Duty Collapsible Folding All Terrain Utility Cart has also noticed scratches on the wheels. But the Seina offers just half the internal space, and its 4-inch wheels were more prone to tipping when packed with the same beach gear.

The Ozark Trail Folding Multipurpose Camp Wagon comes at an attractive price, but we found the materials felt cheap and it was hard to fold tightly — instead of an accordion fold, it uses an umbrella fold that meets in the middle (like a Pack n’ Play). We also found that, even when fully open, the wagon bed doesn’t lie flat.

The Whitsunday Collapsible Folding Beach Wagon comes at an attractive price point, but has several drawbacks: It is the smallest of any wagon we tested, and the wheels are made from a flimsy plastic, especially when compared to our picks. The wagon is six inches lower than the MacSports, and the internal volume is much less. We also worried about going over bumps and potholes with anything inside, since the construction felt so insubstantial.

The Navatiee Collapsible Folding Wagon had a really high load capacity at 220 pounds, and brakes on the front wheels. It also has saddlebags for extra storage. However, we found the folding mechanism – which came up in the middle like a Pack ‘n Play – was not super smooth and the whole wagon felt stiff to control. If you were pulling 220 pounds, you’d need to be able to control the movement easily.

The Mac Sports Beach Day Foldable Chaise Lounge Chair intrigued us – a wagon that was also a beach chair? It holds 100 pounds of stuff as a wagon, and 200 pounds of human as a chair. But unfortunately, we were disappointed that it was hard to roll in sand, the wagon basket didn’t hold much in the way of beach gear, and the chair wasn’t as comfortable as our other beach loungers.

This article was edited by Kalee Thompson.