How low does the seat sit, and how do I keep sand out of the fabric?

A classic beach chair sits low on purpose - it is comfortable with your feet in the sand and it packs small - and the lace-up and roped chairs here are that kind, reclining through their positions almost to flat. If standing back up out of a low chair is the part you dislike, the high-seat model is the answer: its seat is 17 in. off the ground, about the height of a dining chair, and it still folds and reclines. As for sand, it never fully loses the argument, but it comes close: shake the chair out and brush the webbing while it is dry, because wet sand grinds into fabric and stays. Back home, hose the seat down, open the chair in the shade until it is completely dry, and tip it upside down once to let the grit fall out of the folds rather than collect in the hinges.