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Post by rebeccad on Jul 6, 2016 8:47:41 GMT -8
Made one. Took a scrap of memory foam and cut it into smaller pieces. Put those into a gallon size ziplock bag and ironed the seam shut. Poked a few holes in the bag so air could escape when I squish it down into a crevice in the pack. I use the cover off an old travel pillow for a case. Wish I'd thought of that...great idea Well, the nice thing is that you can copy it
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Post by zeke on Jul 6, 2016 9:02:23 GMT -8
Might want to get rid of the plastic altogether, using some fabric for the first covering. I don't care for the heat build up with plastic.
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Post by hikingtiger on Jul 6, 2016 9:45:52 GMT -8
Well, the nice thing is that you can copy it Exactly. I did. I believe I first saw it on instructables.com
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Post by talus on Jul 6, 2016 15:29:57 GMT -8
Made one. Took a scrap of memory foam and cut it into smaller pieces. Put those into a gallon size ziplock bag and ironed the seam shut. Poked a few holes in the bag so air could escape when I squish it down into a crevice in the pack. I use the cover off an old travel pillow for a case. Wish I'd thought of that...great idea Well, the nice thing is that you can copy it Made one. Took a scrap of memory foam and cut it into smaller pieces. Put those into a gallon size ziplock bag and ironed the seam shut. Poked a few holes in the bag so air could escape when I squish it down into a crevice in the pack. I use the cover off an old travel pillow for a case. Wish I'd thought of that...great idea Well, the nice thing is that you can copy it Except that I asked for an inflatable for my birthday after spending a night wearing all of my clothes and having nothing but a rain jacket in my stuff sack for a pillow.
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Post by reuben on Jul 6, 2016 15:34:16 GMT -8
I asked for an inflatable for my birthday after spending a night wearing all of my clothes and having nothing but a rain jacket in my stuff sack for a pillow. Whoa.
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Post by dirthurts on Jul 6, 2016 18:18:51 GMT -8
I go all in on my pillow. To me, it's the single most important thing that determines if I'm going to sleep well or not, and if I'm waking up with a sore neck or headache. I use ther Thermarest Compressible pillow. It's essentially like the memory foam idea, but it's lighter, thicker and packs down to a doable size. I like the medium size as it keeps my neck straight when sleeping on my side. Inflatables and jackets just don't do it for me. I'll save weight everywhere else.
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Post by rebeccad on Jul 6, 2016 18:20:43 GMT -8
Except that I asked for an inflatable for my birthday after spending a night wearing all of my clothes and having nothing but a rain jacket in my stuff sack for a pillow. Well, copy it anyway, then do extensive tests to decide which is best. This will require many, many nights on the trail. If spouse/boss/whatevers object, explain that you are doing it for science, or at least for the sake of the backpacking community that needs to know.
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Post by daveg on Jul 6, 2016 18:47:06 GMT -8
after spending a night wearing all of my clothes and having nothing but a rain jacket in my stuff sack for a pillow. +1. My hiking clothes are wet or need airing out. Sleeping in my camp clothes. Not much left to put into my sleeping bag stuff sack to serve as a pillow. Then I started carrying my sleeping bag in a dry bag and didn't want to use that as a pillow. So I bought a REI air pillow -- 1.2 ounces. Made a "pillow stuff sack" out of an old pillow case -- 1.7 ounces. The air pillow goes into the pillow stuff sack to provide bulk if I need it. There is room left over to stuff in clothes I may have to provide additional bulk and cushioning. And my head is resting on pillow case material. Well worth the three ounces to me.
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Post by hikingtiger on Jul 8, 2016 8:36:46 GMT -8
Might want to get rid of the plastic altogether, using some fabric for the first covering. I don't care for the heat build up with plastic. I understand that totally. Haven't really had a problem with that so far. Plus it's nice to be able to pull off the cover and run it through the wash after the boys have had them at scout camp for a week (if I had a solid piece of foam, this obviously wouldn't be an issue for removal.) lol
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Post by zeke on Jul 8, 2016 8:54:45 GMT -8
I use 2 layers of fabric. One is sewn in place, the other is removable like a pillow case. Makes washing that one easier. The sewn in place layer just doesn't get cleaned, much like the pillow itself.
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