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Stir Fry
04-12-2009, 18:47
For those that are like me and have to have a pillow. I just finished a pillow using Sil-Nylon and the styrofome packing beans that they put in shipping boxs. Total was 1.1 oz. lightest pillow yet. used it at home works great.
sticks&stones
04-12-2009, 18:52
i filled a sil nylon bag w/helium it weighted negative 1.1oz, lightest pillow yet
YoungMoose
04-12-2009, 18:55
i think the bag with the packaging stuff will get flat. Also why cant you just use some of your clothes. thats what i do
modiyooch
04-12-2009, 18:58
I use my goose down vest
i filled a sil nylon bag w/helium it weighted negative 1.1oz, lightest pillow yet
Just don't remove it from your pack unattended...:)
i think the bag with the packaging stuff will get flat. Also why cant you just use some of your clothes. thats what i do
I usually use a light bag and then sleep in most of my clothes, so for me at least, this doesn't work. I've been looking at options for this, and I cannot help but wonder why one of the air mattresses doesn't come with an extra thick section at the head end for this purpose. :-?
YoungMoose
04-12-2009, 19:25
Just don't remove it from your pack unattended...:)
I usually use a light bag and then sleep in most of my clothes, so for me at least, this doesn't work. I've been looking at options for this, and I cannot help but wonder why one of the air mattresses doesn't come with an extra thick section at the head end for this purpose. :-?the sleeping pad doesnt come with a extra something at a end becuase where backpackers. Backpacking is supposed to be hard:D
vonfrick
04-12-2009, 20:17
Backpacking is supposed to be hard:D
you're not doing it right kid
mkmangold
04-12-2009, 21:34
"Chico Bag" filled with clothes, hopefully fresh.
vonfrick
04-12-2009, 21:36
buy a box of wine. drink it. blow up the bag for a pillow.
oooooorrrrr....use your clothes in a stuff sack.
catfishrivers
04-12-2009, 21:45
I use 2 different pillows. One is a thermarest stuff sack designed to be turned inside out and stuffed with your clothes. It has a nice soft pillow surface when in pillow mode. The other is a thermarest pillow that folds into itself, but it takes a decent amount of time to expand after having been all stuffed. I usually just stuff it into my pack without rolling/folding it because it helps it preserve its "fluffed" out state.
i filled a sil nylon bag w/helium it weighted negative 1.1oz, lightest pillow yet
oo! oo! just had an idea for a new Hindenburg pack!
Wise Old Owl
04-12-2009, 22:07
oo! oo! just had an idea for a new Hindenburg pack!
Hydrogen? - Hey stay away from me with that lighter!
johnnybgood
04-12-2009, 22:17
I have slept with a torso cushion used for a lumber spine table from work. Unused of course , just to mention .
It's lightweight and the perfect size for a pillow.
sasquatch2014
04-13-2009, 08:47
Clothes bag or jacket or nothing if I am in the hammock.
Rockhound
04-13-2009, 08:53
Gear should be multi-purpose no? A stuff sack with clothes makes a great pillow.
catfishrivers
04-13-2009, 09:06
Here's one of the stuff sacks that reverses inside out to reveal a soft plush pillow surface, which you then stuff with your stank ass clothes and make a perty perch for your weary noggin.
http://www.backcountry.com/store/CAS0291/Therm-a-Rest-Stuff-Sack-Pillow.html?CMP_ID=SH_FRO001&CMP_SKU=CAS0291&mv_pc=r126