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Just use my clothing stuff sack and hope it doesn't get so cold that I don't have anything for a pillow. :)
I have a little blow up pillow that Ed Speer from Speer hammocks gave me. It inflates with a straw, weighs nothing, and packs down to less than nothing.
This weekend I used my clothing stuff sack atop a large first aid kit (I was leading a hike). Worked like a charm!
modiyooch
05-18-2009, 09:38
n0. I either use my goose down vest, or roll up the end of the egg shell pad.
Gray Blazer
05-18-2009, 09:41
.....and my blankie and my Teddy Bear!
I do, I tried the clothes in my tent bag but it goes flat and for me is uncomfortable. I picked up an inflatable one with a fleece liner at wallyworld. It does help me sleep better and I don't mind carrying it if it helps me sleep.
No, I have a thermarest fleece pouch that i put my clothing bag in.
I've got a cloth stuff sack and I'll use a pillow I got from an airplane in it... or my fleece.
Ox97GaMe
05-18-2009, 10:06
I use my clothes bag as a pillow. I put it in my fleece lined sleeping bag stuff sack. Works great.
Mrs Baggins
05-18-2009, 10:28
Yep, I use my clothes bag and wrap it in my fleece jacket. Very comfy.
what do you guyshave for clothes that you have enough for a pillow. ive got no extras. extra socks and a down jacket thats it. And if i have to wear the jacket i got nada
Phoenixdadeadhead
05-18-2009, 10:41
I use my clothes bag as well. 2 pair socks, 2 pair boxers, tshirt, poly undershirt, nylon pants, knit cap. My nephew is a pillow guy and complained about using his bag, so I bought him the fleece lined inflatable pillow from wallyworld, and iwill tell ya what that thing looks really comfortable lol. I never weighed it but if felt like about 5 ounces, so not to bad.
well.....do ya?
I get a small fleece pillow from Dicks Sporting goods. It is a fleece pillow case the has a zipper opening and was stuffed with a airplane like pillow. I took out the airplane like stuffing and fill it at night with my extra clothing. Usually my down jacket and raincoat. Works great and the fleece case only weighs 2.3 ounces.
I bought a Kelty camp pillow, cut it in half and re-sowed it. Now I have 2, but only carry one. I sleep a whole lot better with it.
Blissful
05-18-2009, 13:31
You bet I did. Two of them. Cocoon travel pllows. :) Sleeping on a bumpy clothes bag (of which most are dirty from hiking) doesn't cut it for me.
I absolutely bring a pillow! I made my own that roles into it's own pouch about the size of a mini coke can... Well worth the space and weight.. sleeping on stinky clothes seems odd to me...
Absolutely, And prolly the only guy who likes thermarest's pillow ... wouldn't leave home without it, sleeping well is important to me ... i reserve the clothes in a stuffsack for the leg pillow to ease my back ... So i suppose i use both. =P
puddingboy
05-18-2009, 21:22
Not for myself but i carry one for my dad.
well.....do ya?
Nope. I stuff a stuffsack with something soft and put the sack inside a fleece vest or jacket. The weight of a pillow could be used for more warmth, much more important than convenient comfort (a pillow). The inflatable ones are ok, but they don't seem to like to stay put (and they can be cold).
Rain Man
05-18-2009, 21:57
Got the store brand "Magellen" inflatable pillow from Academy Sports. What I like is that it is fat. Most are too skinny and flat to be worth the weight. Can always wrap it in a fleece jacket or clothes if I want. I sleep on my side and have to have a pillow.
Rain:sunMan
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Cookerhiker
05-19-2009, 07:22
A Thermorest which compacts nicely fluffs up after being unfolded in camp.
Sleeps_With_Skunks
05-19-2009, 08:21
I have one of the large thermarest pillows. What can I say...I have a bad neck since a serious car accident a few years ago. I even have to have the pillow in the hammock.
barefoot
05-19-2009, 08:57
I carry the Sea to Summit pillow. It has a air core with memory foam. Best thing I ever bought for camping. I'm a side sleeper so a bigger firmer pillow is a must. I also use the air core part as a sitting pad.
Even after switching to hammocks a few years ago, I still use my Therm-A-Rest pillow. It's well worth it's weight to me for the comfort it provides. I tried going without it on an overnighter a few weeks ago and using my jacket as a pillow. It just wasn't the same at all.
JuiceBox
05-31-2009, 13:26
I do not. I change into camp clothes when I get off the trail, let my trail clothes dry, then stuff them into a stuff sack at night right before I climb into bed and use that as a pillow.
hikingtime
05-31-2009, 15:08
Yes, I use inflatable water wings I bought at Walmart. They weigh about 2 oz and cost a dollar.
Plodderman
05-31-2009, 18:56
No pillow. Just put a few things in a waterproof bag.
World-Wide
06-01-2009, 11:11
I have a little blow up pillow that Ed Speer from Speer hammocks gave me. It inflates with a straw, weighs nothing, and packs down to less than nothing.
This weekend I used my clothing stuff sack atop a large first aid kit (I was leading a hike). Worked like a charm!
So MOWGLI, what's your blow-up doll, I mean pillow's name? ;) W-W
I bring a cheap, light pillow CASE, and stuff all the clothes in it I'm not likely to use overnight to create a soft pillow.
leeki pole
06-01-2009, 12:15
Absolutely, I've got an LL Bean camp pillow that stays in my pack. Except when I sleeping, that is.
Though since I returned, I sleep with lots and lots of pillows. Not that I need them, just that I missed them.
http://www.trailspace.com/gear/guide/pillows.html
JACKPOTTTT
mooseboy
06-19-2009, 13:39
Why bother with a separate pillow when there are so many items already in your pack that can pull double duty (clothing in a stuff sack, for example)?
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Why bother with a separate pillow when there are so many items already in your pack that can pull double duty (clothing in a stuff sack, for example)?
I dont have anything in my pack to use as a pillow. I have desinged my pack contents so that i am wearing them. What would happen if it got cold and you had to wear all your clothes?
mooseboy
06-19-2009, 14:32
I dont have anything in my pack to use as a pillow. I have desinged my pack contents so that i am wearing them. What would happen if it got cold and you had to wear all your clothes?
I probably don't travel as light as you... though in the past when I have had to wear all my clothes, have been in my tent (so I couldn't use the tent as a pillow in a shelter), etc. I have still been able to use the removable top section of my pack as a pillow.
To be fair, I've never tented at below-freezing temperatures. But if I did, I would still have my extra pairs of socks, pack towel, and various items to use...besides which, I put my sleeping pad below my head. But I've always assumed everyone does that.
Congrats, though, on paring your gear down!
Cannibal
06-19-2009, 14:34
Hammock; no pillow required.
Berserker
06-25-2009, 12:24
BA Clearview inflatable pillow stuffed a light pillow case along with clothes or other stuff underneath it.
Homer&Marje
06-25-2009, 13:18
have an old REI compressible pillow...only weighs a few ounces and stuffs really small into it self, the built in stuff feature also allows u to fill it with more unused clothing 4 more comfort.... had it forever...very durable
freefall
06-25-2009, 13:37
Just use my clothing stuff sack and hope it doesn't get so cold that I don't have anything for a pillow. :)
Yep, I use my clothes bag and wrap it in my fleece jacket. Very comfy.
Ditto.
And if it gets cold enough to start cannibalizing my pillow, I blow air into my water bladder and put it in the stuff sack.
clothes in my stuff sack, put it in the little pillow hole that is in my sleeping bag....
inflatable pillow less than an ounce, very comfy when slipped inside an article of clothing.
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/flexair_ultralight_pillow.html
gravy4601
06-25-2009, 15:27
I used my MSR Dromidary bag and i made a silk cover to fit over it and there is an optional kit to convert it to a Hydration bag and shower bag so it can be ajusted to be firm or soft and you can fill it with water or air it works great for me
David@whiteblaze
07-28-2009, 22:26
I have a Thermarest rollable pillow, it goes from about 16" X 7" to 7" X 3"
Cocoon Down Travel Pillow...2.5 ozs
http://www.basegear.com/cocoon-down-pillow-travel-airplane.html
Plodderman
07-29-2009, 06:40
No pillow.
Hmmm...not sure how to answer this. I use clothes/jacket in a stuff sack as a pillow, but I don't carry a dedicated pillow.
CrumbSnatcher
07-29-2009, 14:00
my pillow is bigger when im just leaving town!
I often bring a pillow, but in the form of a stuffed sleeping bag sack, food bag, or shoes. After hiking 12-14 hr 25 + mile days I could sleep naked during a downpour on a granite slab on top of Katahdin.
Snowleopard
07-29-2009, 16:27
I've always used clothes in the stuff sack I use for clothes or sleeping bag.
BUT, my new silnylon stuff sack is too slippery!! :( My head kept sliding off it.
i wedge my shoe up under my pad. Raises my head to the perect level.