My Sea to Summit Aeros pillow comes on all my hammock trips and I take it when I'm travelling on long car trips or airplane flights. At 4oz and how compact it packs, I don't even notice it.
My Sea to Summit Aeros pillow comes on all my hammock trips and I take it when I'm travelling on long car trips or airplane flights. At 4oz and how compact it packs, I don't even notice it.
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Oh man the Aeros is the most comfortable backpacking pillow I've ever used, love it.Originally Posted by Hiker Boy
I've tried a cheap neck pillow, clothes, my thin Thermoball jacket stuffed into its pocket, and my small Thermarest pillow. The Thermarest is the only one I like. The little bits of foam inside seem to squish down just as far as needed, and they can be rearranged to fill more or less space where I want it.
For ground camping I would stuff the equivalent of two t-shirts in a small insulated dry bag, seal it up. This seemed to work pretty good. For the hammock though this was too small and would just fall out of position. Even at home I couldn't find anything that would work, no pillow was flat enough, and yet I wanted something under my head. On a whim I bought a Klymit air pillow, much bigger than the dry bag. I use it almost flat (anyone who sees it thinks it's got a leak), it's been terrific--earning its place in my back pack.
On the Ridgerunner, I've been using the Klimit pillow x with very little inflation and rolled up halfway. I wonder if a dry bag might accomplish the same thing.
I've just received a BB XLC, so cannot provide feedback with gathered-end hammocks.
On the ground, I've been using the LLBean down pillow. I like the soft side during travels for cool indoor temperature; my hosts usually have terribly firm pillows. Unfortunately, I need 1 or 2 more ounces of down....
I can't sleep with no pillow in a hammock. I'm using a STS aeros ultra light.
always pillow for me. I can never get the sea to summit aeros's giant fill valve one to not poke me in the head when its under inflated so I got an inflatable one with the fill valve on the side. The pillow cradles my neck and I don't leave home without it even on really long trips.
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Always use a pillow. Started with AHE Cub then went to their Bear. Just picked up a Sea to Summit Aero Ultralight to cut weight. That'll be the one that goes on the next trip.
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Got the Climashield pillow from SLD for Christmas. LOVE IT! It is exactly what I was looking for in size, feel, and support.
Wow, it seems there aren't many of us but another no-pillow here for the same reason, in both Chameleon and DH Darien 10ft.
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