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I haven't used pads by themselves and I haven't been hammock camping as long as most of you all so this doesn't really answer the OP question....it's just a comment then a question on the same lines. My last trip was in early April and the first nights temp was 37 deg. I didn't have the UQ set correctly and was starting to get CBS. I carry a shaped 1/4" GG pad so I put that in the hammock and I was warm the rest of the night. I didn't wake up needing to bail my hammock out but I did feel a bit damp on my lower back....nothing that didn't dry by the time I had breakfast and broke camp. But I don't doubt that at some point I would feel really, really moist if I were to use the foam pad all the time. Question: are the self-inflating pads less prone to the wet back syndrome? Thanks
Last edited by wa4chq; 06-01-2018 at 07:40.
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