Do you use them as a foundation in a frameless pack or carry them on the outside. I have seen them at the store and they look like they would be very bulky to carry.
Do you use them as a foundation in a frameless pack or carry them on the outside. I have seen them at the store and they look like they would be very bulky to carry.
I've done both. If I'm carrying a full-length 1/2" pad, I roll it up inside and put my stuff in the middle....rarely carry that, though. And you're right - it's pretty bulky.
If I'm carrying a 1/4" sit pad or torso pad, I fold it and strap it to the outside of my pack. Fits nicely and more readily accessible during breaks.
CCF pads often take up less space if you fold them instead of roll them.
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I carry my pad tied to my pack vertically. The pads are very bulky no matter where you have them.
Thanks for the tip on folding the pads instaed of rollong them, JJ.
NP. I've heard of some folks folding their pads at home and letting them sit with heavy books on top. It puts a crease in the pad so it'll always fold to the right size for their packs. I don't need that for my 1/4" pad so I've never tried it.
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I roll my HUGE blue wally-world pad and tie it to the back of my pack (at the bottom) w/some OR gear straps. I also roll my alcohol fuel bottle and windscreen inside it as well. As long as you cinch down the straps tightly, nothing will fall out, and the pad is so wide, it would take a bit before anything could work its way completely out of it.
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Jeff, does that work? I tried that with a weight on my 1/4 ccp from walmart. It was the cheaper non-egg foam one. It did not hold the crease. I though about scoring it, but I was afriad it would rip all the way. I thought about cutting it then sewing it somehow, but I am looking for better ways.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
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Dunno how well it works - just heard of other folks doing it. My CCF pad doesn't need it.
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Try using the figure eight pad joiner that thermarest makes...or perhaps just make a pad sleeve that has TWO full length pockets...then cut the pad lengthwise and use the joiner or the pad sleeve to put it back together...
Originally Posted by Ewker
i roll mine then stick it in my frame less ruck
then let it uo roll,i insert everything in the center of
the pad in my ruckneo
wrt what I do - I use the pad(s) as a taco shell holding my gear in the Gearskin - tends to make a wide pack but it works for me - I'll carry two full length pads this way if the temps indicate a need.
wrt folding a CCF pad - easiest thing that I can think of is to cut the pad and then make a duct tape hinge all along the cut
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