Ultralight to lightweight backpacking gear part 2

[teb0atoz]

I whimped out and got a Big Agnus Air mattrest.

cheers

[actonbath]

Try this. Get full length closed cell foam pad. Cut bottom third off and sew velco onto it and one end of 2/3 pad so it overlaps entire 1/3 making it double thick at upper body/hips.When hiking keep the 1/3 section available to sit on at slack times on the trail. When ground is freezing you can flip that 1/3 out to have a full length pad again. For a sleeping bag try an elephant bag and down jacket.

[kc7fys]

This video is good. 220 for 193cm tall is quite reasonable. I weigh 220 at 6ft 1in. Ouch.

Thanks for the info.

[gmtpigmt]

One word (or acronym) ENO!! They are amazingly comfortable, fast, and versatile. I don't know what I used to do without it. Nice vid tho, bra

[ref103]

go to a hammock. no more pressure points. there are bridge hammocks and asymetrical cut hammocks that give a pretty flat lay

[afterthefox7]

@ref103 no hammocks, we're talking about sleeping bags where you can turn in any direction during the night, hammocks only lay on your back, STICK WITH THE TOPIC, MAN!!!

[leifo5343]

@afterthefox7

In a bridge hammock, you can sleep on your stomach. I sleep in one every night as my main bed.

[nroc13]

for a sleeping bag i have the cabelas mummy bag rated +15

is that a good choice

[LEXPIX]

Nice gear.  Good ideas for weight saving without too much comprimize.

[dmuirwatson]

really good gear and good call on the western mountaineering bags. One thing that i don't like about the big agnes bags, is that if it is cold and you don't sleep on your back the whole night, when you turn on your side and breathe, you end up breathing in to the side of the bag, since it can't move with you, (because of the integral pad), this leads to condensation problems.

[chemicalcraig69]

That zrest/BA combo looks amazingly comfortable. As we age our bones lose flexibility, making it more and more uncomfortable to have all that pressure on our hips and shoulders at night. I'm fine with a single trimmed ridgerest for now, but will definitely go for the big air mattress when I can't take it anymore. My mom uses one and she won't go backpacking without it.

[iridecustom]

i took the foam pad out of my jam2, and i just fold up my z-light and put it against the back of my pack as a frame.

[corbaman]

I love my Big Agnes also. It seems like no matter how careful I was with my thermarest pad I always had a rock or pressure point stickig in my back. I just feel so much better with the 2.5 inch mattress.

I'm experimenting with hammock camping right now, hoping that I can get to a lighter pad again since hammocks are so comfortable.

[chemicalcraig69]

I've only slept in a hammock a few nights while hiking the AT and found it to be too cold for my taste. It's comfy for a little while, but it was hard to do all night, I ended up sending the hammock home and just sleeping under a tarp or in shelters.

[piercedsquid]

try a heat shield (the thing you put in a car windshield to block heat from the sun). they're covered with reflective mylar. The function of a pad in a hammock is primarily to provide a barrier against the cold air and wind underneath the hammock, and a heat shield supposedly performs this function well, plus it reflects body heat back to you