Pillows
What is your favorite pillow to take on a week or less backpacking trip and why?
My fleece vest or jacket stuffed with other garments.
Why? I carry them anyway, why not make them do double duty. Adding a pillow just adds unnecessary weight.
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
I use a POE inflatable pad. I slide my shoe underneath the pad to prop my head up. works perfect. No extra gear to carry.
I use my clothes bag, just sort of fluff it out. If I have it along my Patagonia Down Sweater (jacket) makes a very nice addition to the bag pillow-wise.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Use a down vest or jacket in my clothes stuff sack.
Cocoon travel pillows from campmor. Used them my entire hike, two of them. Well worth the weight for me.
Montbell U.L. Comfort system pillow --- I like this coupled with (literally toggled to) their smallest torso-length inflatable pad. I had to wait (backordered) to get mine last year, but after it arrived I used this daily for nearly 4 months on the PCT. Worked great.
http://www.montbell.us/products/disp...3&p_id=1124290
Oops, I forgot the "why" part ...
Light at 2.3 oz for the pillow, and the U.L. 90 is a 35" (torso) length pad listed at 10.2 oz. (mine weighs 10.9 oz though, FWIW). I like how these connect together and stay together. They appear to be lasting pretty well. I like inflatable, both pad and pillow, for comfort in the former case, and for a consistent pillow at low weight in the latter case.
This Thermarest pillow, medium size, works a lot better for me than just jamming clothes in a sack, although I do that too, then put this on top of that. You can also double it over and jam it behind your neck to elevate your head enough to read. It weighs 9 oz. but compresses down to basically nothing if you roll it up inside your sleeping bag. Also good in summer when you often don't have any clothes other than shorts and t-shirt.
http://www.thermarest.com/product_de...x?pID=93&cID=4
Roll it up in your sleeping pad, I meant to type.
Patagonia Micropuff pullover in its stuffsack with a Buff as a pillow case.
Campmor inflatable pillow, propped up and amplified with whatever clothes I'm not wearing stuffed into my sleeping bag's stuff sack.
i sewed a piece of fleece to one side of my sleeping bag stuff sack. i fill it with whatever i'm not wearing (pants, shirt, jacket, whatever.) i like it because it's no added weight.
Plain old Dollar General pillow case, stuffed with all the clothes I'm not wearing and not expecting to need that night. I usually wrap said clothing in a large fleece sweater, then jam it all in the pillow case.
During my hike I ran across a full sized pillow laying on the side of the Approach Trail. Looks like they took it straight out of the Lodge.
Originally Posted by Caveman of Ohio
Sorry about that...but we had our hands full dragging the mattress.
Pillows - Long ago I picked up a blue fleece pillow case thing that doubles as a stuff sack for a Thermarest...not much bigger than a bandana and I stuff it with clothes...works great.
"Going to the woods is going home" - John Muir
"Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truely get into the heart of the wilderness" - John Muir
I'm going with those blow up "U" shaped travel pillows from either AAA or Walmart and such places. Why ... I have neck disk problems and require a neck roll but don't want to wad cloths up because I turn constantly and that "U" shape with fit on my neck once and turn with me literally without me adjusting it each time. I'm more of a side sleeper so it's more comfortable but if I were on my back, it would work that way too
I swear on my life I take the one from my bed. My wife hates it but I cant sleep in the back country without it.
Kelty pillow - I'll be ok adding the few ounces
I use my fleece shirt with my lumpy clothes bag stuffed inside as well. Tried an inflatable one but my head kept turning side ways when sleeping(no positional support). It was kind of like sitting on a ball, it holds you up but the balance is more interactive(not great for sleeping).
Whem I tested Hammock gear for sevear cold weather use in my back yard I take a real pillow out and marvel at how comfortable it is.
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