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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #30 on: May 23, 2011 »
I have a Vango pillow from Tiso's, it was a fiver and it is really comfortable
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #31 on: May 23, 2011 »
I normally use a stuff bag and fill it with any spare fleeces or my down jacket. It works a treat as a pillow.
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2011 »
I got a inflatable pillow from poundland for a ... £1 . I've used it a few times and it does the job for melast time out I just got my primaoft jacket curled into a ball and it was great
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #33 on: May 24, 2011 »
I had an inflatable pillow I picked up from a supermarket, but it kept leaking air and I was fed up having to re-inflate it in the middle of the night :)  The nice thing about the pillow I linked to is that you can make it as firm as you like depending on what you stuff in the sleeve, but I find the Rab microfleece is pretty much perfect!

Tried the dry bag/fleece thing Shamara, but just couldn't get on with it.  I like a soft material under my head.  I know, I'm a softie :D  The pillow is my little indulgence :)
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2011 »
Quote from: Scribble on May 23, 2011
I got a inflatable pillow from poundland for a ... £1 . I've used it a few times and it does the job for melast time out I just got my primaoft jacket curled into a ball and it was great

That's the one I've started using - I think it's great! I normally wear my insulation as I use a 1 season bag most of the year so can't do the stuff sack thing.

On the subject of mats I can report that the Thermarest Prolite range have a very grippy base to stop the mat sliding, but the top is also rather matte: I never slipped off mine. Have a NeoAir now though  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2011 »
Oisin got me one similar to the poundland one but from B&M. The noise it made when I moved my head just drove me crazy though. That is a good idea Shamara will have to test it out. Though hopefully in the next month I'll be purchasing the pillow suspectmonkey linked me too. :)
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #36 on: May 24, 2011 »

Tried the dry bag/fleece thing Shamara, but just couldn't get on with it.  I like a soft material under my head.  I know, I'm a softie :D  The pillow is my little indulgence :)
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I use my Rab stuff sack from my down jacket. It is very soft on the face.. Trust me I like indulgence too. If I could bring my down duvet and pillows into the hills I would.  ;D
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #37 on: May 25, 2011 »
Thinking about upgrading my head rest from the bottom of my rucksack to a wee inflatable pillow...but one question for the bivviers: how do you stop it blowing away?
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #38 on: May 25, 2011 »
Quote from: Chuck on May 25, 2011
Thinking about upgrading my head rest from the bottom of my rucksack to a wee inflatable pillow...but one question for the bivviers: how do you stop it blowing away?

I keep mine tucked up inside the hood of my bivi , I will also be keeping my sleep mat inside my bag after losing one on a blustery Binnian bivi , trying to get comfy for some Zzz was almost impossible , eventually chased some sheep from the ruts they where lying in with added bonus the ground was warm for me to kip on   :)
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #39 on: May 25, 2011 »
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eventually chased some sheep from the ruts they where lying in with added bonus the ground was warm for me to kip on

nice tip  :D
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #40 on: May 25, 2011 »
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eventually chased some sheep from the ruts they where lying in with added bonus the ground was warm for me to kip on

nice tip  :D

Another added bonus is they bed down out of the wind , only bad thing about stealing their bed is they don't move to far and bleat their disgust at you  ;D

O and they shite where they sleep :-\
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #41 on: May 26, 2011 »
Quote from: Chuck on May 25, 2011
Thinking about upgrading my head rest from the bottom of my rucksack to a wee inflatable pillow...but one question for the bivviers: how do you stop it blowing away?

Have yet to use mine when it is cold enough to cinch the hood of the sleeping bag so mine is normally right next to my head. In the bivvy bag but under the sleeping bag hood would be the next best thing I guess.

Wonder if we should suggest little tabs /eyelets on an extended seam at one end for thermarests - a bit of paracord means you could tie it to something /yourself when bivvying to stop it disappearing. Mine always goes outside the bivvy but bedtime is a logistical game of chess.
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #42 on: May 26, 2011 »
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eventually chased some sheep from the ruts they where lying in with added bonus the ground was warm for me to kip on

nice tip  :D

Another added bonus is they bed down out of the wind , only bad thing about stealing their bed is they don't move to far and bleat their disgust at you  ;D

O and they shite where they sleep :-\


Don't we all?
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #43 on: May 26, 2011 »
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eventually chased some sheep from the ruts they where lying in with added bonus the ground was warm for me to kip on

nice tip  :D

Another added bonus is they bed down out of the wind , only bad thing about stealing their bed is they don't move to far and bleat their disgust at you  ;D

O and they shite where they sleep :-\


Don't we all?

Try not to as the wife would kill me   :P
« Last Edit: May 26, 2011 by Scribble »
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Re: Oisin + Grace in heavy rain ;)
« Reply #44 on: May 26, 2011 »
Quote from: Shamara on May 24, 2011
I use my Rab stuff sack from my down jacket. It is very soft on the face.. Trust me I like indulgence too. If I could bring my down duvet and pillows into the hills I would.  ;D

That's a good idea actually.  I've only tried stuffing my fleece inside an Exped drybag and using it as a pillow, but it doesn't have the most comfortable face fabric to put your head against!
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