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aebrooks

02/25/2010 02:09PM

I currently have a BA sleeping bag with the sleeve for my BA air core pad. I'm looking to get an ultralight Montbell sleeping bag without the integral sleeve for the pad.

Any advice on staying on top of your sleeping pad? In the past I end up off of the pad most of the night, might as well not take a pad.

Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway.

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Old Scout

Guest Paddler

02/25/2010 03:09PM

Best advice is start using a hammock

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old_salt

02/25/2010 03:13PM

I use pieces of shelf liner material.

Livin' the dream. Just another day in Paradise...

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Vanny

02/25/2010 03:22PM

I've used that adhesive sticky grippy tape that you find in the bottom of tubs/showers with moderate success. I've found that it depends on the material of the pad that determines the quality of adhesion to the tape.

"You'll learn more here by accident, than elsewhere by design" Fireworks Commissioner of Gumption County

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Chilly

02/25/2010 04:10PM

The more you drink, the less you need your sleeping pad! Also putting one of your boots on each side of you and some other random equipment as barriers should help (because who knows what Vanny is dreaming about. You don't want to wake up to one of those Planes, Trains and Automobiles moments;)

"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint

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Koda

02/25/2010 04:43PM

How about a level tent pad? If you roll around at night, you might try getting another BA pad and a couple of long straps to hold them together. You could try Velcro-ing them together at the edges, but the BA material is so slick the self-adhesive Velcro doesn't stick all that well.

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HowardSprague

02/25/2010 05:52PM

I pound a couple of 2' stakes into the floor/ground on either side of me.

"Enjoy every sandwich"

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kanoes

02/25/2010 05:55PM

clean the surface well with iso alcohol, let it dry, run thin beads of rtv on the top of the tubes.

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mr.barley

02/25/2010 05:57PM

extra wide mat

serenity now

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gutmon

02/25/2010 06:11PM

duct tape (catches mosquitoes too). I've noticed that it may not be as comfortable as my Thermarest, but I stay on my closed-cell Ridgerest much better. In the end, a pad is only any good when you stay on it. Slopes are tough.

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snakecharmer

02/25/2010 08:31PM

I never use a sleeping pad. Problem solved!

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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mwd1976

02/25/2010 09:15PM

How are your sewing skills? I imagine two elastic straps from side to side on the bottom of the sleeping bag would work. Perhaps one at shoulder level and one about knee level?

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children -Chief Seattle

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mrgreen

02/25/2010 10:39PM

one word......velcro

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GeoFisher

02/25/2010 10:53PM

I use one of these.......

Bag Liner

But, instead of using it inside the bag, I put it OVER the pad. This takes the slickness off the pad, adds some additional insulation. Sometimes I unzip my sleeping bag, and use it as a blanket, and the cloth covering over the pad makes it really nice and soft.......

Later,

Geo

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charby

02/25/2010 10:54PM

quote mr.barley: "extra wide mat"

I use a 25" wide thermarest never had a problem rolling off it.

Also Sierra Designs bags have straps that go around the pad if you're a rock and rollin' sleeper.

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bumabu

02/26/2010 12:04AM

Stomach sleeping is the way to go. No need for a pillow either.

Who I am precedes what I do, not the other way around.

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Corsair

02/26/2010 07:01AM

quote bumabu: "Stomach sleeping is the way to go. No need for a pillow either."

Depends on how big the stomach.

"Pack lightly, Tread lightly"

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IBFLY

02/26/2010 10:37AM

A hard day's paddle mixed with alcohol usually means I can sleep on or off anything and not be a bit bothered.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

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9th Bearded Infantry

02/26/2010 10:53AM

Remain perfectly still. :)

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Vanny

02/26/2010 01:05PM

quote Chilly: "The more you drink, the less you need your sleeping pad! Also putting one of your boots on each side of you and some other random equipment as barriers should help (because who knows what Vanny is dreaming about. You don't want to wake up to one of those Planes, Trains and Automobiles moments;)

"

"Where's your hand?"

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Hilarious!

"You'll learn more here by accident, than elsewhere by design" Fireworks Commissioner of Gumption County

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removedmember1

Guest Paddler

02/27/2010 05:58AM

Concertina wire.

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englishteacher

02/27/2010 08:17AM

put it in your bag or hug it like a teddy bear

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02/28/2010 02:21PM

aebrooks,

Excellent question. I've tried numerous methods, with limited success and a lot of frustration - but, finally found the answer.

A blond on your left and a redhead on your right - you won't want to wander to far!

Dave "....and, when there are no longer any beckoning mirages ahead, a man dies. With an open horizon constantly before him, life can be an eternal challenge". - Sigurd F. Olson.

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Unas10

02/28/2010 04:35PM

quote dl: "aebrooks,

Excellent question. I've tried numerous methods, with limited success and a lot of frustration - but, finally found the answer.

A blond on your left and a redhead on your right - you won't want to wander to far!
"

Only because you will be pinned to the ground with a two foot stake through your heart compliments of your wife.

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drnatus

02/28/2010 06:00PM

quote Unas10: "
quote dl: "aebrooks,

Excellent question. I've tried numerous methods, with limited success and a lot of frustration - but, finally found the answer.

A blond on your left and a redhead on your right - you won't want to wander to far!
"

Only because you will be pinned to the ground with a two foot stake through your heart compliments of your wife."

lol! Unas10! I was thinking along the same lines.

I end up waking up multiple times the first night in the tent and less thereafter. Have recently discovered self inflating pads, which are much better than the ground.

Soon to try hammocks!

Never criticize someone until you walk a mile in their shoes....by then you'll be a mile away and they will be shoeless!

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03/01/2010 12:54PM

Forgot about the 'wife factor'! I suspect she would use something larger and more painful than a simple two-foot stake!

Dave "....and, when there are no longer any beckoning mirages ahead, a man dies. With an open horizon constantly before him, life can be an eternal challenge". - Sigurd F. Olson.

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