Glassing pad

[Jwhitney]

I have hunted all my life but I'm just getting into glassing in the high country. Am I better with a
z-pad, blowup pad, or Ultralight chair for all day glassing

 

[Anozira]

I really like my Outdoorsman glassing pad but I have been considering trying a Helinox type chair.
There are alot of other great opinions in this thread also:

Glassing pad

So after returning from a deer hunt in AZ last jan I’ve concluded i need something to sit on for glassing hours at a time! What does everybody use/recommend? I will use it here in MT as well. Preferably something lightweight and compact

www.rokslide.com

 

[LaHunter]

The terrain that I glass, a blowup pad would last about 22 seconds.
I buy the cheapest / lightest foam pad I can find and cut it to the size that I want.

 

[PlanoDano]

I borrow this from my regular backpacking kit

Air Flow SitLight

Designed for use with our signature PVT Packs - Mariposa 60 & Gorilla 50. This upgraded Air Flow Sit Pad doubles as a back panel padding for our packs and an ultralight camp chair. Available in 3 sizes.

www.gossamergear.com

 

[Wrench]

Ridgerest for sure. It's a pad, chair, durable, cheap and proven.

 

[Jwhitney]

Thanks for the feedback

 

[eamyrick]

I went back and forth between a light chair and kuiu super thin glassing pad for a week in the desert last fall. I much prefer the kuiu pad. Quick to pack up and you can move around and be much quieter.

 

[BRTreedogs]

I wouldn't use inflatable. Those are for park benches.
A good foam one of any kind. Camofire has had a z lite wanna be for cheap. But its about the same included shipping if you dont need anything else.

I only take a chair when I'm hunting a known spot where I plan on sitting all day.
Not sure if kifaru still makes a chair if not Jimmy tarps will. It's a fabric thing where you have to be sitting on it to lean back if that makes since. Your sitting on the ground. You can just lean back.
Never used one.

 

[307pursuit]

I have an old Z-Rest sleeping Pad and cut a section out of it - 3 sections. I use it to glass, then fold it in half and use it as a pillow. Think maybe weighs 2 oz. It's orange - so easy to find when I accidentally get up to move to another glassing spot and leave it behind ... which has happened several times...

 

[Catahoula]

Same as most, usually just bring along a nice cushy foam pad if I’m going to be glassing long hours.

 

[BRTreedogs]

I have an old Z-Rest sleeping Pad and cut a section out of it - 3 sections. I use it to glass, then fold it in half and use it as a pillow. Think maybe weighs 2 oz. It's orange - so easy to find when I accidentally get up to move to another glassing spot and leave it behind ... which has happened several times...

Double as a pillow. So simple never would of thought of it.