Mike Islander
WKR
EDIT: This thread is for backcountry sleeping, not car camping. Not going to carry a three pound mat into the woods. For car camping I sleep on two layers of memory foam queen mattress toppers.
I have three different sleeping pads and have tried another. They are all fairly uncomfortable for me. Any tips for improving comfort on these pads? I know I can adjust the air to make them mold better to my body. I've also mounded up pine needles under my tent to frame my body. I have a long, heavy torso with relatively short legs. Also have a pokey butt. So on my back I feel like I'm doing a backbend. On my side, I feel like I'm balancing on a beach ball with my lower body up in the air.
1. Neoair X-Lite Wide: Oval-shaped pad. All of the above problems. When I let out enough air to be comfortable on my side my hip gets cold and sometimes touches the ground.
2. Neoair X-Therm Max: Much better, but on my back still feel like I am doing a backbend. When I let out enough air to be comfortable on my side my hip gets cold and sometimes touches the ground.
3. Neoair Trail Lite Large (self-inflatable closed cell foam): Best feeling of the bunch but a thin, silly heavy, and R-value of only 3.2
- Is digging a small hole for my butt a good solution?
- Learn to sleep on them over time?
- Hunt harder and you can sleep anywhere? Actually this one is probably correct.
- Any other suggestions?
Many thanks in advance.
I have three different sleeping pads and have tried another. They are all fairly uncomfortable for me. Any tips for improving comfort on these pads? I know I can adjust the air to make them mold better to my body. I've also mounded up pine needles under my tent to frame my body. I have a long, heavy torso with relatively short legs. Also have a pokey butt. So on my back I feel like I'm doing a backbend. On my side, I feel like I'm balancing on a beach ball with my lower body up in the air.
1. Neoair X-Lite Wide: Oval-shaped pad. All of the above problems. When I let out enough air to be comfortable on my side my hip gets cold and sometimes touches the ground.
2. Neoair X-Therm Max: Much better, but on my back still feel like I am doing a backbend. When I let out enough air to be comfortable on my side my hip gets cold and sometimes touches the ground.
3. Neoair Trail Lite Large (self-inflatable closed cell foam): Best feeling of the bunch but a thin, silly heavy, and R-value of only 3.2
- Is digging a small hole for my butt a good solution?
- Learn to sleep on them over time?
- Hunt harder and you can sleep anywhere? Actually this one is probably correct.
- Any other suggestions?
Many thanks in advance.
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