Pillow....

A good nights sleep!

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18/08/2011 at 16:27

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Where's your other hand? Between two pillows... Those aren't pillows!!

I use my fleece as a pillow, which is fine as long as it's not so cold I'm wearing it then having to use my trousers as a pillow, which isn't very comfy under yer 'ed at all really.

18/08/2011 at 16:34
My plan assuming this play.com pillow is the lower of the two stated weights is to use it on top of my fleece - I'm a side sleeper so prefer a high pillow if I can get one, so a small pillow on some clothing should do the job.
18/08/2011 at 16:43
Real men don't need pillows, pillows are for wimps.
18/08/2011 at 18:40

Older men need pillows, masterluke.  Wear and tear, and arthitic growths on the spine tend to mean that neck support is increasingly useful.

Hopefully, you'll be old enough one day to appreciate a good pillow...

18/08/2011 at 22:07
Even young'uns like me - I don't need one per-se but I sleep much better that way, so a little extra weight is well worth a good night's sleep in my book.
19/08/2011 at 09:12
i agree
19/08/2011 at 17:15
I tried the Ajungilak inflatable pillow but despite the thick yellow custard towelling covering and enormous price, the thick heavy plastic inside is very SWEATY. It made my head boil.

I now have the Poundland pillow which is much better.

I sometimes use my tent's bag, which is a useful french bolster shape, filled with spare clothes but since that is also sweaty I wrap my walking shirt around it, which thus doubles as a luxury poly-cotton pillow slip, while I sleep in my merino. Once all that is done, I don't usually have much in the way of spare clothes left to stuff the tent bag, so then have to revert to plan A - the Poundland Pillow.

The Poundland pillow is about half the weight of the Ajungilak. I feel a twat for every having bought the Ajungilak which is expensive, heavy and hot.

I'll sell it on the classified forum if anyone is tempted!
19/08/2011 at 17:27
24/08/2011 at 21:30

Play.com £4 pillow update:

Its real weight on my digital scales is 170g, it's machine washable at 30C and is an actual real pillow! 

In the stuff sack with an MSR Pocket Rocket case and a coaster for scale:


http://i.imgur.com/RM8Or.jpg



And out of the stuff sack:

http://i.imgur.com/gMwct.jpg


It's a bit of a bugger to get back in the bag, pardon my french, but otherwise seems a bit of a bargain for the money. I've never been able to get on with inflatable pillows so this looks like just the job.

Edited: 24/08/2011 at 21:32
24/08/2011 at 21:38
looks great for the price!
27/04/2012 at 21:57
Did you find the holy grail yet bedders. ?

Include a little history in your walks. Pecsaetan - Ancient Derbyshire, Staffordshire and South Yorkshire - http://pecsaetan.weebly.com/

27/04/2012 at 22:40

Going through my options once again i think i may have found my perfect solution, the cheapo (but good) Decathlon down jacket i mentioned elsewhere earlier.

I've always stuffed into the same drysack i use for my down bag so completely forgot about it's "stuff sack".

 

http://i49.tinypic.com/10xx1s3.jpg

It's 35 x 25cm with 15cm of (initial) loft and the stuff sack weighs  27gr, so leaving my "luxury" pillow at home i'll be saving 198gr plus a bit of pack space.

I carry it anyway for summer nights round camp and to use in winter to boost my sleeping bag. 

I guess i'll have to sleep on it tonight for experiments sake.


Include a little history in your walks. Pecsaetan - Ancient Derbyshire, Staffordshire and South Yorkshire - http://pecsaetan.weebly.com/

28/04/2012 at 00:45
I made a stuff sack with a fleece panel on the inside, turn it inside out and stuff it with a few clothes and it's good to go.
28/04/2012 at 08:21

Stuff spare clothes in stuff sac or inside a spare top.  Usually have something down in winter so extra comfort there.

Haven't read the whole thing so sorry if mentioned already - Is it maybe that so many folks are now using thick airbeds (& in winter often on top of another mat) that the pillow thing is an issue?   I guess if you're going to make like the princess & the pea you could use your boots or rucsac under a pillow to give it a height boost.  When we car camp we sometimes use a double side thermarest clone that is extra thick & I have to boost my pillow with a holdall or somesuch.  Works fine.

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