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    New Member Jammmin's Avatar
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    So what's the best pillow?

    I been using a Western Mountaineering down pillow that keeps disappearing under me every time I sit up or move . What's your best solution to this?
    Thanks!
    Jammmin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jammmin View Post
    I been using a Western Mountaineering down pillow that keeps disappearing under me every time I sit up or move . What's your best solution to this?
    Thanks!
    Jammmin
    I use velcro to my head
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    or tie a string to the pillow and then to the little loppy think at the head of my hammock
    NX150
    You see paying extra for the clark has it's advantages
    who else offers a pull up loppy thingy

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    ahe cub =/ bear pillow - prussik on the ridgeline to tether the supplied mitten hook/shock cord

    "the one that started it all"
    thanks paul!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rip waverly View Post
    ahe cub =/ bear pillow - prussik on the ridgeline to tether the supplied mitten hook/shock cord

    "the one that started it all"
    thanks paul!
    That's the one!!!!^^^^^^
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    I'm partial to inflatable pillows. Montbell is my favorite because it keeps a flat, rectangular shape when inflated, not a round balloon shape. It has tie-outs for connecting it to the ridgeline.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MAD777 View Post
    I'm partial to inflatable pillows. Montbell is my favorite because it keeps a flat, rectangular shape when inflated, not a round balloon shape. It has tie-outs for connecting it to the ridgeline.
    +1 on inflatable pillows. I use one of those cheap inflatable neck pillows that you find in the airplane travel section of Wally World. I am a full timer and use that pillow every night. It stays in place and when I sleep on my side I turn the horseshoe pointing upwards to the head end of my hammock and it gives thicker support like a normal pillow. I usually keep mine about 2/3 inflated. It works great for hiking and camping too because it deflates for stowing and weighs very little.

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    I'm thinking something small, about 12"x16" and about an inch thick. I've tried bedroom pillows, couch pillows, chair pillows, coats, you name it, and they always end up on the ground or under my back. I might even find my sweet spot and velcro the darn thing down.

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    I use my platypus water bottles. Just fill them up 1/2 way with air and put them in a stuff sack... makes a great pillow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by samsara View Post
    +1 on inflatable pillows. I use one of those cheap inflatable neck pillows that you find in the airplane travel section of Wally World. I am a full timer and use that pillow every night. It stays in place and when I sleep on my side I turn the horseshoe pointing upwards to the head end of my hammock and it gives thicker support like a normal pillow. I usually keep mine about 2/3 inflated. It works great for hiking and camping too because it deflates for stowing and weighs very little.

    Dave
    That is what I use, and about 2/3 full as well. Fully inflated=pain in the neck.
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    My forum name is Fish<><; I'm in the navy; and I hate sleeping on the ground. If I didn't need ground to walk on or measure resistance to, I think I could happily give it up.

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    I use the same pillow mentioned by samsara & Fish in the same way.
    Most of us end up poorer here but richer for being here. Olddog, Fulltime hammocker, 365 nights a year.

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