Pad Questions

[Scottymac]

I used a pad in my clark nx-150 for a couple of years before switching to an underquilt. In the clark it doesn't have much room to move, so it always stayed in the right place.

[diyguy]

I took some contact cement and glued a piece of grograin to my pad. From this grograin loop, I tie da piece of string onto the hammock suspension. This keeps the pad from sliding down in the middle of the night. This modification, coupled with wing pads, seems to work well for me.

[Exedore6]

I'm not sold on the Bridge Hammocks yet, and I almost made a double layer, until budget concerns pushed me to a single.

It's not directly related to the question but it might be relevant. I'm currently a relatively large mammal (which explains why I built my own, and used a pretty heavy nylon). It also might have something to do with the friction on the pad (both material-wise, and pressure wise)

If it ever stops raining up here, we'll see.

[HappyHiker]

CCF pads tend to "stick" pretty well. It's the inflatable pads with nylon surfaces that really skate around IME. Get a slight bend from the curvature of the hammock and they become practically spring loaded and ready to shoot out from under you

A little practice and you'll be placing your pad and entering your hammock with no issues.

[SnrMoment]

A Knotty Mod to your hammock will take care of the placement problem. Easy to do on a finished hammock with a couple of strips of grosgrain and some shock cords with cord locks. Put the holes in each end of the grosgrain, run the cord and add the lock for adjustment.

[Jayson]

Ya with practise you will know just the right angle for your pad. To help get someone to clip a clothes pin to the side of the hammock about where your feet are and your head. Maybe a little dot from a sharpie.