hammock pillow

**Rushthezeppelin** · 03-31-2009, 12:53

Originally Posted by froldt

I've got a small travel pillow that I picked up at WalMart for about $3.

I use that pillow as well.....just throw it in the bottom of my sack and it compresses to almost nothing.

**stretch** · 03-31-2009, 12:56

Originally Posted by Rushthezeppelin

I use that pillow as well.....just throw it in the bottom of my sack and it compresses to almost nothing.

Where abouts in walmart did you find that?

**fin** · 03-31-2009, 12:58

I picked up one of those neck pillows that you can blow up, brand new, for $1 in a clearance bin. I love that thing. I never lose it in the middle of the night if I move around in the hammock, and keeps the neck warm in cooler weather camping. For summer use, I also have a $3 travel pillow that compresses down to nothing, but sometimes wake up wondering how it got down to the middle of my back.

**TeeDee** · 03-31-2009, 15:10

I designed a Bridge Pillow that is part of my Bridge Hammocks. It weighs approximately 0.1 oz. A single piece of noseeum approximately 14"x12" hung from 2 corners and the sides. The position is adjustable and I can swap ends in a few seconds.

In really cold weather, I use one of those blow-up pillows underneath my Bridge Pillow as insulation for my head. If I sleep on my side, I can use the blow-up pillow between my bony knees.

In the future I'll use Organza instead of noseeum and save about 0.04 oz

I like it since I find it to be very comfortable and since it is part of the hammock, it is always just there in the perfect position for me and impossible to lose.

**Shug** · 03-31-2009, 16:11

Whew ... so you like, er, love a pillow huh? Heck-of-a first post.
I still an good with a stuffsack with a few items in it formed like an hourglass under my neck. I just want to be in the piney woods...... oonkula.

**Cannibal** · 03-31-2009, 16:20

Originally Posted by Shug

Whew ... so you like, er, love a pillow huh? Heck-of-a first post.

I'm beginning to wonder if it was some kind of drunken spam. Dude hasn't been here since he made the post.

**Shug** · 03-31-2009, 16:48

Originally Posted by Cannibal

I'm beginning to wonder if it was some kind of drunken spam. Dude hasn't been here since he made the post.

I concur Cannibal, I concur.........

**Javaman** · 03-31-2009, 19:57

I have and like this small inflatable:

http://www.rei.com/product/763637

Here's a store bought version of Shug's stuff sack pillow hanging down from the inside head end of a gathered-end hammock:

http://www.rei.com/product/763637

or

http://www.rei.com/product/781189 for a sil-nylon version.

I have to admit I found the hanging stuff sack less comfortable than my inflatable, possibly because of the sleep mechanics involved with using a pillow (sleep mechanics? Did I just make that up?).

**froldt** · 04-01-2009, 03:44

Originally Posted by Rushthezeppelin

I use that pillow as well.....just throw it in the bottom of my sack and it compresses to almost nothing.

I keep mine rolled up inside my sleeping pad. Don't have to worry about losing it, that way.

**amac** · 04-01-2009, 04:18

I've found that I absolutely don't like a pillow in a hammock. Since I'm laying on the diagonal, my head is near the edge where the hammock starts to curve up. I lay my head on the curl, voila, built-in pillow. As always, HYOH.