My Hammock Stuff Sack/Pillow Combo

[headchange4u]

Here's an idea I came up with while sewing some straps tonight. Don't laugh.:p :D

I present to you the silnylon-fleece-lined-hammock-stuff-sack-pillow-combo. I call it SFLHSSPC for short. Catchy name, huh?

What I did was sew a fleece liner into a silnylon stuff sack. With the silnylon side out it operates as a water resistant stuff sack for my Speer-style hammock:

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Call me a wussy if you want, but I like having a pillow at night. After setting up camp simply turn sack inside out, stuff with clothing, empty gear bags,etc, and I have a fleece pillow on which to rest my head at night:

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I have thought of other uses. I use a Press-Bot (http://www.press-bot.com/) to make coffe while camping. I have been looking for something to help keep my coffee warmer for longer. Enter the SFLHSSPC. You could also fill a Nalgene bottle with hot water and insert it into the SFLHSSPC, fleece side out, for a bag warmer on those cold nights. It would also function as cozy for your meals.

It came out a little smaller than I had planned. I used a 12x12 piece of fleece and a 12x16 piece of silnylon and made a basic stuff sack, folding over the top for a cord. I am going to make one big enough to hold a hammock, straps, and biners next.

[blackbishop351]

Sweet! Kinda like the Thermarest stuff sack I looked at a while ago. I like having my hammock sack attached to the hammock - and my underquilt will go in there too - but I might make one of those for my overquilt or my clothes bag...

Nice job!

[Just Jeff]

That's a great project. I found a ThermaRest bag like that at the REI member sale a while back...definitely worth the extra weight in my pack. I use it for clothes during the day. If I'm wearing all of my clothes at night I'll put my soft-sided Nalgene in there for a pillow.

[ShakeyLeggs]

Nice idea. The more I read about everyones homemade gear the more I got to get me a sewing machine. I just wish i could get to the bottom of my gear buying list quicker. The sewing machine is at the bottom:mad:

[Just Jeff]

Move the machine to the top and you'll get to the rest of your list much cheaper. And maybe even quicker.

[ShakeyLeggs]

Move the machine to the top and you'll get to the rest of your list much cheaper. And maybe even quicker.
I have been thinking the same thing. And I prolly will get it real soon.

[stevebo]

great idea! Im guessing the fleece would wick any moisture away?:confused:

[Just Jeff]

Not sure about all the moisture but I never have a problem with it on my thermarest version.

[JohnSawyer]

That sure beats my Climashield hot/cold pillow... One side is cool nylon, the other warm fleece... It's a unitasker. It might get replaced...

[flatline]

brilliant!

[dejoha]

Great idea! I made a similar bag -- just a long tube -- out of fleece. I like having something around my neck in a hammock with a little to rest my head on the side. The fleece works great.