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Appreciation post: My buddy told me to skip the fancy sleeping pad and just use a closed-cell foam one
He said the inflatable one I wanted would just get a leak and leave me cold. I didn't listen and bought a $120 inflatable pad for a trip to the Sawtooths. Sure enough, it got a tiny puncture on night two and I spent the rest of the trip on the hard ground. I mean, it was so cold. I switched to a basic $40 foam pad after that and it's been solid for over a year now. Has anyone else had a piece of gear fail that made you go back to something simpler?
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kim.stella6d agoTop Commenter
Learned my lesson with a fancy stove that died, now I just eat cold beans like a sad, cold raccoon.
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ivan_schmidt6d ago
That "spent the rest of the trip on the hard ground" line hit me right in the soul. I did the same thing with a fancy water filter that clogged solid on day one. Went back to boiling water like a caveman and never looked back.
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