Noticing all the inflatable pillows at the lake campsites now.

We used to just roll up a jacket. It's wild how a little comfort has become standard gear.

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My old sleeping bag stuff sack filled with a fleece worked for years. I mean, it was basically a firm pillow and saved packing a separate thing. Still do that sometimes if I'm trying to keep my pack light.

hannaht915d ago

Tried the stuff sack trick exactly once and woke up with what felt like a bag of rocks under my head. My own fault for using a rain shell and a pair of socks, I guess. Now I'm that person with the tiny inflatable one, fully converted to the comfort cult after a few bad nights. The line between toughing it out and just being stupid got real clear somewhere around age thirty.