I have a end-zip rab bivy bag and have lost track of the number of times I have woken up to find whatever I'd been using as a pillow has escaped in the night. Annoying if it's an inflatable pillow, properly annoying if it's a down jacket which is now soaking wet.
Had a very quick sewing machine crash course from my other half and knocked this up before heading out for BAM on the Norfolk coast.
Basically a long strip of material folded twice and sewn together. One of the folds was sewn up to make a pocket.
You slide it over your mat then stuff your jacket in the pocket. And it's still there in the morning.
Doesn't look too flash, but worked a treat and only took 10min to bodge together from a bit of old tent inner.
I use a jagbags silk liner under my quilt. Super comfy, makes it like a real bed and has a pillow slot.
Probably 150g you may not want to carry but I love it. Worth it for a good nights sleep in my case.
In the spirit of 'double uses' I zip up my thin fleece, slide it down over the mat, then shove the pillow inside the fleece. No piccy cos photofucket has done the dirty on us.
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - WW
