Thermarest Question

Bernie Hughes said:

Same here. You could put your hat on, assuming you'd brought it with you...

In cold weather I would.

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Bernie Hughes said:

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There's a Thermarest accessory consisting of straps which turns the standard into a comfortable
chair. One of the great hits of last camping exped with wife. Don't know if works on 3/4 version.

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I use one of these 'chairs' for car camping though I'd never take it backpacking. It's excellent
for sitting reading, or trying not to fill your sleeping bag with soup.

Never tried it for that.

"What on earth are you trying to do?"

"I'm trying not to fill my sleeping bag with soup."

"Here, try this. According to urw its really excellent at not filling the bag with soup."

But *how* do you use it for this odd purpose?

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I use one of these 'chairs' for car camping though I'd never take it backpacking. It's excellent
for sitting reading, or trying not to fill your sleeping bag with soup.

Never tried it for that.

"What on earth are you trying to do?"

"I'm trying not to fill my sleeping bag with soup."

"Here, try this. According to urw its really excellent at not filling the bag with soup."

But *how* do you use it for this odd purpose?

ROFL!!! Cloth!! Quick!
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Paul Saunders said:

Hmm... You've got to be different, haven't you?

I do my best 🙂 There were 6 of us, the only 2 to get any sleep were those with thermarests. The
rest had karrimats and suffered.

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Chris Street said:

Bugger. I've just got back from there!

LOL! No problem.

If you are still looking Paul a link from another thread might be of interest:

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3/4 UL = £40

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If you are still looking Paul a link from another thread might be of
interest:

ultimateoutdoors.co.ukthermarest.htmlOpen ↗

3/4 UL = £40

Thanks for the link but I've decided on the full length Ultralite and they don't seem to list that.

I haven't commited myself to a purchase yet, when are these sales likely to end? End of Jan?

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Paul Saunders said:

Chris Malcolm wrote:

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There's a Thermarest accessory consisting of straps which turns the standard into a comfortable
chair. One of the great hits of last camping exped with wife. Don't know if works on 3/4 version.

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Does it work with the ultralite?

Suspect it'll work with anything the same rectangular size.

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How heavy is it?

As heavy as a couple of stiffening sticks and some light webbing straps.

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Chris Malcolm said:

"Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]> writes:

[t-rest chair]

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Does it work with the ultralite?

Suspect it'll work with anything the same rectangular size.

It does work with Ultralites. Mine's a full length, but a 3/4 should be =

fine. You just have a single layer over the back rest area rather than=20 simply folding the whole
mat in two.

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How heavy is it?

As heavy as a couple of stiffening sticks and some light webbing straps=

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Note that there are two sorts, the original and subsequent "lite"=20 version. The original is more
expensive and heavier, the extra trick=20 being you can keep the chair kit on when it's deployed for
sleeping=20 which you can't do with the lighter one. Frankly a rather spurious=20 reason given the
extra cost and weight, and I wouldn't bother. The=20 "lite" chair kit is about =A320, and if (like
me) you find sitting on the=
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ground with no back rest for any length of time is rather uncomfortable=20 then it's *highly*
recommended.

A bit like T-rests themselves, these were in my "only for people with=20 more money than sense"
category. Until I tried one!

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Steve Jones said:

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What? Carry water? I never carry any water when backpacking.

I used to be like that, but I like to camp out on the tops and have learned the hard way.

True, but I tend to avoid camping on tops when the weather is dry. At other times of year it's
possible to find streams quite high up, right on the edge of ridges (sometimes draining from bogs,
other times from springs). I generally like to camp by a stream to save hassle.

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2. October last year finding the Black Mountains almost devoid of water and having to walk over
two miles to the main feeder stream of the Gwyrne Resr to refil my bottle. Then during the
night it pi**ed down, leaving huge puddles right outside my tent - Sod's Law!

Just northwest of that is Y Das, I've camped there and there's a stream nearby which has provided
water even on a hot August weekend when I ended up suffering from sunburn. If you look closely at
the 25k maps of that area you'll notice that there are a lot of springs about, same throughout
the Beacons.

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Starting to climb steeply and realising that the streams I was relying on were'nt there.

That's happened to me too.

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Anyway, moral of the tale for me is when you see a chance to refil your bottle, take it.

My moral is to plan the camping trip to include streams, being aware that the high blue lines on the
map are often dry in the summer.

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in summer I sometimes don't bother with a tent at all, just a bivi bag.

I used to as well, but midges

My bivi has midge netting.

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and the prospect of cooking in the rain,

I'd take a tent if it was likely to rain. I take a bivi when it's almost certain not to.

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coupled with the fact that an Akto weighs almost the same as a bivvy swung me in favour of
the tent.

Well not quite, but I agree that a very light tent is far preferable to a bivi. A bivi is good for
very rough ground where it's difficult to pitch a tent.

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Well not quite, but I agree that a very light tent is far preferable to a bivi. A bivi is good for
very rough ground where it's difficult to pitch a tent.

Paul

Cant say that I disagree with anything you say Paul, but as a frequent poster, I think one of your
carrier pigeons has had its day. 4 weeks to get a reply posted! May I suggest that you retire that
particular bird (preferably marinade overnight before laying it to rest in a nice bed of pastry
crust, with minted potatoes & fresh peas). Mmmm

Steve Jones

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4 weeks to get a reply posted!

Backlog.

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Paul Saunders said:

Backlog.

Whatever you do don't treat it with vaseline

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Paul Saunders said:

Backlog.

Whatever you do don't treat it with vaseline

LOL/groan.
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