Sleeping pad

redhawk · 10-21-2006, 04:40 PM

I store it on top of my sleeping bag with the valve open. I only fold it or roll it when packing for a trip.

I wipe it down with a mild soap solution as needed.

JJW · 10-22-2006, 06:50 PM

My routine:
Storing;
Un-rolled with valve left open

Camping;
I carry a patch kit

I un-roll my self-inflator pad and sleeping bag as soon as possible.

Then just before hitting the sack I may add a little extra air to the pad.

Regards, JJW

fingerlakeshiker · 06-15-2008, 09:34 PM

I kep my pad unrolled and the valve open.

Sean B · 09-14-2008, 09:55 PM

the prolite 4 is stored unrolled with valve open.

the Big Agnes IAC is stored semi-inflated (super soft) with the valve closed. since this isn't a self-inflate variety, if I store it with the valve open, it just goes flat which I feel may compress the insulating fill.

10-21-2006, 04:40 PM	#1
redhawk Senior Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In My Memories Posts: 10,931	Sleeping pad I store it on top of my sleeping bag with the valve open. I only fold it or roll it when packing for a trip. I wipe it down with a mild soap solution as needed. __________________ "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

09-14-2008, 09:55 PM	#4
Sean B Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Schenectady, NY Posts: 12	the prolite 4 is stored unrolled with valve open. the Big Agnes IAC is stored semi-inflated (super soft) with the valve closed. since this isn't a self-inflate variety, if I store it with the valve open, it just goes flat which I feel may compress the insulating fill. __________________ Live each day as if it were your last.... because one day, it WILL be

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10-22-2006, 06:50 PM	#2
JJW Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: near Rochester NY Posts: 282	My routine: Storing; Un-rolled with valve left open Camping; I carry a patch kit I un-roll my self-inflator pad and sleeping bag as soon as possible. Then just before hitting the sack I may add a little extra air to the pad. Regards, JJW

06-15-2008, 09:34 PM	#3
fingerlakeshiker Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Auburn N.Y. Posts: 143	I kep my pad unrolled and the valve open.

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