The Best Sleep System for Backpacking & Camping
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2023
- This is the Best Sleep System for Camping.
I hate to admit it but unless I’m car camping I sleep terrible in a tent, that was until I tried a new sleep system.
It starts with my sleeping pad. I use the @thermarest Women’s Backpacking Lite pad as it’s lightweight and still thick enough to keep me from feeling the ground.
I Pair it with my inflatable pillow and stuff that into a @Rumpl stuff sack for an at home feel.
One of my favorite items is my sleeping bag liner which as a cold sleeper has been a real game changer, I use the silk and cotton sleeping bag liner from @Seatosummit which keeps me from sweating and provides some extra warmth when I need it. It also packs down to the size of a handkerchief and I carry it even when I travel for sleeping in mountain huts or hostels.
Then I tuck the bottom of my sleeping pad and my sheet into my @outdoorvitals top quilt which keeps me from falling off my sleeping pad, gives me more movement in my upper body and is super warm. This Quilt can also be used in a hammock or anywhere else you may have used a sleeping bag before.
This system has changed how I sleep in a tent completely, Instead of freezing or sweating to death I am now warm, cozy and actually get some shut eye.
My sleep system is much easier! I just climb into my king size bed and pull a cover up to my chest. I lay my head on a round rice filled pillow and close my eyes.
Much easier to live your life on the internet e’?
@@domotime19 I wouldn’t know, as I work 18 hours a day, but I guess you would know.
My thoughts exactly
@@domotime19So because we like to sleep at home that means we live on the internet? 😂. Your so edgy
@@Thekoryostribe yes
Its hard to believe the thickness of that sleeping pad is enough to stop you from feeling that rock your sleeping on
It’s an ultralight pad. As long as you’ don’t sleep on your side it’s plenty thick enough but I’m certainly going to teta out some others
Your and you're are different words with different meanings. Congratulations, you failed second grade English.
I'm watching this as I sleep in my ICS (improved Combat Shelter) tent, my US Military Sleeping pad, a wiggy's sleep system, and to make it just perfect I'm listening to the thunder, and watching the lightning through the mesh fly. Awesome! 😃
Sounds like an exciting nightb
Wiggys is the best !!!
poncho>ICS change my mind
You aren't using a woobie? Doesn't count.
@@AliceFordAdventures😊😊k
Edit: Read the comments and decide for yourself whether you'll ruin your quilt by doing the following. I hear you, commenters. Please stop repeating info lol 🖤
Original Post: I’m such an idiot…. I spent 5 months backpacking, and literally just realized my quilt was supposed to wrap around my sleeping pad 🤦♀️😂 Thanks I guess!
Not necessarily.
It isn't supposed to
It makes sense though. When I would roll over, there would be an open slit letting cold air in. This just seems more secure
@mirandaarango5140 she's only putting the pad in her footbox. That won't keep it from drafting. Pad straps will keep it tucked around you. Also a feature with UGQ quilts will minimize drafts.
She’s probably trying to shed weight by using a quilt. Could be much easier by using a UL sleeping pad that keeps you much warmer and more comfy
Going hiking for the first time next month. These videos are helping me be ready. We will see!
It's how I roll too. The Silk bag liner weighs almost nothing, is warm and helps keep the bag/quilt clean.
Yes that’s what I love too
Total game changer people total!
I never could sleep well in a mummy bag. Always felt to confining. Plus where I live it is summer 9 months out of the year, so even a light weight one is to hot. I always preferred my old rolled up Coleman bag and an old bed sheet.
Well yeah... why even buy one if it isn't cold where you're camping? 😅
A sleeping pad, liner, pillow and quilt. Groundbreaking stuff here
yea but its a woman so she will have 500k subs for this content
Good to know 😊. Great view by the way!!
Maybe try sleeping at night! That usually makes my sleep way better!
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Down quilts are amazing. I think you would love a thicker pad. I have the one you show in the video and have not used it in years. There are some great options available. Once you try the newer 3in pads its heaven.
Thank you so much I’m sure I would love a thicker pad too
Try the nemo tensor
@@The_real_dennis…the Insulated one. 25” wide = best nights sleep on the ground in the backcountry.
@@Jesse-xu6wx yes I can agree
@@Jesse-xu6wx25” wide pads are a must. Especially for guys with very broad shoulders!
There is something so cozy about car camping. I did it in my CRV and it was wonderful. Wish I'd seen your video before though. It was in the winter during a long road trip and the chill kept getting thru to me. Camping gear would have been the game changer!!! 😊❤
Havw you tried sleeping in the tent for added rain protection? Its right next to you,might as well!
And bugs
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You are hilarious! Obviously she sleeps in the tent. This videos was to demonstrate what she sleeps on in her tent. 🤣 😂
You can use a car window antifreeze shield to lay under your pad. It works a body heat reflector and is very lightweight. I have one that doesn't crack and has this extra soft layer. It gives some extra isolation. I use it in my hammock under my pad too.
Great tip
I always just open my sleeping bag and use it as quilt. But I am immune to the cold.
That's what I do too 😅 and if it gets cold I just tuck my feet into the little pocket
At that altitude I’m using my Xtherm, well insulated for a more comfortable surface. However, to each their own.
Good to know I’ll look up the Xtherm too
Tucking your pad into your quilt… I’m gonna have to try that!
I have an Enlightened Equipment quilt and it has several straps you can wrap around your sleeping pad to ensure it stays in place.
Each to their own, but it just looks such hard work. Really hard work and who wants that??
Reading through the comments and it seems like alice dont appreciate anything but fake love. You go girl! Please do cooking help videos next, i cannot feed myself unless you tell me how to!!
My best sleeping bag is a liner, a summer sleeping bag and a winter sleeping bag all 3 together
Ha well that’s got to take up some room in your pack
That’s the military’s 3 piece sleep system, liner, patrol bag, winter bag.
Absolutely using a good liner as sheeting paired with modern quilt is a game changer. Because of age and cumulative injury to my spine and shoulders, I need an inflatable pad, but the idea is the same. Except winter camping. Still use conventional mummy.
This year I plan to do more winter camping so far my winter experiences have been high alpine on glaciers or snow where weight is really important. On Chimborazo I had two sleeping bags !!
Love that tent
I’m not embarrassed to admit that I sometimes thank my bed for being so wonderful.
I have a zenbivy same idea, love it!
I've used various air mattresses since the '70s, never found one that held air.
Ironically, I used them hitch hiking the Western states & Canada, old style rubber with fabric cover, screw on metal valve. They worked great, but heavy. Never leaked, but came with a bicycle patch kit.
I don’t use a sleeping bag at all but what I do use are 1-Sea to Summit liner and Sol Bivvy sack to reflect body heat and is waterproof. The Bivvy breathes well too and the combo is small and lightweight.
When I camp I take a tent with wood stove, 9 bales of hay, which I bungee cord together ( each one placed on the ground on its side - so to be as high off the ground as possible)
I cover this with a gel pad so no hay pokes me in the butt while sleeping...then I put my 18 inch feather bed, then my silk sheets, then my feather blankets and pillows ( all my bedding fits in a space bag - which is super flat and easy to pack ) I bring a tablet with power banks and enough movies for rainy days...
I worked for a hatchery, spent 10 months a year in the forest of bc Canada with bears and cougar - ( fall, winter, spring and 1 month of summer) - 15 years...
Oh and I bring my cat...he goes everywhere with me😊
Wowww... that looks sooo comfortable 👏
I can attest to to the Outdoor Vitals top quilt. I use one for my hammock. Works great.
That’s awesome
I also recently got a sleeping pad liner/ sheet thing and it really is a game changer. My sleeping pad has like a plastic texture and it makes me slip and slide all night. The liner/ sheet adds fraction so I actually stay in place. That Plus a camp pillow and I sleep like a baby on trail now.
Do you know how I get that at home sleeping feel…???
I sleep at home 😂
This is so clever. This video is so interesting. Never heard of a sleeping pad, liner, pillow and quilt before
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What have you heard of? 😂
You’re like me and sleep standing up! 🗿
I LOVE my Sea to Summit sleaping bag liner! I don't have to carry such a heavy sleeping bag! 🙏😇🤗🦋❤️❣️
Yes it’s such a great addition
Oh look a shiny bear burrito 🤤 lol
I'm saving this video for things to buy 4 my bug out things 😍😉😊👆❤️🔥💯‼️
Now you have holes in the sleeping bag from all the rocks and you wake up with spiders crawling in your ear because you’re not in your tent.
Love this!
Good to place closed cell pad underneath your air pad for higher r-value. Looks like it would serve you best on that granite slab and altitude.
I didn’t sleep on the rocks I slept in my tent. But can’t really showcase the system inside the tent. Merely a show and tell, but thanks for the advice.
Why would you need another closed cell foam pad? Its not like she’s using a thermarest uberlight lmao. She’s actually using a winter pad so R value is hardly an issue.
Yes, only added feature I use if a bevy sack. Keeps the rain or morning dew off.
A few things about Sea to Summit. I have 4 Sea to Summit big river dry bags and all of them had the seams fall apart within three months. The same with my four light weight dry bags. Finally, the icing on the cake is my Sea to Summit Spark sleeping bag with half of its seams and thread completely busted and falling out. It’s day 200 of waiting for a warranty response and a trash bag is outperforming everything Sea to Summit has ever made.
Oh no that’s terrible. I just tossed an Earthpak dry bag after its first trip. I really like my camping accessories from SS but have never tried their sleeping bags
And here is me in a cosy bed 🤦♀️
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I'm the exact opposite, I haven't slept in a bed in a year, the hardest place for me to sleep is in my bedroom, I've spent about 3 months of this year sleeping in a tent in my back garden and the best night sleep I've had was wearing a t-shirt in my conservatory on a deck chair when it was 8 degrees celsius.
Damn bro what are you even paying rent for lol
Last winter it got -30F er so on some occasion... I had a tent about that size, wrapped it up with insolation and my body heat alone in there kept my breath clear. Also, no dew forms inside - bonus.
Yikes that is extremely cold. Where do you live?
I'd recommend sleeping at night. Looks like sleep would be challenging with sunglasses and sun right in face. Just a thought.
Currently on an air bed which I find v comfy
Be Safe Out There ✌
Unless it starts to rain on you
I’ve never slept well till I swapped my sleeping bag for a snug pack hammock quilt. As I type I’m in a basha on a military training area in just my inflatable roll mat and my hammock quilt. Lush
The big question: is there any way to prevent condensation inside the tent?
Stay safe and blessed travels 😊🏔🌎⛺️
Yes and bears love the taste
I would've started with putting socks on😂
I had a Marmot tent like that and the wind destroyed it overnight. Less than 2 lbs but $550. Thankfully Marmot gave me credit.
That’s nice of them. Strong winds can destroy any tent unfortunately. Glad they credited for you
I had a vango force ten ridge tent from 1985 to 2002. It had canvas inner and nylon fly sheet and weighed 3.5 kilo. A down minus 26c sleeping bag but i prepared for snow and high altitude so a terra nova quasar was the latesg tent but it was hot in 10c or above so i had to open it for ventilation. Great for scotland or whers its very cold and wdt like in winter. The problem is weight v food and staying dry, and warm. Its hard to keep below 20kg even if you carry minimum and goretex, and tiny cooking stuff. Good planning is vital and often less is more especially treking around himalayas for example.. Its hard to plan even with experience as you often dont know what to expect and the tiny rocket type wood stove is great as you dont need to carry or get gas, petrol or kero. Thats much weight especially if you need to carry water. If you can find dehydrated foods like noodles, pasta its good as its light and cooks fast but things like veg is heavy. A bivvy bag is good, ex army as are good army surplus ex german army paratrooper boots. As you can see im old school travelling over 40 years on a shoestring. Now im old i cant carry 20kg far anymore especially uphill. A good pack is essential if you walk as are dry windproof clothes. I experienced temp down to minus 20c in jan 2012 in the indian himalayan foothills in the coldest weather in over 200 years in kumaon. I rarely am using heating in london at the moment.. Its 4c indoors but dry and i have warm clothes i wear indoors and im 63.. I suppose old survival habits stay with some of us and in 1997 and earlier id go to india pakistan in the mountains for 11 weeks for £500 plus visa cost. So £180 would have to cover food, travel, departure tax which was such a struggle. Id eat local thali and rice, save money making my own drinks, yes thats how you get the ugh money even at 5 ruppees a glass over a week its easily £10 or £100 over 10 weeks so a multi fuel or kerosene stove, very small aluminium indian pressure cooker of 1.5 litre. Saves fuel too, cheap to eat, good stomach and healthy food, vegatarian then. Cheap busses or travel on indian trains 2nd class sleeper saved a night hotel bills but often id hitch a lorry and pay the driver and they woulduse the money for a meal and some cigarettes.
Yeah, well I stay home and sleep in my bed and sleep quite comfortably. My days of sleeping on the ground. I hope our over.😂😂😂😂
Lol
I have a max rectangle Thermarest which has the highest rating for a sleep pad at 6.5, and has silver inside to protect against conduction. It inflates to 2.5 inches, so protects against lumpy ground and takes about three minutes to inflate and deflate with a pump that doubles as a tent light. I have a Cloud Peak 2 tent, and a winter sleeping bag rated to -10 comfort rating. I also have a gorgeous pillow that has elastic to prevent it moving. I can't imagine you are warm with a tent that doesn't have an outer, a barely inflated mat and a quilt that will leave you exposed to drafts. But if it works for you in mountains with snow on the ground, that's fine. Everybody's different.
That sounds like an awesome sleeping pod. Do you know how much it weighs and how much space it takes up does it back down to pretty small? I took the rain fly off my tent to film this video. I don’t normally sleep with it off in the mountains.
Most modern inflatable sleeping pads these days pack down to the size of a water bottle and weight less than a pound. Highly recommend.@@AliceFordAdventures
hi, could you give me the name or model of your tent please? looks nice thx
Sleeping pad?
Looks like Therm-a-Rest prolite plus?
Yeah, you're on your own with that
What tent is that? I love the openness of my MSR but that definitely has more visibility
Nice.
I couldn't handle my silk liner I swapped to loose cotton pyjama pants works way better and nice to change into them early to chill at camp
I could never get a good nights sleep on the ground, always tossing and turning through the night. It wasn’t until I tried an 11 ft hammock that my sleep life changed forever. For me it’s more comfortable than a bed and now I’m sleeping in a hammock every night at home. Obviously can’t use it above tree line but yeah
That’s awesome. I have a few hammocks. Sadly I’m often in places that you can’t find any trees
Trying to stay warm? Cashmere sweaters are amazing. I have a couple very thin ones & it's amazing how warm they are. I heard cashmere pants are super warm too.
I had a one thin cashmere sweater turtleneck, really thin and slim sized, i used to wear it to school, i remember being so hot that i didnt need my jacket at all, and jt was freezing temperatures way below zero. Kashmere is the real winter deal.
I always feel iffy using a cotton liner, but the liners make it sooo much more comfortable
The one I use is cotton and silk I have another one that’s all silk I use in the winter as it’s a little warmer
@@AliceFordAdventures I really enjoy the sea to summit reactor liners, very comfortable for being synthetic. Thanks for the reply!
@@yeetusfeetus4280 I use Sea to Summit too but haven't tried the synthetic ones.
@@AliceFordAdventures they're well worth it in my opinion, but I sleep cold and the pnw gets cold-ish in the winter
How do you keep the sleep sack from bunching up and wrapping around you when you turnnover
Advice for side sleepers? I hate my feet being pushed together by those mummy bags.
That’s why I don’t use a mummy bag this quilt allows you to have more space near your knees. Make sure you get a thicker pad if you sleep on your side
My zenbivy quilt is amazing
I’ve heard great things about that one. Hopefully will try it out soon
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, Amazing!
Pad in sleeping bag....
Brilliant!
I wouldn’t recommend doing this, especially if you are sleeping on rocks like in the video. The rocks will tear apart your quilt. Get pad straps instead of this dumb hack
I sleep inside my truck to avoid being eaten by lions when I’m at the mine
Lots of places don’t have access for cars but I’d certainly sleep in my car in lion territory too
@@AliceFordAdventures I’ll subscribe , I want to keep learning , keep posting
You need me in there with you. Together we will make though the night🎶🎶
Im a side sleeper, I can't fathom how the thin mattress is comfortable.
It’s really not but it bears the ground, I’m a side sleeper too. Trying out a bunch of small and lightweight mattresses is my next test
Sure, you slept THERE and it was comfortable. Thanks for the commercial.
Any time!
What's the temperature variance you're dealing with ?
Sleep system is one place to splurge on. If you’re miserable at night you’ll have a horrible trip. Get a good pad like a Nemo tensor or the BA rapide sl. Cheaper pads make too much noise and don’t have the same thickness for comfort. Quilts are great for comfort since you can roll around especially if you get a wide pad. And for a pillow I can’t do the stuff sack these days. Get a good pillow like the thermarest compressible pillow or the Nemo fillo.
I notice that my tensor is pretty loud but packs so small
Always remember:
Conduction, Convection, Moisture
On cold nights, I bring my inflatable mattress (120/190cm, big guy here😅) and my sleeping bag, and on normal nights, I ditch the mattress and just lay on my sleeping bag... And my neck hates pillows.
Any links for the products mentioned?
Make sure you get a high quality sleeping pad for cold weather. You need about 3 times amount of insulation on the bottom than you have on top. $150 for a quality sleeping pad
Which 1P tent brand and model is this tent? BA or Nemo?
Missed the tent for bug protection 😂
The best for you...
Umm, I had the same system 30 years ago up in the Artic. It works most groovy.
I can’t believe I didn’t know about it sooner
What tent is that? Looks great. I have a macpac ultralight and wouldn’t recommend. Super dewy no matter where I pitch and isn’t free standing. Yours looks neat
My tent is the Outdoor Vitals Dominion 1 person it worked great I would usually leave the rain fly out in the afternoon to dry if it was wet on the am but was never wet inside from dew
@@AliceFordAdventures wicked thanks!
Cool
I've been following your hikes for a while Alice and you have a lot of wise advice.
Thank you so much
How do you keep pad and sleeping bag from ripping or tearing if you sleep straight on the ground?
You sleep in your tent. I just couldn’t film inside my tent to show you my set up
So like every system 🤔
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Question: what stops the quilt / sleeping bag from ripping on the rocks (the bit near your feet that is rolled under) or is it that I just don't have a good enough quality quilt? thanks
I don't sleep on the rocks, i sleep in my tent. This was merely to show you what I do, I couldn't be in my tent and show that.
Woah don’t do that with ur foot box. The abrasion from being on the ground all night will wear down the fabric. It’s not designed to do that and thus probably won’t last very long if you do. Just get some pad straps, they work better at reducing drafts and are more versatile.
Sea to summit pads will change your life
What tent is that? Looks pretty lightweight and free standing for rocky conditions
It’s the Outdoor Vitals Dominion 1 person tent
(Goes camping) Oh man, I feel like I forgot something… Oh ya, my house.
I just bring my Sertafoam mattress.
Hi Alice 👋 Thank you, appreciate you, stay safe and take care my friend 🙏
That may work if you're a back sleeper - but believe me, if you're a side sleeper you'll just bruise your hips. I'm talking from 50 years of experience here...
What tent is that ?
Your ***** is game changer 😂😂😂😂
a pint of whiskey helps too. Lol
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Sounds like a right carry on , if you ask me , which you didnt . A good sleeping bag will do , and dont sleep on bare rock . Happy to help . 🙄