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Torso Length Pad Users – How do you deal with a soaked backpack?

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Mar 18, 2013 at 7:29 am #1300603

Craig Hensley
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@jchens
Locale: North GA

For folks that use a torso length pad for their upper body and put their pack under their legs, how do you deal with a rain soaked pack? What have you done to keep your quilt/bag and insulation reasonably dry?

I tried searching for a good answer to this, but I didn't have much luck. If you know of a thread I should read, please point me toward it. Thanks!

Mar 18, 2013 at 8:13 am #1966947

Stephen M
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@stephen-m
Locale: Way up North

I know some folk put packs in a bin liner.

Mar 18, 2013 at 8:32 am #1966956

Max Dilthey
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@mdilthey
Locale: MaxTheCyclist.com

I use the torso pad and nothing underneath my legs.

Mar 18, 2013 at 8:36 am #1966959

Travis Leanna
BPL Member

@t-l
Locale: Wisconsin

Depending on what you use, you can put your wet pack inside your pack liner. If you turn the liner inside out, your wet pack won't get the liner wet on the inside.

Mar 18, 2013 at 8:37 am #1966961

W I S N E R !
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@xnomanx

Sleep without the wet pack under your bag/legs until it's dry.

Mar 18, 2013 at 9:43 am #1966979

Daryl and Daryl
BPL Member

@lyrad1
Locale: Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth

You could slip your pack under the tent and let the tent floor protect you from its wetness.

Mar 18, 2013 at 11:43 am #1967030

Ike Jutkowitz
BPL Member

@ike
Locale: Central Michigan

I put it under my bivy or groundsheet.

Mar 18, 2013 at 11:54 am #1967036

Mike V
BPL Member

@deadbox
Locale: Midwest

"put your wet pack inside your pack liner" with liner turned inside out +1

Mar 18, 2013 at 12:43 pm #1967055

Jeffs Eleven
BPL Member

@woodenwizard
Locale: NePo

Trashbag

Mar 18, 2013 at 8:07 pm #1967251

Nick Gatel
BPL Member

@ngatel
Locale: Southern California

My pack doesn't get soaked. My poncho serves as rain gear, pack cover, and sometimes ground sheet. Current one only weighs 4 ounces too.

If my pack were to get wet, it wouldn't be a problem because I seem to sleep fine with a torso length pad and don't need anything at the bottom. This includes foam pads, BPL TorsoLite and a NeoAir.

Mar 18, 2013 at 10:10 pm #1967303

Jason G
BPL Member

@jasong
Locale: iceberg lake

I use a short neoair and have my gossamer 3 fold backpad/sitpad for under my legs. If that gets a little wet it can be dried pretty easy with a bandana. Ill put my pack under my sitpad sometimes but the sitpad is usually enough.

Mar 19, 2013 at 6:21 am #1967364

Craig Hensley
Spectator

@jchens
Locale: North GA

Thanks for all of the input guys. Lots of solid, simple ways to manage the issue. I'll probably just stick it beneath my ground sheet (or bivy when I'm using one). Easy fix. Thanks!

Mar 19, 2013 at 12:35 pm #1967482

Barry P
BPL Member

@barryp
Locale: Eastern Idaho (moved from Midwest)

Since I use a Murmur or Mariposa, I have a GG SitLight pad as a frame. My pack doesn’t get too wet since I use a combo of cheap poncho and strong GoLite umbrella. The small SitLight pad with bumps up does fine under my feet. And those pads really don’t hold water and thus don’t get ‘wet’.

Good luck with the sleep system,
-Barry
-The mountains were made for Tevas
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