How/where do you pack your inflatable sleeping pad?

Rolled and placed in the main compartment of my pack. Just above my sleeping bag/down jacket and just below my bear can.

I have a “My-Trail” 70L pack.  It is a big deep sack so I try to keep things in the order I will use them.  That is, my Sleeping bag and pad go in the bottom because it isn’t until I reach camp that I will need them.  I think putting it in the bladder sleeve would just make the deep sack narrower and more difficult to get to things in the middle and bottom.

@bspenser – my load stacks similar to yours, sleeping bag in a pod in the bottom w a bear can on top.  Do you roll it up loose full width or folded & rolled tight?  No sack, just rolled right?

@pliny – good point. I’m going from a large Gregory Baltoro to an HMG 3400 so thinking how to stack it w less space.

I suspect few people use a stuff sack & just fold or roll it.  Thanks.

I roll mine up in a sack, because the sack is the pump.

In my pack … with the other stuff.  ;-)

I’m always concerned about putting a hole in mine, so I store it in the stock stuff sack and put it in the center of my sleeping bag.  I’m a bit paranoid.

I fold my inflatable pad to approximately pack cross-section size, and put it on top of the sleeping bag, which is in the very bottom of my pack. The pad is the next-to-last thing I want to pull out as I’m setting up camp.

The nice cushy bag below protects from inadvertent pointy/hard things pushing too hard into the folded pad from above. And I fold the inflation sack and put it on top of the pad for more protection.

I use HMG pods, too, so most of the inside of my pack resembles a layer cake.

— Rex

I used to just roll mine back up and stuff it in its stuff sack, but now I just fold it up (into 4ths?) with my CCF pad and slide it inside against my back.