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Sleeping pad in bivy or out
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Oct 18, 2020 at 11:35 pm #3680228
<p style=”text-align: left;”>I tried both, and I prefer out. With the inflatable thermarest inside it gets tight and doesn’t flex with me.</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>what do you guys do?</p>Oct 19, 2020 at 3:15 am #3680236Outside for me but currently using either foam or 1 inch inflatables.
Oct 19, 2020 at 3:24 am #3680237Inside. Keeps everything in place.
Oct 19, 2020 at 5:32 am #3680249I have always used pads outside, easier to turn and move, the bivy moves with the bag.
Oct 19, 2020 at 6:48 am #3680251inside, with the caveat that you have a large enough bivy- if not, definitely outside
inside = no slipping, getting off your pad, feels warmer
Oct 19, 2020 at 12:35 pm #3680275I’ve used them inside, but I don’t use bivys too often. I guess maybe I could have said “both” since sometimes I use an inflatable in the bivy and have that on top of a foam pad on the ground/snow.
Oct 19, 2020 at 12:48 pm #3680277recently I was on a backcountry elk hunt using a bivy, was perched on a small ledge about a 1000’ above a drainage I wanted to glass at daylight; there were some really severe winds and if my inflatable had been underneath the bivy- could have easily ended up a 1000’ below :)
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