The Best Sleep System for Backpacking & Camping

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.

[Quic]

Going hiking for the first time next month. These videos are helping me be ready. We will see!

[jodybressi]

Good to know 😊. Great view by the way!!

[Dream.big.dreams]

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.

[johnstevenson]

Its hard to believe the thickness of that sleeping pad is enough to stop you from feeling that rock your sleeping on

[dionmcflinn]

It's how I roll too. The Silk bag liner weighs almost nothing, is warm and helps keep the bag/quilt clean.

[rufuspub]

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.

[etroxzy]

Just a recommendation, I also have a sea to summit liner I use mostly in the fall/winter in MT. Idk if your really gaining anything from the liner if your not using it how it’s intended to be used, You should insert your pad into your liner, and then throw your quilt/bag underneath the liner as well. I’ve noticed it keeps the bag a bit warmer overnight, can really help with condensation management when you wake up, & has saved me more than a few times from puncturing a pad!

[knuckledragger]

I can attest to to the Outdoor Vitals top quilt. I use one for my hammock. Works great.

[plrinternetmarketing]

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! 😃

[securityguardcommand]

I do the same thing with one addition. I throw two hot hands hand warmers down into the bottom of my sleeping bag liner when the temps are going to be really low.

[TomDutch]

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.

[miracakesanim]

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!

[JL-bslv]

Maybe try sleeping at night! That usually makes my sleep way better!

[sagehiker]

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.

[chemistryflavored]

Tucking your pad into your quilt… I’m gonna have to try that!

[joannacrago]

Each to their own, but it just looks such hard work. Really hard work and who wants that??

[tomcondon]

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.

[timothymartin]

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.

[AshleeKnowsNot]

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.

[damnitman]

At that altitude I’m using my Xtherm, well insulated for a more comfortable surface. However, to each their own.