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Posted by Dwight Shackelford on April 3, 2007, 1:00 am
Well, not that comfortable to sleep on, not by itself. It is 4" foam,
but its not foam rubber. Its that fire retardant foam Hancocks sells.
I'm a side sleeper, and all my bony parts sort of hurt when I"m
camping. With this on the bottom and my self-inflating pad on top, I'll
probably be ok.
duh wrote:
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> Man, I mangled those corners where the zipper attaches to the sides.
> I guess they don't look so bad from the outside, but there's some
> stress points that are probably going to tear loose.
> Probably should have sewn the flaps on before I closed the body, but
> with my last experience at aligning zippers, I wanted everything where
> it was supposed to be and aligned.
> I'll keep some spare fabric in case I have to redo the corners.
> But at least I've got this great big teal thing in my house. My
> favorite color.
> Perhaps next time I won't make the body so tight fitting. I tightened
> it up so that the pieces of foam wouldn't become unaligned from each
> other and risk one sliding down the side of the other, resulting in me
> flailing the bag around trying to get things settled. Sure made the
> foam hard to get in, and adds stress to those corners.
> Ta da. Now if I could only figure out a pattern for a tent. I know,
> lots of patterns on the web. I just like inventing.
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> I guess they don't look so bad from the outside, but there's some
> stress points that are probably going to tear loose.
> Probably should have sewn the flaps on before I closed the body, but
> with my last experience at aligning zippers, I wanted everything where
> it was supposed to be and aligned.
> I'll keep some spare fabric in case I have to redo the corners.
> But at least I've got this great big teal thing in my house. My
> favorite color.
> Perhaps next time I won't make the body so tight fitting. I tightened
> it up so that the pieces of foam wouldn't become unaligned from each
> other and risk one sliding down the side of the other, resulting in me
> flailing the bag around trying to get things settled. Sure made the
> foam hard to get in, and adds stress to those corners.
> Ta da. Now if I could only figure out a pattern for a tent. I know,
> lots of patterns on the web. I just like inventing.