Pads on a cot can be exciting!

Wrench

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Anyone find the secret sauce to make a pad not want to squirt out from under the bag? I damn near burnt my new neoair pad when it shot out from under my bag like a arrow from a bow.

I'm of reasonable balance and better than average hazard sensing abilities and about half way through the night I deflated that thing to near zero before I got killed.

Have you found a way other than stuffing it in the bag or bivy to keep from getting bucked off?
 

Vandy321

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I put a bunch of tiny dabs of silicone on both sides of my sleeping pad. Keeps it from sliding on both my bag and tyvek ground sheet

Found that idea on a similar thread last year.
 

rob86jeep

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get an ultralight bivy that fits your bag and pad; holds it all together like a burrito and you can zip it up at night to make sure no creepy crawlers get in your sleep system when your gone from camp.
 

5MilesBack

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Personally, I would never use an air pad on my cot. I use foam. It never slides anywhere, and my bag stays put too. Very comfortable. I use an enclosed foam pad on the bottom and then a couple layers of eggshell foam on top of that.
 
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How about a small thin bungee cord? I’d think a 36-48” piece with a small cord lock would work well, weigh nothing, and not interfere with anything in the sleep system.


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20DYNAMITE07

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Grab a pad strap like folks who use quilts use (or make your own after a trip to Michaels or AC Moore). My UGQ quilt uses what is essentially a very thin bungee cord to keep my quilt on my pad, and I use another one to keep my air-pad on my closed cell foam pad when it's really cold. You can't feel it at all, they weigh next to nothing, and they're dirt cheap.

 
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It's pretty simple. Bring some extra para-cord. Run para-cord around the cot and pad in a couple places....tie a square knot....and cut it. I do this every year and my pad never leaves the cot. Save the para-cord pieces and stow them with the cot or pad for next trip. Your problem is solved with something you already own, and at no cost.
 

VernAK

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For fly-in hunts I don't bring a cot but have a very thick Big Agnes air mattress that still wants to slide downhill as level camping spots are seldom available. I take a piece of flooring under-layment that feels tacky. This goes on the ground and the mattress on top. No more sliding down hill.
 

Mosby

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I only use a cot when I am using tent for a base camp and I switched to 1" foam pads for my cots after struggling with air mattress. They work great.
 

Brendan

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Silicone / Sil-net that gets used for seam sealing. Some strips on the top surface of my Helinox cot, works like a charm.
 
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