I have always had some form of pillow for use when backpacking and canoeing.  Currently, I'm employing a flannel "envelope" into which I stuff clothing. 

However, in the process of doing a repair on a Pacific Outdoor Equipment (POE) light weight, waterproof, pneumo bag I was wondering if that might be an easy and quick replacement for stuffing my envelop with clothing ... seal, insert, stuff into the envelope and add air to "taste."  It would be another use for one of those "air tight" bags, if it actually will hold air overnight.

Anyone try using one of those bags like this?

dd

I've done that with a gallon ziplock bag, maybe a third full of air.
If held the air, but keprt slipping out from under - I gave up on that idea.

  I just use a stuffbag with clothes, or more oftan, just my fleece jacket folded up into a 4 or 5 inch thick pile, with that on top of my spread out PFD.  The pfd is propped up/leaning against the tent well, and that helps keep the bag from contacting the tent wall as well as adding to my "pillow"

Ancient_Angler wrote on Jul 26^th, 2010 at 12:12pm:

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Yes,the bag is slippery.  That is why I'd still take the flannel "envelope."  Actually, my wife put this together for me several years ago.  Fashioned it from a flannel pillow case we had laying around the house.  It is VERY comfortable, and by itself, takes up very little space.

Mad_Mat wrote on Jul 26^th, 2010 at 12:52pm:

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My flannel "pillow case" should take care of slippage.  I was just not confident that a ziplock bag would hold air overnight.

I generally use my rain gear at my head/feet to serve as a waterproof boundary between my bag and tent ... provided it is dry.  It is actually stuffed in one of the pneumo bags I mentioned ... that's what got me thinking about using one as a pillow insert, rather than clothing, which I have to drag out of my clothing stuff sack and re-stuff in the AM.

So, since the pneumo bag (rain gear storage) is commonly laying empty inside my tent, I was considering the possibility of using it overnight.  Sounds like an experiment for my next trip ... not like I don't have clothes to stuff if it doesn't work!  It just that the extra clothes do wind up a bit smelly toward the end of a two-week trip.

BTW:  I did try just using clothing wrapped in a bundle for a pillow.  Guess I'm an active sleeper because the bundle rarely lasted the night.

dd

I stuff my fleece into the stuff sack I keep my sleeping bag in - it's already empty and looking to be put to use.

I just grab an old pillow case and stuff it with clothes.   It works fine.