Fed up of sliding of a Thermarest???

[Celtic Dragon]

Well I have an answer to it. I bought some of that rubberised mesh you find in camping shops to stop stuff sliding about. I cut 6 strips off the roll and glued 3 to each side using bike inner tube repair glue.

No more midnight manouvers for me

 

[Moonraker]

Nice tip CD

 

[Spacemonkey]

If that's the same stuff we use to stop flowers sliding off coffins, then it's for gripping rugs on wood floors. Get it from a carpet/rug store as it should be much cheaper.

 

[Celtic Dragon]

Possibly, but I only paid £6 for a large roll from Robert Dyas.

 

[simonsays]

A friend of mine painted his with diluted pva glue. It worked really well but you -really- want to let it dry properly before you put yer bag on it

Simon

 

[ChrisKavanaugh]

I was doing the archaeological assessment for the huge ranch below the Reagan Pesidential Library, sadly now another urban scab of housing. I had an old fashioned canvas bedroll based on a cavalry design with the ensolite pad sewn inside a second layer. It worked great! I stayed put and this stunning greek-american girl named Kedesha sort of slid off her pad and migrated real close during the night

 

[match]

Really obvious, but I only cottoned on to it recently - if you've got a small size of thermarest, put it INSIDE the sleeping bag. No chance of it escaping in the night, and sleeping right on the air pocket adds an extra layer of insulation.

 

[Stuart]

apply thin strips of FREESOLE across the surface of the mat and it drys to form rubberised none slip surface.

 

[tenbears10]

I think new thermarests have a non slip surface but it's been a long time coming.

Putting a short mat inside your bag is a great tip, worked like a dream last time I tried it.

 

[Lithril]

At the moment the non slip surface on the thermarests is only on the bottom, if the sleepingbag is slightly shiny then you're in for an interesting night ;-) I usually put the the thermarest inside my bag if I'm in a hammock when I've not got the mat inflated, but I find if I'm on the ground and need more air in the mat then the bag gets very restrictive around the shoulders.