How do you sleep? Side, front, back...

[mace242]

Really liked the idea of Spamels blankets. But this simply wouldn't work for me. I sleep on my side or front. I can't sleep on my back as I have tendancy toward light snoring (some understatement there) and find it quite uncomfortable. This is one of the reasons I think that hammock sleeping would be difficult and I find it hard to find sleeping bags - that seem to be all mummy style, or just too cheap to be useful if not, nowadays - that allow me to get really comfy .

So - anybody else sleep in the same way I do, on your side or back? If so what do you sleep in or on? I use a small tent, mummy bag, and self inflating mat - as they are light to carry but sometimes I just can't get comfy at all.

Any ideas?

 

[SimonM]

I use a variety of gear depending on what I'm doing / where I am / who I am with.

• In a tent or under a tarp I use a Thermarest and sleeping bag. Positioned, generally on my side.
  
• In a hammock (Hennesey Asym) I now sleep on my side, diagonally across the hammock. When I started using a hammock, I generally slept on my back, but now that I am familiar and confident with it, sleeping on my side isn't a problem. For insulation, I use a home made underquilt and a sleeping bag over me, with just my feet tucked into the box section at the bottom.

Having said all the above, I have just modded an issue blanket by putting a slit in it and stitching up the rough edges so that I can wear it Clint Eastwood style as a poncho, either sitting around the fire or to sleep in.

Simon

 

[Mesquite]

Because of back problems I invariably sleep on my front in what can be roughly described as the recovery position and occasionally on my side so using a hammock really is an option I can't go for.

 

[mentalnurse]

i was sleeping in my hammock last week and used my 95 sleeping bag i tend to move a lot in my sleep and found sleeping on my side no problem (i was hot as well) tend to sleep with my arms and shoulders out of the bag.

 

[bigjackbrass]

On my right side, head resting on my arm. This makes mummy-style sleeping bags a decidedly tricky business.

 

[Cobweb]

Fetal position normally, I like to snuggle

I've recently made an underblanket and I'm planning on using a wool blanket for the top, I'll have to try it out as soon as I get one.

 

[fishy1]

I sleep in the rocovery position, except my head is not pulled right back.

 

[Dr Onion]

British Army sleeping bag and bivi bag are plenty big for sleeping on your side - or at least they are for me and I ain't the smallest chap in the world (but then again I'm not the biggest either!)

Dr O

 

[EdS]

all.

I roll around alot when I'm asleep

 

[andy_e]

I'm a side-sleeper, occasionally a front sleeper, can't sleep easily on my back though I manage fine in my hammock. The quilt makes a difference in the hammock but never have a problem lying on my side in sleeping/bivi bags. In the summer I might try using just the quilt in my bivi.

I reckon Spamel's blanket idea would be fine for side-sleeping though you'd have to jig it a bit to ensure you were wrapped in, e.g. open to the side instead of the top.

 

[crazyclimber]

I was thinking about this the other night. I sleep on my side, curled up usually on my right. It's a pain in the backside using a sleeping bag and bivi bag though so I tried falling asleep in bed lying on my back. An hour later I gave up and turned on my side, and was out like a light. I give up

 

[Wayland]

I don't know...I'm usually asleep.

 

[Eric_Methven]

I sleep on either my right or my left side. I can do this quite comfortably in my hammock by sleeping diagonally. After the first few nights of waking each time I moved, I no longer wake up and just turn over naturally. The double hammock really does give you plenty room to move around.

Eric

 

[Lucyc]

I have no idea - I tend to fidget until I'm comfortable, but generally I think I end up on my side with my head resting on my arm.. But I have no problem sleeping like that in bags because I'm small so they're all too big for me anyway!

PS - Yay, Yeovil!

 

[In Wood]

Yep, I sleep on my back, straight with my arms crossed over my chest. The dead body possition.
It really freeked my wife out when we first started sleeping together, but she is OK with it now.
It is very comfy for me and it really does help when in bivi, sleeping bag, hammock, tent, 4 tonner, Landy, park bench ect.

 

[Pict]

I start out on my side and when one side goes numb I roll over to the other side. I normally use a natural grass bed as ground insulation/padding. I find it immensely helpful to dig a hole in it for my hip/rear end. I always seem to wake up on my back.

I also sleep on my side in a hammock with my knees kind of tucked up and my feet crossed. It helps to sleep kitty-corner across the hammock if you sleep on your side, it helps to lay flatter. Mac

 

[spamel]

I too cannot sleep on my back, and after getting into blankets I tend to roll onto my side. As long as you have tucked everything in nice and tight and you roll the right way, you shouldn't have any real problems. You may wake up now and then and need to pull a bit of blanket back over your shoulders but if you have the fire by you, you won't feel it unless it was really cold.