[pct-l] Foam Pad Under Tent

[Ian Carbone]

I was doing something similar, but I got annoyed with rocks, pine needles,
and other sharp objects getting lodged in the underside of my foam.

On 2/7/07, Hiker97 at aol.com <Hiker97 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> _ryleyb at gmail.com_ (mailto:ryleyb at gmail.com)  writes:
>
> Sorry,  can someone explain this?  You put a foam pad under the tent
> instead
> of a  groundsheet?  Would something like this possibly do that
> job well:
> _http://www.gossamergear.com/cgi-bin/gossamergear/thinlight.html_
> (http://www.gossamergear.com/cgi-bin/gossamergear/thinlight.html)
> ---------------------------------------------
> I use the GossamerGear.com NightLight 3/4 pad under my tent and
> their  torso
> pad inside my tent.  Along with my Trekker pillow, I am in  business.  I
> figure the pad under the tent not only protects the bottom  well, but even
> elevates
> me a little if it rains.  I have no idea when and  where I started doing
> this
> instead of a ground cloth.  But I stopped using  ground cloths years ago
> in
> favor of a pad.  It works great.  When I  get into my tent the floor in
> the
> middle is all foam pad, so I do not punch  holes in the floor with my
> knees if
> there is something sharp on the ground under  the tent - something I
> missed.
> The side areas on both sides of the floor  pad is where I put my
> gear.  Works
> very nicely.
>
> Just to go a step further, I seam  sealed glued some Velcro patches on the
> bottom of the tent floor and on the  smooth side of the foam pad.  This is
> because the rolled up pad is much  easier to attach under the tent with
> the Velcro
> patches.  Only takes a few  seconds to make it flat and solidly attached
> to
> the floor -- no shifting.   If I need to move my freestanding Seedhouse
> SL, the
> pad is attached to floor and  I just pick everything up and move
> it.  Simple.
>
> May be I go overboard with all this,  but it works very well and I have
> had
> no problems with these  techniques.
>
> Switchback the Paddy
>
>
>
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