bennett.nora•18d agoProlific Poster

Hot take: That $30 hand-wash-only sleeping bag liner was totally worth it in Seattle last March

I was dead set that cheap nylon liners were a scam until I slept in a hostel where the sheets felt like sandpaper and woke up itchy. My girlfriend convinced me to try this microfiber one from a random outdoor shop and now I refuse to share a bed without it. Would you drop cash on a specific liner brand or just rough it with a thin blanket from home?

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emmag2218d agoMost Upvoted

My buddy once brought a $5 foam pad from the Army surplus store to a campsite in the cascades and it turned into a crumbly mess by morning (literal chunks everywhere). That was the moment I realized sometimes spending a bit more actually matters. I grabbed a microfiber liner off Amazon after that trip for like $25 and now I bring it everywhere even car camping. It's not about being fancy, it's about waking up feeling human instead of like you wrestled a pile of gravel. My girlfriend uses one of those old army wool blankets she found at a thrift store and swears by it too. Different strokes, but I'm team "bring your own bedding" all the way now.

nancythomas18d ago

Gotta ask, how did you even get the crumbly foam pad out of the tent without making a huge mess? I had a similar thing happen with an old yoga mat I used once, and I swear I was picking little foam beads out of the tent floor for months after. The microfiber liner sounds like a solid upgrade though, does it stay put or does it slide around on top of the pad all night?

felix_williams7118d ago

Honestly, that microfiber liner should be fine, but just a heads up - emmag22 mentioned getting theirs for $25, but my experience has been that the cheap Amazon ones actually slide around quite a bit unless you get one with a proper grip bottom or some way to anchor it. I grabbed one from REI a while back for like $40 and it has these little silicone dots on the underside that pretty much lock it onto the pad. Still, even the basic ones work better than nothing if you tuck the edges under your sleeping bag. Just be ready to wake up with it bunched up at the foot of your tent if you move around a lot at night.

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