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#124012 - 11/18/09 03:19 PM Montbell Air Pillow
bigsac Offline
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Registered: 08/29/03
Posts: 83
Loc: Sacramento CA
I just bought a Montbell Air Pillow at a garage sale for $15. Is that a good price? It appears to be brand new and the lady I bought it from said she had only used it twice. It packs down flatter than a pancake and feels like it weighs about 2 oz. It comes with a repair kit. I've tried it at home and it's much more comfortable than a stuff sack full of clothes.

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#124015 - 11/18/09 05:31 PM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: bigsac]
Bigchiefrules Offline
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Registered: 09/17/04
Posts: 25
Loc: Idaho
Try this link:

http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/...Leesa%20Joiner/

Looks like they sell for $29 dollars or so.

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#124021 - 11/18/09 08:22 PM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: bigsac]
drow42 Offline
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Registered: 03/27/04
Posts: 144
Loc: Washington, DC
no, its a horrible deal. You should sell it to me for $10. Don't worry, its the new math.

Good score.

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#124025 - 11/18/09 09:22 PM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: bigsac]
Dondo Offline
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Registered: 05/06/02
Posts: 594
Loc: Colorado Rockies
You got a great deal, bigsac. Mine always comes with me, even when I'm watching the ounces. Enjoy.

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#124026 - 11/18/09 09:58 PM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: bigsac]
hikerduane Offline
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Registered: 02/23/03
Posts: 2124
Loc: Meadow Valley, CA
I have found the air pillows too hard, I have a couple that air up using a straw inserted in a slit, pull the straw out to keep it inflated.

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#124038 - 11/19/09 12:29 AM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: bigsac]
wandering_daisy Offline
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Registered: 01/11/06
Posts: 2865
Loc: California
Last year I found a birthday balloon while backpacking - one of those mylar balloons. I tied it to my pack - it floated above my pack (no weight) and slept on it for two nights until it finally deflated. Free and no weight. Cannot beat that. And it was very comfortable too! I brought it out so I also earned environmental clean-up points.

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#124045 - 11/19/09 08:52 AM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: wandering_daisy]
Boomer Offline
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Registered: 10/21/09
Posts: 98
Loc: Minnesota,USA
thats some pretty serious trail magic! wandering daisy!
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Modern civilized man, sated with artificialities and luxury, were wont, when he returns to the primeval mountains, to find among their caves his prehistoric brother, alive and unchanged. -Guido Rey

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#124047 - 11/19/09 10:57 AM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: wandering_daisy]
Zalman Offline
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Registered: 10/25/09
Posts: 97
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, Washington,...
I think you're on to something big here, Daisy. I predict that in the future ultralight backpackers will revert to carrying huge packs, mostly filled with helium.
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It's easy to be a holy man on top of a mountain.
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#124050 - 11/19/09 12:45 PM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: Zalman]
bigsac Offline
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Registered: 08/29/03
Posts: 83
Loc: Sacramento CA
That's funny Daisy, I might have to try that sometime. I passed the half century mark a while back, it seems like comfort is becoming more of an issue, even if it means carrying a few extra oz. for an air pillow. I am a side sleeper with wide shoulders, and I needed something to prop my head up in line with my spine. The Montbell seems to do the trick, especially if I put it on my NeoAir instead of off the end.

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#124062 - 11/19/09 02:31 PM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: hikerduane]
Jim M Offline
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Registered: 11/23/03
Posts: 430
Loc: Kitsap Peninsula, WA
I have those "straw to fill" pillows too. I fill them all the way up for reading in the sac by head light at night and then let out 50% of the air for sleeping. When I wake up in the morning the pillow has usually shifted and not under my head any longer, but so what, I didn't know because I was sleeping. I also find it quite satisfactory to put my pants and shirt in the sleeping bag stuff sack and use if for a pillow. It keeps them relatively dry and warm too.
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#124084 - 11/19/09 07:52 PM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: Jim M]
hikerduane Offline
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Registered: 02/23/03
Posts: 2124
Loc: Meadow Valley, CA
I use my sleeping bag stuff sack that way also. The air pillow crushes my ear so there is the comfort factor also. I don't sleep well anywhere.

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#124171 - 11/22/09 11:32 AM Re: Montbell Air Pillow [Re: hikerduane]
MrPhotographer06 Offline
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Registered: 11/13/09
Posts: 75
Loc: Small Town, SC
i've never had neck problems camping, but now i intend to use my new dromlite water bladders for pillows

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