I took an old RidgeRest pad and cut out a piece about 12" x 14" to use as a sit pad. When I eat lunch, or take a short sitting rest, or cook supper, I sit on it and my rear end is much happier. It is especially nice if I need to sit on streamside gravel. When I'm drawing water from a creek or lake, I often kneel on it and save my knees some grief.

While I'm hiking I wrap it around my Platypus 2L to keep the water inside cooler on warm days. And I use it for extra padding under my hip at night, beneath my Thermarest ProLite 3 pad, helping me to sleep better. I like good sleep!

And for all that non-flashy luxury and comfort, it weighs about 50 grams and cost a couple of bucks. I love my sit pad.

Once I got distracted and forgot it while on a side hike; when I got back to camp and realized it was missing, I hiked back 1.5 miles and 400 ft of elevation gain to retrieve it.