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Offline n_mathews13

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Sitting pad
« on: January 12, 2020, 08:51:08 PM »
So I have never wanted to add a sitting pad to my pack cause I didn’t want to mess with it and felt I didn’t need it.
But with spring bear I thought maybe a little dry seat would be nice.
 What sitting pad do you all use?

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2020, 08:54:22 PM »
I have been using the thermarest z seat for the past 3 years and have no complaints.  It is nice when the ground is wet to use and does help a little on longer glassing sessions.

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2020, 08:55:58 PM »
I have it in my Amazon cart, just thought I’d ask before I got it

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2020, 08:58:09 PM »
I’m not a bear guy but I would think any inflatable camp pillow would serve the purpose?
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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2020, 09:02:44 PM »
I generally sit on my backpack if i dont want to get my butt wet.  Not super comfortable, but it saved me from getting bit on the ass by a wolf trap on new years day, so ill keep up with that program.  Never carried any kind of a pad, so i cant recommend one, but spring season can be pretty chilly in the morning, then warm mid day.  A heavy wool coat in the am that you shed when the mercury rises could make for a good butt pad.

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2020, 09:09:34 PM »
I have been using the thermarest z seat for the past 3 years and have no complaints.  It is nice when the ground is wet to use and does help a little on longer glassing sessions.
:yeah:

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2020, 09:11:50 PM »
Dont over think this. Order the cheapest foam foldup sleep pad off amazon and cut it into 3 sections that way WHEN you walk off without it you will have a second :chuckle: 

This old yellow pad has been a lot of places. Finally retired it after a cactus filled NV hunt with the other third of itself. It is one piece of gear that NEVER leaves my pack.
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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2020, 09:21:16 PM »
That's the other part under my butt. I'd have one more piece to that pad but its somewhere in Idaho. My daughters we cut a bit longer to allow her more wiggle room.
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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2020, 09:32:31 PM »
I literally carry a knee pad that old ladies use for gardening. It straps perfectly to the outside of my bag, is thicker than the fold ups, and weighs nothing. And it doesn't pool water if it's snowing or raining like the dimpled pads do.

Looks goofy, but cheap and works.

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2020, 09:37:18 PM »
I literally carry a knee pad that old ladies use for gardening. It straps perfectly to the outside of my bag, is thicker than the fold ups, and weighs nothing.

And it goes great with the hat

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2020, 09:49:15 PM »
Dollar Store.  They have a couple of options, one of them a closed cell covered with nylon, the other just a foam pad about 3/4 inch thick.   I stick one in my hunting day pack and though I usually just sit on the pack sometimes I take the pad out and sit on it. 


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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2020, 09:55:54 PM »
I literally carry a knee pad that old ladies use for gardening. It straps perfectly to the outside of my bag, is thicker than the fold ups, and weighs nothing.

And it goes great with the hat

I see nothing wrong with that  :chuckle:

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2020, 11:11:08 PM »
I have been using the thermarest z seat for the past 3 years and have no complaints.  It is nice when the ground is wet to use and does help a little on longer glassing sessions.
:yeah:

 :tup:

I use a z seat as well. Cheap to buy, compact to fit in your pack and weighs next to nothing.

https://www.rei.com/product/829881/therm-a-rest-z-seat-pad



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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2020, 11:47:52 PM »
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mossy-Oak-Seat-Pad/388306612

5 bucks at your local wal mart. I have a few of them, and have left a few on the mts. I have used the blow up ones before, but they get holes and are not as comfortable.

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Re: Sitting pad
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2020, 04:52:02 AM »
My buddy uses a section of a Zlite like Carl and use a section of cheap army bed roll foam. its about 1/4 " thick and its cheap, been using this piece about 10 years
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