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Anyone have much use with one of these packable cots? Thinking on one.....
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Love mine. Cot One, not a cot lite.....
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Nice Don. Worth the weight off the grid?
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I have their chairs. Love when back packing Fairly sturdy and appear well built
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Greg, to me it is. A lot of us old bastids sleep better off the ground, and I'll not hunt elk without it. My tent sits on a slope and it's real easy to dig in the uphill legs in to level it up. Sure beats putting a log below you to keep from going down the hill. And if ya get the cot one or max, there are leg kits for them to make a regular cot outta them instead of a shorty. A lot better, if ya got the tent space for a full height cot....
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Copy that Don. I saw the extentions too....
I hate sleeping on the ground more and more every years and I've always struggled with pads. I have to exert myself so much on backpack hunts that I don't even wanna eat back at the tent just to be able to sleep decent. But I can sleep well on a cot.
I also do a lot of 2-3 day coues excursions and a lightweight cot with a floorless shelter under 2 pounds to get me off the scorpions and snakes sounds appealing ..
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Here it is low, and with the legs....
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5lb 11oz - Too heavy for backpacking. There are better cots for base camping. It's a non-starter for me. I suppose if horses were carrying the load they might make sense.
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No horses here anymore....
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What are you willing to give up for that comfort?
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5lb 11oz - Too heavy for backpacking. There are better cots for base camping. It's a non-starter for me. I suppose if horses were carrying the load they might make sense. The lite is advertised at 2.75 pounds....
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What are you willing to give up for that comfort? It wouldn't be for a really serious backpack hunt. But if I add 3 extra pounds to a pack that is not a crazy strenuous pack in and I get to add quality sleep, game changer for some hunts I do and will do in upcoming years, for ME.... Thanks for the pics Don.
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5lb 11oz - Too heavy for backpacking. There are better cots for base camping. It's a non-starter for me. I suppose if horses were carrying the load they might make sense. This wouldn't be a base camp cot. Guess I should have been more clear. Hell, my wall tent cot is likely 20lbs and I sleep like a baby. Grin.
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What are you willing to give up for that comfort? It wouldn't be for a really serious backpack hunt. But if I add 3 extra pounds to a pack that is not a crazy strenuous pack in and I get to add quality sleep, game changer for some hunts I do and will do in upcoming years, for ME.... Thanks for the pics Don. I asked the question Greg, because I assumed you would be using it on a "serious" backpack hunt.
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What are you willing to give up for that comfort? It wouldn't be for a really serious backpack hunt. But if I add 3 extra pounds to a pack that is not a crazy strenuous pack in and I get to add quality sleep, game changer for some hunts I do and will do in upcoming years, for ME.... Thanks for the pics Don. I asked the question Greg, because I assumed you would be using it on a "serious" backpack hunt. Lol. Well, they're all serious for sure. But you know, there are levels.. grin.
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What are you willing to give up for that comfort? It wouldn't be for a really serious backpack hunt. But if I add 3 extra pounds to a pack that is not a crazy strenuous pack in and I get to add quality sleep, game changer for some hunts I do and will do in upcoming years, for ME.... Thanks for the pics Don. I asked the question Greg, because I assumed you would be using it on a "serious" backpack hunt. Lol. Well, they're all serious for sure. But you know, there are levels.. grin. To keep your pack weight manageable and insure you get a good night sleep, a bottle of sleeping pills doesn't weigh much.
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No horses here anymore.... A horse named Don....... Got me thinking, may have to try one this year.
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No horses here anymore.... Don, What is that?
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Thanks, I'll check it out!
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Another good sturdy cot is the Alps Mountaineering Ready-lite. It's a bit heavy for backpacking, 5lb, but it packs small and is well made.
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Looks nice. Love my cot. Need to figure out a way to keep my neo air from sliding on it. Pia.
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couple of nylon straps that you use to lash stuff to your pack with....
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Looks nice. Love my cot. Need to figure out a way to keep my neo air from sliding on it. Pia. Take either the pad or the cot fabric and run some wavy beads of aqua seal on them in the pattern of your choice. I do this to my pads to keep my bag from rolling off so much.
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I love my cot lite, would replace it instantly if it got lost or stolen. I just run a zlite pad on top and haven’t been cold yet down below 30. I cut weight other places to make up for the extra weight
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