Hello, I upgraded my hammock setup to a much needed bridge style this past winter and finally slept in it this past weekend. I was toasty warm until at some point in the night I started tossing and turning and apparently pushed my sleeping pad out of the sleeve in my double layer Ridgerunner. I woke up to a chilly upper body, exited the hammock and found my pad (Nemo Tensor Trail) hanging about 2/3 of the way out of the sleeve towards the foot end. Why does this hammock have openings at both ends...

Anyone have a good solution for keeping it in there? I am fully aware of underquilts and their function and use one with my other setup. I am looking for a solution for this one in relation to the sleeping pad option only so I don't need to drop another $200-$300 to make this setup viable for more than just warm summer weather. Thanks for any tips/advice!

I've had a pad shift out maybe 6 inches, but nothing like what you are describing. Did have my dog Cerberus climb into that sleeve once...she thought it was great.

Might consider sewing the foot end closed? Or maybe sewing some elastic across the gap to keep it from moving much?

Also - are you using a 25" wide pad? I think a narrower pad offers more opportunity to shift.

I think a wider pad might help. I use a 30” Klymit with my RidgeRunner and have only had it slip a little. I am a very restless sleeper.

What they said. Try a wider sleeping pad, and if that doesn't work sew one end shut.

All those ideas make sense and I'll give some combination of them a try- the pad is a 25" wide and I'm sure that is contributing to the issue. Leaning towards some sort of velcro sewn in to keep the foot end shut, as buying another pad is not my goal as it means I'll have to forego a different gear upgrade.

I have never used a bridge hammock but, used a pad inside my gathered-end hammock for over a year before discovering the transformative comfort of the underquilt.

With the very regular shape of the bridge, wouldn't your issue be solved by using the pad on the inside of the hammock rather than between the layers? My experience was with an REI Thermarest clone, slightly deflated. Once positioned with me on top, the pad was pretty much pinned in the optimum position for the night... actually until my first nocturnal visit to the peeing rock. A quick repositioning after my urination exploration and the pad was fixed in place until sunrise. The Thermarest clone worked best deflated by about 30% to more easily conform to the curve of my hammock.

Hang in there! (a weak attempt at being punny)

Hmmm...I was thinking a 20" pad might be tricky; I have only used 25" pads in mine.

I would think a 30" pad would be snug & not move at all.

OCDave: "I have never used a bridge hammock but, used a pad inside my gathered-end hammock for over a year before discovering the transformative comfort of the underquilt.


With the very regular shape of the bridge, wouldn't your issue be solved by using the pad on the inside of the hammock rather than between the layers?
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The issue with that is the webbing used in the Ridgerunner and the general tippyness of a bridge vs gathered end. The higher up you go with your body above the webbing, the more tippy it will get, hence the sleeve's existence below the webbing. It is certainly possible though, but I have not tried it (yet) to test how much more unstable it would become.

Yep, I use a 30" pad, never moved, but not a lot of nights with a pad.