NEMO Fillo Elite Pillow

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As I mentioned above, the weight was too much for me and so my Fillo only came on two backpacking trips before I retired it.

Fillo Luxury offers a larger size and shock cord lacing on the underside of the pillow to hold a folded up sweatshirt or gear to add loft. The Fillo Elite measures 15 inches across and 11 inches wide, which gives your noggin a touch of extra space to move around at night.The Fillo's best use (as-is) would be for car-camping or people who don't mind hauling a 65+ liter pack through the woods. if you leave it), the Fillo's cover is as lighter-weight than some stuff-sac pillows, does the same job, and is quieter / more comfortable.

If you roll over onto your side, your head will push the air out of the side of the pillow under your head, until you get your inflation correct. With a pillow simply on top of my sleeping pad, I am chasing it around all night and this leads to interrupted sleep no matter how comfortable the pillow itself actually is. Rather than carry the full Fillo, I will use just the cover and fill it with my down jacket at night. The Nemo Fillo Pillow is an extremely soft and comfortable backpacking and camping pillow that packs down small into its integrated stuff sack. An inflatable backpacking pillow was the last thing on my wish list back then, but I splurged recently and purchased the Fillo Pillow by Nemo Equipment.The NEMO Fillo Elite is a compact backpacking pillow – measuring 15x11x3 inches and packing to – as described by the manufacturer – the size of a lemon (although in practice, I just throw it in with my sleeping bag). It's also wide for a blow up pillow and the contour and design of it ensures your head is not wobbling over the air bladder. The Fillo's length made it fit snugly inside the hoods of the mummy sacks we used for our tests, and it did not slide around much under our heads at night.

This pillow's stuff sack is rather small, though, which made it more difficult to get the pillow inside. Your significant other will thank you when you wake up the next day and you got a Big Grin on your face. Overall, this model's advantages in comfort are its surface area and thin cushion atop the inflatable bladder, while it falls back a step with a face fabric that we think could be better. Registration only takes effect after receipt of my confirmation; it is possible to unsubscribe at any time. When measured against its peers, the Fillo Elite performs as well or better than the myriad of inflatables currently on the market.I bought the Nemo Fillo because I was in the Navy and had to bring my own sleeping stuff to work when I had Duty. We do like the fact that its stuff sack is attached to the pillow so it's easy to keep track of, but its smaller size makes it awkward to roll up the pillow and fold it inside. The felted cover is the perfect level of soft (some camp pillows go overboard and feel like you're sleeping on a sheep!

The loft and insulation of the foam would likely make this pillow a solid pick for winter camping as well. We decided to bring clever design and luxurious attention to an often-overlooked piece of gear, the backpacking pillow, which is essential to a comfortable night’s sleep. One of our reviewers has owned this pillow for nearly three years, taken it on countless camping trips, sent it through the washing machine, and it still performs as it did on day one. I've used Exped pillows for years, I like the shape and they have a nice surface texture to put your face on.For those who spend a lot of time sleeping in the backcountry, we feel the Fillo Elite is a contender for achieving great sleep upon a lightweight pillow. Using a combination of a baffled air cell, thick PrimaLoft®, a soft, washable microsuede or jersey cover, and an ergonomic valve this pillow is soft and luxurious like your pillow at home, yet packs surprisingly small. This pillow also employs a layered system, consisting of an inflatable air cell with a Primaloft cushion on top.