If you spend now on the saddleback you'll have a bag that will last you two lifetimes and you'll save money in the end. You won't miss the money you spend on the bag after some time passes anyway. If you're looking for someone to push you over the edge so you can justify the saddleback...
I have the mat Mike posted a picture of in my Maggiolina. Works as advertised. We also use latex pillows and a wool comforter and mattress topper. The rest of the sheets and cases are cotton. But the wool and latex do help with the humidity. My regular pillows, down comforter and topper...
We change into shower shoes / flip flops and our pajamas before we head up the ladder and leave the shower shoes on a wood slat platform I built to keep the ladder from digging into the sand or soft dirt. It looks like a teak shower drain style wood mat. Works. Shower shoes don't mind getting...
I did a 4lb bone in dry rubbed butt in our green egg yesterday. It was a faster cook than usual; 4.5 hours at 300 o so. I brought the meat to 176. I'm not sure how long it held there but the result proved it was long enough to work its magic on the fat. We finished it up with some pecos 83...