POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Harold S. Edwards, Director of Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, the
sponsor of Compass Diversified Holdings (the "Trust"), hereby authorize and
designate each of Carrie W. Ryan and Ryan J. Faulkingham as my agent and
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution to:

(1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under Section l6
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange on which the Shares
of the Trust are listed;

(2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Trust assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Section 5 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144 promulgated under such Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Trust, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.



Dated:  December 17, 2013

/s/ Harold S. Edwards
Harold S. Edwards


CALIFORNIA ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF VENTURA

On December 17, 2013, before me, Deanna Rule, Notary Public, personally appeared
Harold S. Edwards, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be
the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the
instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s)
acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California
that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

/s/ Deanna Rule
Signature of Notary Public