Description
The Big Agnes REM Air Core Sleeping Pad is the lightest inflatable pad available.
Terms And Conditions
This Usage Agreement (the "Agreement") governs your conduct while using various services on the web site Backcountry.com and its affiliate web sites (collectively, the "Site"). All references to "we," "us," and "our" shall mean Backcountry.com and all references to "you" and "your" shall mean the user of the Site and Site Services. This Agreement applies to various services and activities on the Site as well as to gear review and product ratings (collectively, "Site Services"). Please read this Agreement carefully.
BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, AND USING THE SITE, ANY SITE SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES THEREIN, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT AND ITS TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATION THEREOF, DO NOT ACCESS, BROWSE OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE OR SITE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SUBMISSION OF ANY REVIEWS OR COMMENTS.
Your use of the Site is governed by this Agreement and any other agreements and/or terms of use adopted by Backcountry.com and/or its affiliates. This Agreement shall govern in the event of, and to the extent of, any inconsistency with the Site. For more information on our privacy practices, read the Privacy Policy to understand our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information on the Site and with respect to Site Services.
Any comments, reviews (including gear reviews and product ratings), posts, feedback, questions, answers, notes, messages, images, video, audio, materials, documents, data, graphics, ideas, suggestions or other communications (collectively, "User Content") you submit on the Site are not private or proprietary. By submitting User Content on or through the Site, you grant, assign and transfer to Backcountry.com all of your rights, title and interest, including without limitation, all intellectual property rights and moral rights, in and to such User Content. To the extent the preceding assignment and transfer is ineffective, you hereby grant Backcountry.com an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual right and license to use, copy, modify, adapt, display, publish, archive, store, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works based upon such User Content, in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future.
By submitting such User Content on or through the Site, you are confirming that (a) you are the sole author of the User Content and the User Content originated with you and not copied in whole or in part from any other work; (b) you have obtained all necessary permissions associated with the User Content, including without limitation permissions relating to copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity and/or rights of privacy; (c) the User Content does not contain hate speech or profanity and is not unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, libelous, obscene, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, an invasion of another's privacy, or otherwise in violation of this Agreement; (d) that you are not a minor and have the legal right and capacity to enter into and comply with this Agreement; (e) such User Content does not and will not, in any way, violate or breach any of the terms of this Agreement; and (f) Backcountry.com shall not in any circumstances be required to pay or incur any sums to any person or entity as a result of its use or exploitation of the User Content.
With respect to your conduct on the Site or while using the Site Services, you agree not to: (a) attempt to disguise the origin of any User Content transmitted to the Site Services whether through the Site or any third party site; (b) act in any manner that negatively affects other users' ability to use the Site and Site Services; (c) impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation, a manufacturer or owner of any product, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (d) interfere with the Site or Site Services, or servers or networks connected to the Site or Site Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Site or Site Services; (e) upload, post, or otherwise transmit any User Content that with respect to the Site Services: (i) is not relevant to the product, service, person or entity being reviewed; (ii) you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (by way of example but not limitation, inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); (iii) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (iv) is unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation.
By submitting any such User Content on or through the Site, you grant Backcountry.com permission to use your name, alias and any other information (as provided by you) to attribute such User Content to you. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, and subject to our Privacy Policy, you authorize Backcountry.com, its affiliates, and sublicensees to share the User Content across all affiliated Web sites, and to use your name and any other information in connection with its use of such User Content, as they may choose. You also grant Backcountry.com and its affiliates the right to use any material, information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such User Content. We are not responsible for the similarity of any of our Content or programming in any media to User Content submitted by you. Any and all rights granted in this section are granted without the need for any compensation to you in any form.
User Content does not reflect the views of Backcountry.com, and Backcountry.com does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, integrity, quality or reliability of any User Content, nor does Backcountry.com endorse or support any opinions expressed in any User Content. In no event shall Backcountry.com have or be construed to have any responsibility or liability for or in connection with any User Content, Any gear reviews and/or product ratings submitted on the Site, if displayed, are displayed for entertainment and informational purposes only. Under no circumstances will Backcountry.com be liable in any way for any User Content, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Site or Site Services.
If Backcountry.com determines, in our sole and absolute discretion, that you or any User Content you submit violates this Agreement, we reserve the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights Backcountry.com may have under this Agreement, to: (a) refuse to allow you to submit further User Content; (b) remove and delete your User Content; (c) revoke your registration and right to use the User Content Submission Features; and (d) use any technological, legal, operational or other means available to enforce the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating your registration, access to the Site and Site Services using your e-mail address, and your user name and password. Without limiting the foregoing, once User Content is submitted to the Site, Backcountry.com may take any or no action with respect to such User Content, including without limitation, deleting, editing, modifying, rejecting, or refusing to post such User Content, but is under no obligation to offer you the opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify User Content once it has been submitted. Backcountry.com shall have no duty to attribute authorship of User Content to you and shall not be obligated to enforce any form of attribution by third parties.
If, despite the foregoing assignment and transfer of rights in the User Content, it is determined that you retain moral rights (including the rights of attribution or integrity) in the User Content, you hereby declare that: (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the User Content or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of the User Content by Backcountry.com or its licensees, successors or assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the User Content; and (d) you forever release Backcountry.com, and its licensees, successors and assigns from any claims that you could otherwise assert against Backcountry.com by virtue of any such moral rights.
You are prohibited from violating the security of any system or network compromising the Site or the Site Services, including but not limited to the following: (a) unauthorized access to or use of data, systems, or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or Site Services or to breach security or authentication measures; (b) unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on the Site or of the Site Services; (c) interference with the Site or Site Services including without limitation, any type of flooding technique or deliberate attempt to overload the system such as denial or service attacks; (d) forging of a message header or any part of a message header; or (e) using manual or electronic means to avoid any use or access limitation placed on this Site or the Site Services. Such violations may result in criminal or civil liability.
Backcountry.com reserves the right to report any activity or persons that Backcountry.com suspects has violated any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other appropriate third parties (including the disclosure of appropriate subscriber information). Backcountry.com may also cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies to assist in the investigation and prosecution of any illegal conduct. Indirect or attempted violations of this Agreement and actual or attempted violations thereof by a third party on behalf of any user shall be considered violations of this Agreement by such user.
BACKCOUNTRY.COM DOES NOT ENDORSE THE USER CONTENT, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USER CONTENT AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONS WHO MAY USE OR RELY ON SUCH USER CONTENT) FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE (WHETHER ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY OR OTHER CAUSE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER BASED UPON OR RESULTING FROM ANY USER CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.
Share your thoughts
What do you think of the
Big Agnes Air Core Sleeping Pad
? Share a...
Great Pad!
Jess
Member since
I have used this pad for the past three summers. I am a casual camper and we go on two to three trips each summer. It's packs super small and doesn't take too long to blow up. My current sleeping bag slips off often since I turn a lot while sleeping so I think I will be purchasing a Big Agnes sleeping bag with the built in pad holder.
Packs so small!
milenine1736051
Member since
I am so impressed with how small this packs! If it doesn't leak in the first 6 months I will for sure buy another. My Thermorest of equivalent size packs much larger and is much heavier.
Awesome pad
Miguel Diaz
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I love this thing. Really compact, doesn't take much space and very thick once inflated. It may seem a little narrow but at least for me it works very good.
Some people have mentioned getting light headed by blowing this up, I don't think it is that bad. It takes me 20 full-lung blows to fully inflate it, and I do not feel light headed after.
The provided stuff sack is great, but even a little bigger than what the pad can compress to. That's why I use a sling to wrap it tighter than possible with the stuff sack alone. The specs say it rolls to 4" by 7.5". When I roll mine, it ends up being more like 3" by 8.5".
The one thing I've noticed is that it deflates slightly overnight but that's not a big deal at all, and it could be just mine.
The picture compares the rolled up pad to a 1.75L "Simply Orange" bottle
Length
Zac O'Brien
Member since
depth
Zac O'Brien
Member since
Very comfortable
Zac O'Brien
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I am 6'2", 215 and with the long this pad is better then sleeping in my own bed
durable, lite, comfy pad
slodog noodle
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I bought one for me and one for my girlfriend. Both sizes are light, durable and take up almost no space in a pack. we've used these on the bare earth and in a tent. I have seen no sign of wear though the material appears to be really thin. Comes with a good patch kit and stuff sack. They are super comfy and insulate really well. The coldest temp I've used this in is about 40 degrees with a 37 degree sleeping bag and I didn't get cold at all. Of course I was zipped together in my gfs bag so not sure how warm I would be by myself.
Compact & Long Lasting
Mr. Michael Temple
Member since
- Gender: Male
I love my Big Agnes pad. I'm a 5'8" alpine mountaineer and I actually bought a short (super compact). It covers from head to calves perfectly...and I place my shell and stuff sack under my feet during sleep.
Been using it for 3-4yrs now and it hasn't failed me one bit.
I'm 6 feet tall. Would a regular be okay...
Steve
Member since
I'm 6 feet tall. Would a regular be okay or should I go for the long?
Sam
Member since
It depends on how much comfort you're looking for? I'm 6'10" and have the shorty which works great for me. It keeps my back and hips very comfortable and I just throw my pack under my feet to keep them comfy and toasty.
its good, but im bummed
Reed Rombough
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
So I had this thing for a while, it started leaking air slowly, so I dunked it in my bathtub, found the hole, patched it and all was right with the world again. But then a few months later it started going downhill again, I couldn't lay on it for more than 2 hours before I was on the ground. So i dunked it again, never found a leak. I looked over that thing under water for over an hour and never once saw a leak. I have no idea what was going on so I tossed it, kind of bummed about it. Trying to decide if I want to get another BA pad.
Love it
Nate
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Light weight and great insulation.
Big Agnes Air Core, Very Comfortable
Bradley Austin
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've been using the Big Agnes Air Core Sleeping Pad for some time now and have been super happy with it. Excellent pack weight and size, and the 2.5" thickness provides great comfort. Check specs for some great info on this pad!
Great Pad
Sully
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
This sleeping pad is very comfortable and holds air very well. I also like how small is it when all packed up. The less bulk makes it a great choice for a backpacking trip
Great sleeping mat
Richard Fletcher
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
this thing packs down to nothing but still inflates enough to provide enough cushion to keep a sore back comfortable during several nights in a tent. It took a wile to blow up the Long.
Old Faithful
joy100532256
Member since
- Gender: Female
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have had my pad for about 2 years and still love it. My husband opted not to take his on our last backpacking trip, and he paid dearly. I can lay on a tree root or what have you and not feel a thing. The insulation always keeps my body warm. Great pad indeed! Out of boredom I counted and for me it inflates in about 25 breaths, definitely worth it!
Excellent Comfort, The Big Agnes REM Air
Bradley Austin
Member since
It's not self inflating and it does take a bit of breath to inflate but at 2.5 inches thick it's super comfortable- perhaps the most comfortable pad I've ever used. My only real downside is that I'm fairly convinced any sharp stick or rock could pop it without proper precaution to protect the pad from the ground. I'd suggest it for sleeping in a tent or any hammock, or anywhere with softer ground/dirt. Not going to be something you'll want for camping where shale or other sharp items are common.
Weight is incredibly low, as is the pack size - see specs to the left.
comfortable
Shaun
Member since
I love it. The pad packs small and is very comfortable to lie down on after a long day.
Love This Pad
Doug Small
Member since
I am super happy with this pad. Originally I was looking for a less expensive lightweight pad for backpacking. I was hesitant about this because I'm a side sleeper and I've always heard that horizontal baffles are better for that. But I'm pleased to say that this was the best sleep I have had backpacking. Super light and packable, thicker than most lightweight pads. The only drawbacks for me was the low R value, and that is does take some lung power to fill it. Other than that this pad is fantastic, definitely best value.
Feels like heaven
smushie
Member since
This thing might weigh a few oz. more than the ultralights but it packs down just as small and blows up huge! It's the closest thing to sleeping on an inflatable mattress that you can take on the trail with you.
Excellent Pad - Packs Down Small
Rich Wheeler
Member since
This is my favorite pad out there. Packs down super small. Once blown up, it is very comfy. Go for it. You won't regret it
View all contributions... Be patient, it might take a while.

DDSandstrom
Member since