NEMO Equipment Inc. Astro Insulated Lite Sleeping Pad

I don't normally leave reviews, but I love this pad. I would recommend for anyone to use. It's super lightweight and relatively quiet. It's great for people who love to sleep on their side. I've taken this all over the country now, and I have never had a problem with it. It also packs incredibly small. This is a piece of gear that everyone should own.

I should've stuck to what I knew: Thermarest. Instead I bought this thing that's made out of what feels like starched toilet paper and the first time I tried setting it up in a tent (ten miles in the back country, exhausted) it had two big holes in the bottom. It came with a patch kit in the stuff sack, which means I didn't have to sleep on the ground for three days, and that the manufacturer knows it will tear. It also does not provide enough support and is a total pain to set up. It's going back and I'm going back to Thermarest.

I've a newbie car camper and I almost gave up after 4 years of back breaking nights of shivering "sleep." I told my husband, don't call it a camping , it's pulling all nighters but with back pain in the morning. Well after 4 years, I finally did my own research made the investment and spent some real money instead of using my husbands beat up old gear. This item was highly rated on an outdoorgear blog. I slept better camping than I do at home on this mattress! Paired with my Big Agnes Ethel sleeping bag, I slept like a baby out in a rainy cold campsite. My husband calls my gear the spaceship setup, it's so beyond his "classic" foam mats and cheap sleeping bag. Thanks to this setup, I'll be able to continue enjoying the outdoors like I've wanted to, without the back pain and all nighters.