As comfy as my bed

By bri2570352 Ranked #663 - Lightweight Sleep Pads February 16, 2010

First off, this is really comfy. It's puts my old 1.5" Thermarests to shame (even when sleeping on two of them stacked). As a side sleeper, this was the first pad I could get a comfortably nights sleep on. The light weight and small packdown size were just perks, way smaller than a "self inflating" open cell foam pad. The pad was noisy and "crinkeled" all night for the first few nights, but got quite after a few uses. It seems to take forever to inflate, but I find it well worth my time. One onther limitation is the warmth. When it approaches or gets below freezing, you can feel the cold coming in through the pad. I've taken care of this by bringing along a $5 cheap blue foam pad underneath the Air Core when it gets into the 30's or below. I haven't been cold since. I've been abusing this pad for the last three years it it's held up perfectly, impressive since most of the use is in the sandy southwest desert climate that seems to eat gear. The only maintenance has been washing sand out of the nossel every once in a while.

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