Here are the details that come with the product when you buy it.I have a Thermorest I spent twice the money on, This Pad is LIGHTER, THICKER, and better built. I am back to buy another because now my daughter even refuses to use the thermorest.
This pad give great R factor in added warmth, has a large valve for inflation/deflation. It is built like steel and weighs like silk.
I am a 350 lb backpacker and I never touch ground with the support this pad offers. My husband and I purchased two of these for our church youth trek last week. I'm NOT an outdoors person and was dreading sleeping at night on the ground. We've tried lots of other camping pads through the years including Thermarest, but these XL size pads (77 x 30) meant my sleeping bag didn't slide off the pad during the night. The pads are remarkably comfortable and as a side sleeper I didn't once feel the ground on my hip or side. My husband's a big guy and he also loves this pad - tall enough and wide enough for him. It is easy to inflate (most of it inflates automatically) and easy to roll back into its compact size. Lightweight, durable materials too. Almost convinced me that sleeping in the great outdoors is worth it!Several notes for you to consider:
1)I DID have to use about 20-25 breathes to blow it up. It's not quite as self inflating as I hoped. 2)It was hard to quickly deflate! It took several efforts to roll & unroll to get it pack ready again.
3)On the good side, it seemed well made & sturdy. I found it at a reasonable price & it stayed well inflated all night (THAT is a plus!).
My foam pad is fast, easy, lighter & cheap.... If I'm going to pack a roll I guess I might as well us the old style foam since it packs the same width & diameter, & takes no additional efforts to useWe ordered 2 regulars and 2 longs, figuring we could use the regular for backpacking and our kids could use them in the mean time. Wow what a difference $15 makes! The long was WAY more cushy and comfortable. It was not much bigger rolled up in size (but twice as thick inflated). Both were comfy to lay on but if you're trying to decide, get the long! I bought this for camping. It's easy to use and light to carry. Great for packing. Just feel the price should be lower for something pretty simple. We paid for about $74 for this pad. I also bought an queen size air mattress at Costco for only about $35. This air pad is good if you really want to go for something light and and can be packed tight.Self-inflates easily, rolls back up to a small tight cylinder, provides good comfort. My hips were hurting with my old foam pad. I was concerned about the thinness of this one, but I just spent a very comfortable week on it. So glad I bought it.I bought this thinking that when NOT inflated, it would be lower profile than my regular air mattress. My husband has a small inflatable backpacking/mountaineering air mattress it is tiny. This is really comfortable, not too slippery, easy to inflate, comes in a bag with a handle. But it isn't much smaller uninflated than inflated, and it takes up a ton of room in my trunk.
That being said I have trouble sleeping even in certain beds, and this thing was great, comfy, I didn't wake up at all. XL size fit both me and one of my toddlers on a recent camping trip. Also low profile enough that my kids sleeping on mats next to me were at around the same height from the ground.
five stars for comfort, but minus one because everyone will make fun of you, the one with the enormous air mattress. Definitely not for hiking! the self inflation works as the instructions indicate (and this is a treat). A good mat that is the right size for me and it is very sturdy. I am glad I bought it! I would recommend it to anyone looking for a well-cushioned pad.I purchased this pad and read all of the instructions. I inflated the night before my trip and let it sit out overnight. The first night of my 3 day camping trip was great. I let it inflate on it's own for 15 minutes then finished it off by blowing a little air in to it manually. The 2nd night I woke up in the middle of the night with a big air bubble at the foot of my pad. How does this happen? I've never experienced this before. It's too bad because I was pretty pleased with my purchase up until that point. This is an inflatable mat. It is NOT an air mattress. I wasn't really sure what I was getting when I ordered this, but I knew I didn't want to sleep on the ground in the mountains for 10 days, so I ordered 6 for my whole family. This mat has one valve that opens to let air in. The auto-inflate was really handy and the kids loved to watch it blow up. It blows up to be about an inch and a half tall. We did blow a couple extra puffs of air into it to get it to full, but it was mostly up on its own. It was very firm to lay on and really diminished the rocks under us. I couldn't believe how light-weight it is to carry and it packs up pretty quickly and goes easily into its sack with a handle. I'd highly recommend this to anyone going on a longer camping trip or backpacking. It does not have the "gripper" dots on the bottom and it does tent to slide on the tent floor a bit, but a plain sleeping bag does that too.
