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Can be a bit soft at the edges although again I don’t find this an issue.

However this is not an issue when your are are inside the bag

Not wide enough to fit your arms when outside the sleeping bag.

Takes a bit of effort to inflate – up to about 35 breaths.

Relatively delicate construction so you need to take care on rocky surfaces to ensure you don’t get slow puncture leaks.

I have never really noticed this but my wife is a light sleeper and often complains about the noise if I move around a lot at night Mine has done an awful lot of work in the past 6 years This is not a cheap sleeping pad but you get what you pay for.

Even after 6 years and many hikes it’s still working well for me.

Great for side sleepers as your hips won’t dig into the ground giving you a better nights sleep.

This will help form the base for a great sleep system

Good resistance to cold for its size and weight which will keep you warm in all three-season conditions.

Great for the ultralight hiker who wants comfort and minimal weight

Very compact size when packed up means you hardly notice this sleeping pad in your pack.

For many hikers the price will be an issue but consider all the features that this pad offers before choosing another option. I would strongly suggest you look at this as an option when choosing an inflatable pad. Overall I am very happy with this pad and for more than 6 years this remained my mat of choice only to be replaced in late 2022 by the Neoair Xtherm mat. Other campers who have been in the same room haven’t said that this is an issue but it may be if your partner is a light sleeper. This is an issue that Therm-a-rest has worked to improve and certainly from a user’s point of view I don’t find it to be a problem although my wife often complains at the noise I make when I toss and turn. If this was a real issue, the large version is wider and longer but I didn’t see any real positives for me given the additional weight and size to deal with.Īnother negative often discussed on the internet is the crinkly noise that this pad makes. The pad size is fine for my 188 cm frame and while some people have issues with ‘soft’ edges or not being able to get your arms on the pad if they are outside the bag, this doesn’t worry me if my arms are outside the sleeping bag then it means that it is warm. The price is the obvious negative and is at the dearer end of the price scale at AUD $455 RRP but I really wanted this pad and waited until it was on sale to buy at a good discount. This pad is certainly not perfect (but no pad is). This pad is not as long as me but I don’t like having my head resting on the pad itself so the length of the pad works out well. I do appreciate the additional insulation this pad provides but being a hot sleeper this usually isn’t an issue. One additional bonus I didn’t even consider when making my purchase was the additional heat retention that this pad provides over the thinner options. The pad, when packed, is around the size of a one litre water bottle and the weight is minuscule. There are a huge number of inflatable mats available on the market now but my reason for choosing this particular mat was based on weight (360 grams for the regular size) and size as I try to become an ultralight hiker. I now sleep very comfortably in any position and even as a large male, the size of the regular sleeping pad works well for me. As expensive as this pad is, it has been one of the best financial outlays I have made on hiking equipment. Early in 2016, I bit the bullet and purchased the Therm-a-rest NeoAir XLite mainly because I had a major shoulder injury caused by a rock climbing accident that forced the issue.

#X lite softphone purchase series#

Like most people of my age, I used a foam pad for a number of years and appreciated the Therm-a-rest Prolite series when it came out but found it still didn’t provide enough support when I slept on my side. This annoys my wife no end as she is a light sleeper so the more I toss and turn, the more I disturb her. By nature I am a side sleeper but given that I have had a number of shoulder injuries over the years, I have to regularly shift positions during the night from my back to one side and then the other. I started off with a foam pad followed by the Therm-a-rest Prolite before moving onto the NeoAir XLite pad (see the image below). For me the Therm-a-rest NeoAir XLite was an evolutionary process.