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Nice concept, but I'm wondering how inflating a mattress in this manner will allow you to achieve the pressure needed to support your weight.
by cjfont 13y ago
Nice concept, but I'm wondering how inflating a mattress in this manner will allow you to achieve the pressure needed to support your weight.
- StavrosK 13y agoIt looks like you inflate as much as you can, and then you roll the little inflation tab in to compress the air and achieve pressure.
- brianjolney 13y agoyou'd be surprised how little you need to inflate these types of things to be comfortable. Often times you only fill it 60% or so so it has some give when you lay on it.
- Nursie 13y agoYeah, I was wondering the same. We have some nice fluff about air pressure and moving large volumes of air, but no indication of how any sort of pressure is achieved.
- drharris 13y agoBy laying on it, you're compressing what's in there, and it pushes back on you. There's no need to ever inflate a mattress like a bicycle tire.
- eli 13y agoMy back hurts just thinking about sleeping on an underinflated mattress. More power to you if it works for you.
- kaiuhl 13y agoThe opposite is actually true. I sleep a month a year on a camping pad, and it's well known among avid backpackers that air pads like that shown in the OP are most comfortable when under inflated enough to keep your hips just above the ground.
- rplnt 13y agoYou still need to achieve some pressure. I find it really unconvincing they didn't show it in use in the video (in one cut). edit: They will provide proper video apparently http://www.reddit.com/r/shutupandtakemymoney/comments/1eqcbo/windcatcher_a_camping_mat_you_can_inflate_in/ca2z37r http://www.reddit.com/r/shutupandtakemymoney/comments/1eqcbo...
- xanadohnt 13y agoThis is not a comment from a hiker. You do need to pressurize sleeping pads. If you're older than 25, you do, trust me.