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The stuff about inflating with your mouth is a bit of a straw man. If you inflate say a Thermarest NeoAir or a Packraft you're more likely to use something like
by bazzargh 13y ago
The stuff about inflating with your mouth is a bit of a straw man. If you inflate say a Thermarest NeoAir or a Packraft you're more likely to use something like an Instaflator now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJLVYfg88TE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJLVYfg88TE
(Thermarest have their own variant on the bag inflator for the neoair - but the principle's the same)
- nmcfarl 13y agoThe backpacking mattresses are still inflated by mouth - I’m certainly not carrying another 2 oz on my back for a week just to save a minute on inflating. And neither are any of the folk I go into the backcountry with. But this mattress is not aimed at us either - it weighs in at 24 oz with an R value of 1! So perhaps the Thermarests owned by people who’d buy this are currently being inflated by Instaflators...
- notdrunkatall 13y ago>it weights in at 24oz with an R value of 1! Ouch!
- andrewem 13y agoDo you have a good source for the state of the art in backpacking mattresses? I last bought one back in the 1990s, and I guess now I'm interested to see a comparison table of maybe weight, R-value, and price for reasonable choices.
- bazzargh 13y agoI did say 'like' an Instaflater - it's the mechanism I meant. The thermarest pump sack doubles as a stuff sack, so it's not dead weight like the Instaflater. I'm a bike tourer, not a backpacker, so I tend to shave weight when I can drop a pound not an ounce - carrying that isn't a big deal. But yeah, 24oz and R 1 is pretty bad.
- frenchy 13y agoI don't bother with anything but the mouth inflator for my NeoAir. It takes me a total of 15 seconds max. I'm not quite sure what all the fuss is about.