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The 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 n
by nmcfarl 13y ago
The 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.