What sleeping pad do you use?

[kerosenehat]

Or do you just sleep on the ground?

[Lone Wolf]

Ridgerest. and i always sleep on the ground, never in a shelter

[Rasty]

REI Stratus Insulated Air Pad with 100% lifetime guarantee. Add a 1/2" EVA foam pad for Winter

[Tractor]

Rei 1.5 /

[Mach]

I use a Big Agnes Air Core. I love it's comfort. The only complaint I have with it is that it's about loud when I turn around in my sleep.

[The Ace]

Exped Synmat UL 7

[Studlintsean]

Recently switched from a big Agnes to a Z lite for the summer because I was moving around too much on the blow up.

Lonewolf- do you supplement the ridgerest with anything for winter?

[rocketsocks]

BA air core 3" of heavenly loft..."hey hey, you you, get off a my cloud"

[blue indian]

Exped synmat ul7

[Hill Ape]

zrest sol, nothing else, anytime. but i don't hike in snow, unless it snows on me, and then i do

[BuckeyeBill]

thermarest neoair xlite

[Sandy of PA]

Neo-Air X-Therm large, custom shortened to match my height.

[Zippy Morocco]

Klymit inertia

[Malto]

Thermarest x-lite in warmer weather and x-therm in the winter. If I could only have one pad it would be the xtherm, it is incredibly warm.

[atmilkman]

Thermarest 40th anniversary regular

[MuddyWaters]

It depends on trip length, time of year, and what pack I take.

Currently Im kind of liking my full length xlite. Ive slept very well on it for 2weeks this yr.
I sleep much better with a full length pad than a short one.
My old bones sleep better on cushy air than ccf pads too.

[snowblind]

BA Air Core Insulated for cold weather, BA Clearview Airpad for warm weather. Air Pad is a bit loud when I shift. Would like an Exped UL7 Downmat for future mountaineering though.

[RCBear]

Rei stratus 2.5. Long and wide version.

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[moytoy]

thermarest prolite

[bfayer]

Exped synmat ul7 l/w

[Just Bill]

Women's Thermarest NeoAir Xlite- cause I'm a real man.

[rocketsocks]

Women's Thermarest NeoAir Xlite- cause I'm a real man.and via...hehe;)

[HooKooDooKu]

thermarest neoair xlite - large
I used to use a thermarest LE for the thickness (2"). While it was heavy, I hated the narrow 20" width. My arms would be off the pad if I laid on my stomach or back.
By moving to the neoair large, I not only get 25" of width, the weight is (relatively) minuscule. (My neoair xlite large is about the same weight and packed size as my son's prolite regular)

[Hill Ape]

Women's Thermarest NeoAir Xlite- cause I'm a real man.


pretty soon i'm asking you out on a date. pigtails, you wear a skirt, you sew, and you sleep on a womans bed. wanna pink blaze a few miles away? :eek:

[Rasty]

Women's Thermarest NeoAir Xlite- cause I'm a real man.


pretty soon i'm asking you out on a date. pigtails, you wear a skirt, you sew, and you sleep on a womans bed. wanna pink blaze a few miles away? :eek:

Can he cook?

[Just Bill]

Crap, I can cook. And I listen to chick music. I have hairy armpits and legs- but so do most trail chicks... Not looking good for me is it.

[The Ace]

Twenty three consecutive posts before somebody pops off! Might be a new record.

[Rasty]

Twenty three consecutive posts before somebody pops off! Might be a new record.

My count is 21. Rocketsocks started it.

[Trebor66]

Therm a Rest Prolite long and I love it.

[CrumbSnatcher]

every now & then i was able to use my dog's thermarest, whenever she decided to sleep outside the tent in the grass
usually i used my z-rest, sometimes i slept against the tent wall & my dog had both pad's and most of the tent too :-)

[Hill Ape]

hey, i used to follow the dead and phish. hairy is nothing new to me

[Just Bill]

I'm leaving this thread, wonder if they'll let me in the women's forum- I'd make a lovely lesbian. I have a women's watch too!

[Hill Ape]

don't leave, was it something i said?!

lonely, i am so lonely, i have nobody to call my own OHWOAHOH :bananayeah, you know what time it is

[BirdBrain]

Exped ul7.

[QuabbinHiker]

I lay on the ground with Tyvek under me.

[kerosenehat]

You guys are too funny.. thanks for the info. I've been sleeping on the ground for the last 2 years of camping and hiking
I guess I will finally pick a pad..

[daddytwosticks]

Used an older short Prolite 3 for ages. Went big and got a Neoair Xlite LARGE this spring. Incredible nights sleep. I started to feel guilty about being so comfortable sleeping out in the woods. Where is the hardship and sacrifice? So I traded the Neoair in and got a new Thermarest Prolite in the long size. Perfect compromise between not being too comfortable and not suffering too much. :)

[Another Kevin]

Thermarest Prolite. Blue foam pad under it in cold weather.

[Drybones]

Exped synmat ul7


+1...................

[Edro]

thermarest prolite...

[Mags]

Blue foamer for 3 season
Z-Lite for shoulder season or more "social" trips.
Z-Lite and wife's NeoAir for winter

Something I wrote about pads. May be useful.
http://www.pmags.com/sleepings-pads-a-grounded-view

[Fur Queue]

Some old sage on here once posted that you should never go out in the woods and depend on something that has a repair kit with it...I ignored this advice and opted for the comfort offered by an inflatable...which lasted until my second night on the trail...never again! Foam is the only way to go for the long haul....

[jjchgo]

Exped ul7.

this is what I have been using and its an absolute pleasure to sleep on. if i'm going somewhere where I know the ground is soft I will just use my cut up zlite which doubles as "support" in my ula cdt.

[CenAZwalker]

Some old sage on here once posted that you should never go out in the woods and depend on something that has a repair kit with it...I ignored this advice and opted for the comfort offered by an inflatable...which lasted until my second night on the trail...never again! Foam is the only way to go for the long haul....

I agree with this. I tried an inflatable but ended up going back to CCF. I use a Ridgerest Solite and in the winter, pair it with an 1/8 CCF pad.

[kerosenehat]

Appreciate the input my back thanks you

[rusty bumper]

Six sections of a z-lite that go under me from shoulders to hips. My mostly empty pack goes under my feet.

[Starvin Marvin]

X-Lite reg when it's warm, X-Therm large when its cold.

[AndrewAZ]

A Thermarest NeoAir Xlite large that I cut down by approximately half. I like the width of the large, but even for a tall guy, the length was just absurd.

[Astro]

Thermarest NeoAir - Regular.

[icdaywee]

I'm planning on using a Thermarest NeoAir XLite for my thru, but have been contemplating bringing my Thermarest Z-Lite instead due to above reasons. I know plenty of people have finished their thru with no problems on their inflatables, but it seems that I always fall into the small percentage where if something can go wrong, it most likely will...

[Gambit McCrae]

exped synmat ul7

extra wide :)

[ATL Backpacker]

Surprised there aren't more Big Agnes pad users. Not as comfortable? Too heavy? Both?

I was looking at the BA Q Core SL for my next pad. Anyone tried it?