Xtherm Noise: The lightbulb went on last Sunday morning. Mystery solved.
I pulled my Xtherm out of the closet Sunday morning. Laid out flat across my king size bed. Deflated. I began rolling it up to put it in the car. It made the crinkling sound.
Several people have said that when they removed an Xtherm from the packaging in a store that it made a crinkling sound. Until I proved it to myself I was skeptical. Having heard the noise when the Xtherm WAS DEFLATED, I can understand why folks were put off. To be honest, the sound wasn't that loud.
Potential buyers of the Xtherm: Inflate it. lay on it. Roll back and forth on the pad. It doesn't make the same noise that it did when deflated.
In all of my testing, the Xtherm was inflated. No sounds when I am trying to sleep. A bit of crinkle when deflated. Quiet when inflated and in use. Give the Xtherm a try.
Wayne