Okay, first thread here so be nice
My husband and I both have inflatable sleep pads (recently got the Neoair Xlites and love them), but we have talked about if we would bring them on a thru hike or not because of the whole possibility of failure like a leak, puncture, rip, etc. We would both like to do a thru hike of the AT one day--so far only done a few short sections, all we have time for with work and kids--so we just ordered a few nicer foam mats to test out, a Zlite and a Ridgerest. Or is this just paranoia?
Has anyone done a thru hike with an inflatable pad like the original Neoair or something similar? A lot of the hikers we have seen on the AT had foam pads only, and there seems to be a big split on this issue, so I'd like to hear some more perspectives on this.