Therm-a-Rest Lite Large Inflatable Sleeping Mat

Since I haven't been able to go camping this past year I've used it as a ""guest bed"" and it's been great! It's kept inflation well and from all reports is quite comfy.

I used this for some spring camping in the southwest. We had below freezing temperatures at night and I didn't feel cold from the ground at all. I stayed warm and was perfectly comfortable sleeping on my side. It's easy to unroll, blow up, and then roll back up and pack away.

Over the winter I've camped out and slept in a tent on my thermarest pad more times then I've slept in my bed. The main thing that I've noticed is that I'll wake up in the middle of the night after having rolled off my pad and I can't tell a difference whether I'm on or off the pad. I can open the valve on mine and 15 minutes later it looks exactly the same. Mine has never self inflated after being rolled up. The quality is very nice. It's beautifully made. It's lightweight and compact but it's too thin or maybe I'm just too heavy. I've even used the pad while working on my exhaust under my truck and didn't feel like it was worth the hassle because it wasn't that much of an improvement. If you were sleeping on bare damp ground it would be an improvement. But if you have a floor in your tent and a sleeping bag I don't think that you'll notice any improvement. I'd give it five stars on quality. One star on self inflating. And two stars in comfort. I've owned a Thermarest pad in the past for years until it was stolen. I don't remember which model it was but I do remember that it would self inflate in less than 15 minutes.