In summary, I'd recommend this comfy setup if you have the time and patience to deal with it afterwards.

No matter how I mess with the inflate/deflate valves, there's always air stuck in the mat. I spend around 20 minutes every time attempting to get it nice and flat and eventually give up. Designed for couples, the Exped DeepSleep Mat Duo 7.5 self-inflating mattress provides excellent warmth and soft cushioning for year-round camping and does.

Secondly, good luck ever fully deflating the mat. Yes, my expectations are correct- I know it's not geared towards tent campers and it's not meant to be stowed away and taken out every day. Its in my van at all times and on winter camping trips with a pulk sled I bring it along. It's more difficult than any pad, tent, or sleeping bag than I've ever used. Add MegaMat Duo 10 Sleeping Pad to Compare REI Outlet. Once you have it out of its pack sack, you might as well give up on ever fitting it back into it. Exped DeepSleep Mat 7.5 Duo Sleeping Pad. Where this sleeping mat disappoints is in its deflating and its storage. The mattresss open-cell foam core provides a 3' sleeping base and makes inflation easy. Measuring 77.6' x 30.3' x 3', it provides extra room to stretch out. The size is just right for car camping in my 2000 Toyota 4Runner, and just big enough for yourself and an SO, assuming you're comfortable with one another. This mat is a breeze to pack away quickly as it has an extra-large deflation valve, and it comes with a generous stuff sack with a Velcro strap for carrying to. The Exped DeepSleep Mat 7.5 LWX self-inflating mattress provides excellent warmth (8.5 R-Value) and soft cushioning for year-round camping and does so at a price that wont break the bank. In that regard, I see no way it could be more comfortable. Worth It? Depends on Your Time & Patience Waterproof Compression Bag and Telecompression Bag Note: Even the most elaborate suspension system can only work perfectly when fitted correctly! And as no two backs are identical, we recommend testing backpacks with sample weights in an outdoor specialty shop.ĮXPED sleeping bags come in different lengths and widths, depending on the style, to ensure a good fit for a variety of different users and body types.ĭimensions (closed): 20.1 × 10.2 × 7.5 in Use a measuring tape to measure the distance between the top edge of the shoulders or C7 vertebrae (the one that protrudes when facing down) to the top crest of the hip bone (pelvis). But no rule without exceptions and sometimes a shorter torso length is better, for example in alpine or mountaineering situations where a short back allows easy access to the climbing harness. The center of the hipbelt ideally rests on the hip bone crest (pelvis) in order to bear the bulk of the load (refer to diagram) especially on large internal frame backpacks. Defining torso length is not necessarily critical on a daypack but crucial on backpacking or alpine touring packs, as only perfect fit can warrant transfer of a bulk of the pack weight to the hips. It is a great mat and it works well for us.Depending on pack volume and intended use the suspension system of a backpack becomes an essential feature. Find a great selection of Sleeping Mats & Sleep Mats for Camping for sale at GO Outdoors both instore & online. It is nice that it has separate ports for inflation and deflation. We are fairly light (122 - 125 lbs) so it is definitely thick enough for our comfort.

It takes just a few seconds of putting air with the pump to make it very firm. So we purchased a small battery powered air pump to make it even firmer. It will fill up mostly on its on as it is self-inflating, but it is still rather soft. It seems the wider the mat the longer they are, too, in spite of the fact that MOST people are just not that tall. It has two valves: a unidirectional inflation and a bi-directional deflation valve. It was very hard to find a wider mat that was not also 77 or 80 inches long. Sleeping Pad The five-inch-thick insulated Synmat 12 LXW pad is as cush as it gets in Exped’s line. Our Editors independently research, test, and rate the best products. Using technology from EXPEDs famous MegaMat, the Deepsleep Mat offers edge-to-edge, 3D comfort with a cozy brushed 75 denier top fabric - all at a great price. Most people are not longer than 72' and the space we have for it is exactly that long. We tested camping mattresses from Therm-a-Rest, Nemo, REI, Exped, and others to find the coziest models for your car camping excursions. We are thrilled that it is only 72' long. We did have to wait for a while for it to arrive.

We purchased the 1 x Exped DeepSleep Mat 7.5 Sleeping Pads, Medium Wide, 7640445451635 from Camp Saver and got a great price.

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