[pct-l] Sleeping Pads

[Jim & Jane Moody]

I'll weigh in on the NeoAir.  I bought one of the first ones out and used it on several training hikes, including Mtn Ned's University of Snow.  From the beginning it had a slow leak but nothing major - a few puffs at night were usually sufficient to reinflate it.  However, it got worse on the trail, so I asked my hometown outfitter (where I bought it) to ask Thermareat to replace it.  They did, without charge to me.  The new one has not leaked a bit.  I love the sleeping comfort of the NeoAir, as well as the weight savings over my old (but still serviceable) Thermarest pad. 



I also carried a cheap and very light closed cell pad from K-Mart, for greater insulation, padding, and protection for the NeoAir.  That pad turned out to be one of my most useful pieces of gear.  It smoothed out the rocks and sticks at breaks, it coouldn't be deflated, it was easy to clean, it was non-absorbent, it kept my gear clean while laid out for packing / unpacking, and it helped buffer my pack and contents when under attack from limbs and rocks. 



I'm going back out this year (starting at Sonora Pass), and I will carry the same pad and NeoAir.  Look for me  - I'll be the guy with the oversized straw hat and the light green cylinder strapped on the back. 



Mango 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Williams" <baidarker at gmail.com> 
To: "John Abela" <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com> 
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:36:42 AM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sleeping Pads 

Great instructions for something they should offer as a product.  I still 
love my neo, as much as when you saw me with it Paul, in the deserts.  It 
held up fine, but others had some trouble with leaks.  Mango used to have to 
blow it back up in the middle of the night, and one other person had a 
similar problem. 

 I was not cold sleeping on very cold ground and rock in the Sierra, but I 
did have a bag, but was cowboy camping most of the time.  Be careful with it 
and it should last.  I think Mango said it had a leak from the beginning, so 
maybe he just got a defective one. 

Shroomer 
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