Big Agnes Air Core Non Self Inflating 2.5" Thick Sleeping Pad - Long Mummy

Light & Comfy, 6/1/2006
Reviewer: Mike (North Ogden, UT)
I can't tell you how much I love this Big Agnes sleeping pad. It's light enough that you don't have to sacrifice pad length for weight, and it packs down small enough, almost as small as a 1 liter nalgene bottle, that you can slip it into your pack instead of having to strap it on. The material is durable enough that you'd have to be sleeping on bare ground surrounded by cacti to get holes in it, and if you do, it comes with a repair kit. I've slept on the self inflating 1" pads and never slept well, but with 2.5" sleep is great. You don't feel any sticks or rocks, and if you don't blow it up completely you get some support the self inflaters could never give you. My only complaint about this Big Agnes sleeping pad is that you've got to blow it up every night on a backpacking trip -- I average 14 blows -- it's not too bad, and with the great sleep you get from it, it still gets 5 stars.