![]() ![]() It also helped me fill the camping pad up with four breaths, a welcome relief from other pad models. Unboxing the Etherlight felt like opening an Apple product - elegant, clean, and with clear instructions all the way from start to finish.Įven without instructions, the Ether Light sleeping pad is intuitive - but it was nice to have a guide for using the built-in “air stream pump sack.” While pump sacks are not uncommon in inflatable pads these days, this one is integrated right into the stuff sack so as not to be forgotten. It's also among the most insulated, with a 6.2 R-value, making it one we’d recommend for camping and backpacking in cooler temperatures. The Ether Light XT is lightweight and packable enough for backpacking. The Hest also weighs 26 pounds compared to the Ether Light’s 1 pound 9 oz. Admittedly, the Hest was more comfortable, but it’s not strictly inflatable and has foam components. ![]() The Sea to Summit Ether Light XT is the most comfortable air-only inflatable sleeping pad we tested. Regardless of how you sleep (side, front, back, or otherwise), how cold you sleep, or the weather, you will be in good shape with this mattress. The consensus among testers is that the Hest camping bed basically feels like a mattress at home - with the durability and packability required of a camping air mattress. Our Upgrade winner for Best Air Mattress for Camping, the Hest Sleeping Mattress, absolutely does that. Sleeping pads are fairly simple, and it’s rare to see leaps forward in innovation. What we don't like: price, too big for smaller tents, heavy Why we like it: basically feels like a mattress at home, great for side, front, and back sleepers, excellent insulation, surprisingly good packability Surface Material: Moisture-wicking stretch nylon twill on top with polyurethane-coated nylon on the bottom On a camping trip in Joshua Tree, one New Yorker who had never been camping before told us the next morning, "That actually wasn't bad!" We consider that a victory.īest yet, the MegaMat Duo is backed by Exped's lifetime warranty and repairs-some of the best in the industry, so you can feel confident about investing in a couple's camp mattress that will last. In testing, we found the Exped MegaMat Duo comfortable enough for first-time campers skeptical of sleeping outdoors. Like many pads, it's a hybrid air mattress with an expanding foam interior - not strictly an air bed, nor a foam mattress-adding to its comfortable and packability. Like the Sea to Summit Comfort Deluxe, it's just shy of a queen size mattress (shorter by ~8 inches on either end). The Exped MegaMat Duo is a beast of a mattress, and serves as a true two-person solution. It also boasts some of the best warmth and durability of the mattresses we tested. The MegaMat Duo's thickness, ease of use, and generous width make it a great choice for two campers who want to share a mattress. The Exped MegaMat Duo 10 is a much-lauded air mattress that is our winner for Best Couples Camping Mattress. What we don't like: takes longer to inflate, surface fabric isn’t as soft as other mattresses Why we like it: generous width dimensions, comfort good enough for first-time campers, super durable material, great insulation, backed by a lifetime warranty and repairs Surface Material: Bottom - 75D Polyester, Top - 50D Polyester / TPU Polyether Film Laminate Packed Size: 22 x 11 inches / 27.6 x 11.8 inchesĭimensions available: Medium Double: 72 x 41"/ Long Wide Double: 44.6 x 52" The previous version of the MondoKing had some valves we didn't like as much, but the newest version has separate inflate and deflate valves that are much easier to use and intuitive enough for those new to car camping. This also translated into a much more compressible and packable sleeping pad. ![]() It was nice to have the ability to make the pad firmer if I wanted it. That's something I mostly see with backpacking-focused pads. That said, while it's not as "set it and forget it" as other camping mattresses, it was the only high-comfort pad to include its own inflation bag. Whereas other high-comfort pads struck me with their ability to get full or near full in minutes, the MondoKing took 3-4 times as long (almost 30 minutes) to get full, and I still had to use the attached inflation bag to do the rest.Īs a part foam, part air mattress, we expected it to take a while to inflate compared to all foam mattresses. The biggest downside of MondoKing is its inflate time. The MondoKing is a self-inflating camping mattress that benefits from some foam for comfort and insulation. REI Co-op Camp Dreamer XL Self-Inflating Deluxe Bed Sea to Summit Comfort Deluxe SI Sleeping PadĪLPS Mountaineering Apex Self-Inflating Air Pad Sea to Summit Ether Light XT Insulated Air Sleeping Pad ![]()
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