Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Pads

winter+ neoair, I'm sure I'd be carrying a CCF pad, but since I have just barely started collecting gear for that… It's nothing I'll be really worried about on the majority of my normal 3 season excursions.

If I get one (haven't had a chance to try one out yet), about which I'm still quite dubious, I will take a torso-length piece of 1/8" Gossamer Gear Thinlight pad for extra insulation for trips on which I expect below-freezing nights.. I need this even with my current POE Insulmat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo) when the temp gets to the low 20's.

If the nearby REI has a NeoAir demo, I'll be on the floor with it Wednesday morning. I need to see if it works with half the air let out, which is how I use my current pad. If the NeoAir isn't at least as comfy for me as my current pad, the weight savings aren't worth it (never mind the extra $$$).

I just got it in the mail, took it out of the package, blew into it a LONG time (had not read this first so did not count so can't confirm the 28 breaths!) lay down, moved, and was really disapointed. It makes too much noise when I move, and since I backpack with my spouse it would wake me every time he moves.
Now I will consider the new prolite pad which does not weight much more but I am concerned that the tapered cut makes it unuasable for couples who sleep in a double bag…any one know?

so who has this thing in stock? I for some reason didnt jump on it when i saw them on backcountry.com

I did notice when mine is not blown all the way up it makes noise.

well i got a neoair small coming to berkeley!!!

THEY HAVE 2 LEFT AS OF RIGHT NOW…

NOT ON THE WEB SITE…

YOU HAVE TO CALL 1-800-426-4840 AND DO A "DIRECT ORDER"

HAPPY TRAILS!

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Mike,
I noticed them on the MEC site aswell. The Toronto store doesn't have them in stock yet. I only see the regular listed on the website…did your MEC say they would be getting the short in aswell?

nm

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Someone should buy up all the Neos at MEC and sell them here for US$149!!! Where else are you going to get an instant 24% profit?

Well I ordered and recieved mine a week ago and love it. Tonight my wife and I were in the Portland REI and they happened to have one on the shelf, so I got it for the wife since she really liked mine. She is a side sleeper and liked the thickness of the pad.

ehh… what is "mec" ?

link?

ehh… what is “mec” ?

Basically… Canadian REI. :)

You can find it here: Mountain Equipment Co-op

When are you going to put the pad to the test? Weekend is just two days away, are you planning a trip for it? =)

….I'm anxious to find out if it works well enough to support side sleepers without causing pain to hips and shoulders.

Nathan – as soon as I get it. REI taunted me with "In Transit" on April 1st (a joke?) but has not followed up with "Arrived at REI Store" just yet. I'm sure it'll be any day though.

OK thanks….tried blowing it up all the way and it makes a litte less noise but still too much for me. It crinkles with each movement (I now see someone else mentioned this earlier too). I'd like to hear from people who do spend a nitght out in it what their experience is with the noise the NeoAir makes.

nm

I'm a 100% side sleeper and the NeoAir was super comfy for me on a one-night test last week. It was also very warm on a 40 degree night.

The hope of it being sticky enough to not slide around on a silnylon floor did not pan out, however.

I had it pretty under-inflated and the noise didn't bother me at all.

I blew up my regular sized NeoAir today and firstly was surprised that the length apprears to be slightly under rated. I held it up in front of me and it was at least as tall as me at 6'1". After a test on my normal left side I found it to be very, very comfortable just slightly deflated. Afterward I rolled it up and weighed it on my very accurate scale and found that it weighed exactly 370g or 13.05oz. So that's a full ounce that I won't have to carry. So… longer and lighter than expected and very comfortable. I'm happy!

I'm a right side sleeper. I found that if blown up to just barely prevent my right hip from grounding out, the NeoAir Regular is very comfortable. I've got a medium on back order from Backcountrygear.com. I imagine it'll be just as comfortable.

hey dan, they probably shipped it from the main warehouse up here in washington and it's bouncing it's way your way if you shipped it to the store. It took me a couple days to get mine and i live less than an hour from the main warehouse.

> if blown up to just barely prevent my right hip from grounding out, the NeoAir Regular is very comfortable

But you may have a rather cold hip on cold ground.

Cheers

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I also want a large size, does anyone know who/where one can obtain this?