Using a Neoair short for frameless pack structure?

I have a ULA Conduit and after I started using the NeoAir, I cut a piece of closed-cell foam to use in place of my old thermarest UL pad and it works great. I just roll up the neoair and stuff it inside the pack along with everything else.
Jim

A lot of people are using the GG Nightlight Torso pad with the NeoAir. I'm tempted to cut it and use a 1/3 and wrap the NeoAir around it as a frame stiffener. This essentially would become the GG Sitpad, which I read is not a good frame stiffener.

I have been playing around wrapping the NeoAir around the Torsopad to see if it makes it more rigid. It's hard to tell, but I do like wrapping it as it prevents my other pack items from "sticking" to the Torsopad.

But doesn't adding an extra pad to give your pack structure defeat the purpose of having a inflatable light pad?

That extra pad would probably add 2 ounces? Maybe a little more or less depending on which pad you used, if it's doubled over, how you cut it, etc.

GG Nightlight Torsopad is 3.2 ounces on my scale. Sitlight pad would probably be around an ounce. I'm still trying to figure out a lighter weight system.

I tried using the 1/8 pad + torsolight and it was just too hard for me.

Link to another thread I started on the same topic: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=22731