I like being warm and comfortable. I also tend to be a side sleeper. Right now my sleeping pad is a full-length Prolite 4 and it succeeds marvelously on both those counts.
The downside of course is the weight and bulk. I backpack with my family which usually means that I am carrying two sleeping bags and two sleeping pads in my pack (the other being for my youngest daughter).
So, in an effort to reduce some pack weight and volume, I am considering switching out my sleeping pad for something lighter. I am open to the idea of a torso-sized pad like the Torsolite or the Prolite XS. I am considering coupling this with a 1/8 inch full-length evazote/plasizote pad which I can double as foam padding for my pack.
For those of you who have made such a drastic change… how did it go? Am I going to regret this, or is there another option that I would be better off considering?

