Compact sleeping pad

I almost bought one of the Ether Thermo 6 2/3 pads because it rolls up so small. It believe it rolls up smaller than any thermarest pad. It's 16 oz. Comfy too.

http://www.pacoutdoor.com/2007/index.cfm?action=product&productID=132&groupID=23&familyID=1

I used a POE uberlite on my Sangre de Cristo hike for four nights and liked it okay. If using it in a hoodless bivy it's best to put the valve towards the feet. Unless you have ginormous (new word in Merriam Webster dictionary) shoulders, it will be okay.

Hi, i have been having the same problem: reduction in pack weight corresponding to a commensurate reduction in necessary volume. Currently i use an OMM Marathon 32L pack (14 oz after custom strip down). OMM has something called a sitmat which is a very compact sleeping pad. I use 2 panels (2 oz) of the sit mat and a custom HDPE sheet (3 oz) as a frame inserted in the frame pocket and then a GG 30 in Evazoate crated pad (3.9 oz). When i link them all together (pack, sitmat panels, foam pad) it creates a 72 in sleeping pad that is thick where you need it and slim elsewhere. Incidently, i use the foam pad as an exoskeleton inside of which i place the rest of my gear. I can fit my gear plus food for 7 days easily in the pack.

OMM has some interesting stuff. Packs, Bags, mats and more.

Jim, a couple of questions—-what are the OMM mats made of and how thick are they? What did you do to your Marathon to strip it down to 14 oz.?

cheers,
KD

What does OMM stand for? (link, please)? Thanks!

http://www.theomm.com/omm_products.html

Out of merry 'ole England.

I bought two of the OMM mats last week – one was their older style one – the Platformat – which has a steel frame embedded in a foam covering, so it's shapeable, the other is the new Duomat folding mat for inserting into their packs which I intend to alter my Lowe Contour Runner to fit. The Duomat has 4 sections, is either 45 cm or 48 cm wide (which is the length when it's folded and in your pack), 80 cm long when extended and has a velcro patch for mating to another pad. It's made of a very dense foam about 0.5 cm thick. When the pad is folded to fit in a pack it's about 1.8 cm thick. The top has a knit covering, the bottom is rubberised. Mine is the 45 cm one which according to their website weighs 145 grams. It would probably be insulating but not very comfortable on hard ground, but in the UK, with the grass and soft ground that probably wouldn't be the issue it would be in Australia or the Japanese Alps.

I also had a look at the Kamleika tops and bottoms. I like the bottoms and will probably buy a pair as you don't get the annoying bagginess and noise of usual rain pants.

Well thanks so far. The consensus seems to be to go back to an inflatable. Interesting to see that as one gets lighter, a transitions is made from sleeping on a self infaltable to a lighter non inflatable and back to an inflatable again. A good thing is the small volume but at a bit under a pound these inflatables seem heavy! Are there any UL to SUL sleeping pads that are also very small?

Eins

Inflatables
BMW torsolite (10-11 oz; 32x17x1; 4×8 packed)
POE uberlite (9.0 oz; 37x17x1; 4×8 packed)
Montbell Pad 90 (10.2 oz; 35x20x1; 3.5×10 packed)

Closed Cell Foam (you can easily cut to size and fold in thirds for custom fit)
Gossamer Gear nightlite torso
POE uber micro (not sold anymore?)
others

How about an Artiach Light Plus cured CC pad? It weighs 170 g (6 ounces… but mine weights 150 g) and is 185 cm (73 in) long and 1.2 cm thick. Even then it is just as comfortable as my Ridgerest because of the way the knobs are placed on the pad. If you fold it in half you have a 2.4 cm thick pad, very comfortable, probably about the same as my MB UL inflatable pad. Or you can cut the pad in half and have two 3/4 length CC pads, each piece weighing about 75 to 85 g. Or the pad is long enough to roll up one end and use that as your pillow (as one BPL member suggested the other day… can’t remember who or where).I’m still debating whether to take this or the MB pad for my trip this summer. It rolls up smaller in diameter (about 15 cm) than my 3/4 length Ridgerest, but it isn’t as compact as an inflatable though.

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