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    BPLwiia
    Spectator

    @bplwiia

    This year I bought an Exped Downmat XP 9 and am trying to determine when it gets shelved until next fall/winter.

    What night-time temperature would be the highest I could still use the Downmat 9 with without being too uncomfortably warm?

    My preference is to sleep on the warm side.

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    Richard Nisley
    BPL Member

    @richard295

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    W,

    Do you change the mattress on your bed between winter and summer? Of course not; aside from the weight penalty, you don't need to do it with a sleeping pad either.

    With a DM9 you would lose less heat to the ground than an air mattress but, you can easily compensate for that by additional venting of your sleeping bag or quilt.

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    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Seem to remember one time when we had to sleep on our mats as the ground (sand) was too hot…
    Australian summer.

    Cheers

    #2067457
    BPLwiia
    Spectator

    @bplwiia

    That's good news.

    I do have several other pads/mattresses. One being an EMS ultralight air mattress, a RR Solar, and a CCF pad. So as the temperatures warm I can mix and match pads to optimize warmth and sleeping conditions.

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