Just to celebrate:
So, early in the spring I bought an original NeoAir locally from someone on craigslist and BPL (posted on both sites). It was $70 and looked like new. Upon my first trip I discovered that it did not hold air but for a couple hours then you would be touching the ground. Bummer. I contacted the seller but all I got was BS reasons why they wouldn't take it back. I didn't expect it anyway since it was a used item and it was never discussed.
I did all the tests (soap, submerged in bathtub, listen, ect…) to find the hole and there weren't any.
I contacted Thermarest and got a RA number to send it in. Well, its been two months so I just called them to follow up. They looked in the system and said that it would be covered by warranty but they were out of stock at the current time due to demand. I would have one in the next production run. I asked what exact model I would be receiving. The nice lady on the other end says, "Oh, it is a little bit different, it has a tapered shape instead of the square edges. It is the NeoAir XLite regular".
Oh damn! I will def take that. They run $150!!!!! And it's a few ounces lighter! I know cause I bought one. Now I have an awesome XMas gift for my daughter!!!
