Xlite ‘defoiling’?

You might be able to a replacement under warranty… but if you've got 3 years life out of a frequently used piece of ultralight kit like this, that's not so bad imo.

Is THIS what you are talking about

I had a leak in my three year old xlite that I couldn't find and shipped it back to cascade. Received a new one after about a week. Give them a call and explain your situation. Cascade has the best customer service of any company I've dealt with.

Definitely call them, and tell them about your trip plans to see if you can get an evaluation sped up.

FWIW, I started that thread, and Cascade Designs/Therm-a-rest replaced two mattresses for me before I switched to an XTherm, and now I can't see what's happening. Excellent customer service though, and my XTherm is still warm and toasty after two full seasons of year-round use.

Give it a go–they should take care of you.

Thanks for the responses – that link does look very similar to the condition of my pad.

I'll shoot them a note (the challenges of not being in the US) and ask them about it – I suspect after 3 years of good use that this is expected wear and tear if that's their response I won't argue… if on the other hand they think it should have gone longer I'll happily take another pad :)

In the shorter-, Patagonia-term I'm going to pick up an Exped pad (strangely cheap in Australia) and also actually sell my girlfriends XTherm and buy her an Exped also… just about to order an Accomplice quilt from EE and the rectangular pads should 'couple' a lot better :)

If TAR decide to replace my pad on warranty after that I will happily keep it as a solo backup..

Yeah, go to Cascade Designs web page. Their warranty program is ideal. I just got an old Neo Air replaced with the Xlite.

Just curious (and apologies for the thread drift)–why are you wanting to sell the XTherm? I personally think it's the best pad available on the market–the ideal trade-off between durability, weight, and performance. I use it as a year-round pad for that very reason.

I know some don't find it comfortable to sleep on, but other than that I don't see any major objections to what Therm-a-rest has accomplished with it.

Just because two Exped pads will couple together without any gaps or the little thermarest 'valley' in the middle (my gf complains of falling between the pads at night). If I wasn't buying a double quilt I'd not bother… combination of a M pad for her and a MW pad for me should be a nice little bed.

Agreed the xtherm is a good pad, I've borrowed it for cooler conditions and am always impressed by how much heat bounces back up from it, probably warmer than my non-UL synmat 9 which weighs more than twice as much (in LW granted)