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  • #3656998
    Russ W
    BPL Member

    @gatome83

    Locale: Southeastern US

    Does anyone know why REI is not carrying the Thermarest Neoair Xlite? I have a refund on a gift card and wanted to burn it on the Xlite but it is not available  in the or on line. So either Thermarest is changing models or REI is going a different direction.  Anyone know  what’s going on?

    #3657002
    Daniel Kinsella
    BPL Member

    @mrunderhill

    #3657016
    Paul S
    BPL Member

    @pula58

    the link in your OP is the old version, before they updated the valve.

    #3657021
    Russ W
    BPL Member

    @gatome83

    Locale: Southeastern US

    Thank you guys!  Pad ordered! I must have gone down some sort of rabbit hole on the website.

    #3657033
    HkNewman
    BPL Member

    @hknewman

    Locale: The West is (still) the Best

    I ordered (and received) the new valved Xlite from REI a couple weeks ago at a “non-dividend price”.  The new valve works fine but wouldn’t call it evolutionary.

     

    #3657040
    Brad W
    BPL Member

    @rocko99

    Can you still blow it up with your mouth?

    #3657046
    HkNewman
    BPL Member

    @hknewman

    Locale: The West is (still) the Best

    Seems so as it looks similar to the old valve with the “wing” device behind it, attaching it to the pad.  They’ve included a stuff-pump sack too, so I’ll use that.   Got the LW version and that would take a lot of breathes.

    The pump sack keeps popping off but it’ll get the job done.

    #3657049
    Brett A
    BPL Member

    @bulldogd

    The pump sack keeps popping off but it’ll get the job done

    I modified my Exped Schnozzel by opening up the I.D. of the port (part that attaches to the pad valve) a “wee bit” using a rolled-up piece of fine sandpaper. Now fits firmly on my Therm-a-rest XTherm valve as well as my Exped pads. I thought the Therm-a-rest pump sack sucked and the Schnozzel does double-duty as a pack liner.

    #3657056
    Brett A
    BPL Member

    @bulldogd

    After having a look at Therm-a-Rest’s new valve, it appears that using the Schnozzel may not be an option…but I could be wrong.

    #3657174
    Paul S
    BPL Member

    @pula58

    The new valve on the neo airs is marginally better than the old one. Hey, at least it has a one-way ability for inflation! But the Thermarest pump sack is pretty bad. We use our schnozzle bags from Exped instead, MUCH better. To do that I  (through trial and error) found some surgical rubber tubing that would fit around the outside of the new thermarest valve and  the schnozzle bag outlet (using a rubber band to keep it from falling off the schnozzle bag).

    I kinda wish Thermarest would use a flat valve like Exped or Sea to Summit. That being said, the x-lite and x-therm are warmer, for a given weight, than anything else on the market, they pack small, and the oft-reported crinkly noises are not as bad as I feared.

    #3657182
    Brett A
    BPL Member

    @bulldogd

    @pula58,

    Nice work-around with the rubber tubing. Maybe some enterprising person with a 3d printer here could make an adapter for the new valve(?). I purchased the x-therm the season before the new valve was introduced :( But the schnozzel works great with it. And its plenty big enough for stuffing the quilt and dry clothes in.

    #3657203
    bradmacmt
    BPL Member

    @bradmacmt

    Locale: montana

    I bought my wife a new Xlite this year, but last years model @ 1/2 price.

    We’re happy suffering with the old technology :)

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