Finding Slow Leaks

[Mad Mountain Mike]

Does anybody have any good tricks for finding a slow leak in an air mattress? My wife, kids and I went on a two night backpacking trip last weekend and my neoair went flat over night. I’ve submerged it in a lake, no bubbles, when we got home I brushed it multiple times with soapy water, no bubbles. I leave on Monday for a sheep hunt and would like to take this mattress. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[muddydogs]

What we do at work, we end up with about 30 different brand mattresses turned in after the field season, is fill the mattress with a few pounds of air from the air compressor and stand them on end. After a day or two the ones that are still standing are good to go and get rolled up and put away. Any of the mattresses that fall down leaked some air so they get another hit from the compressor and dunked in a tank to find the leak. We find that the extra air from the compressor make the small leaks show up very well. You have to use a little common sense when filling the pad as each brand is a little different and to much air can blow them up, keep the compressor set on about 5 psi and go slow filling the pad.