Pad Recommendation

[tracker12]

I just turned 69 and I cant still hike and climb as well as I ever had. That being said my hips still sow there age and I have a hard time sleeping on the ground. Thinking I might need to go to a blow up pad.

By the way I am a side sleeper

 

[quistat]

Side sleeper too, I just got one of these: https://www.rei.com/product/186713/nemo-quasar-3d-insulated-air-sleeping-pad. I'll let you know how it goes in a week.

 

[Carrot Farmer]

I’m a big guy and side sleeper…

Big Agnes Insulated AXL, 3.5” thick

It’s treated me well


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[cmahoney]

I have a sea to summit comfort plus, it’s apt better than the Xtherm for sleeping on my side.


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[tracker12]

The Sea too Summit seem to be very popular these days.

 

[Savage99]

I’m a big guy and side sleeper…

Big Agnes Insulated AXL, 3.5” thick

It’s treated me well


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You using this with a BA bag (with pad sleeve) or a regular/mummy?


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[Carrot Farmer]

25”x78” pad with Whiskey or Anvil Park BA bag(both have sleeve and are 80” wide!!! , vs 72” “wide” bags


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[Savage99]

25”x78” pad with Whiskey or Anvil Park BA bag(both have sleeve and are 80” wide!!! , vs 72” “wide” bags


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Nice! I’m going to be trying out a long/wide echo park 0 degree with an exped downmat 9 (7.8 r-value). You ever been cold with those setups?


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[Carrot Farmer]

Nice! I’m going to be trying out a long/wide echo park 0 degree with an exped downmat 9 (7.8 r-value). You ever been cold with those setups?


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BA Whiskey Park w Insulated AXL on a Cot kept me Warm during November elk season. I did purchase an 30” exped for my cot, though


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[doc holiday13]

Side sleeper too, I just got one of these: https://www.rei.com/product/186713/nemo-quasar-3d-insulated-air-sleeping-pad. I'll let you know how it goes in a week.

This is a WONDERFUL pad . Just bought one of these for my wife and she loves it. Nemo revised the way to fill them and you can can get it fully inflated it in like 2 minutes

 

[PA Hunter]

I use the Exped down mats, work great in Alaska and i constantly toss and turn and side sleep with no problems on this mat.

 

[sheephunt]

Neoair xtherm max is great for the weight and Rvalue, but man is it slippery.

 

[Hoeger]

I have a sea to summit comfort plus, it’s apt better than the Xtherm for sleeping on my side.


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I just got a heck of a deal in the dent bin at my local REI. $75 for a once used pad, the stuff sack was ripped but other than that it was mint. So excited to try it out.

 

[cmahoney]

I just got a heck of a deal in the dent bin at my local REI. $75 for a once used pad, the stuff sack was ripped but other than that it was mint. So excited to try it out.

Awesome, mines been great since I got it in 18.


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[Seeknelk]

I just turned 69 and I cant still hike and climb as well as I ever had. That being said my hips still sow there age and I have a hard time sleeping on the ground. Thinking I might need to go to a blow up pad.

By the way I am a side sleeper

I'm a side sleeper, 5-10, 265#. I get tight, sore hips after long marches in especially with heavy pack. I just went to the sea to summit ether xt extreme. Slept with just my quilt in the low 20s one night. Was toasty.
Has a dang good r value and is 4 inches thick with nifty pillow keepers. ( Pillow keepers were something I liked and appreciated way more than I thought I would.)
What also helps keep my hips feeling better as a side sleeper is making a pillow, (sitka Kelvin puffy in its stuff sack) to put between my knees. Helps ease tension. Dig a little dip in the duff were hips are also.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

Nuther EXPED vet...many of the others will let you down, literally. Big Agness and others have histories of valve leakage and weak seams. A 3.5" thick, LW EXPED is heavier but worth the slight weight and cost penalty. Ask anyone who has ever had a mattress go flat on them, "What would you pay for a quality matt right now?" That's the wrong time to realize a good night's sleep is priceless.