The BEST pad for side sleeping???

[kpk]

I had a Big Agnes Bounday Deluxe, Exped Megamat 10, and Thermarest Mondoking all on my living room floor before this season started. (Along with a pile of others I already had)

I kept the Thermarest. You'd be nitpicking between the Exped and Thermarest and everything else feels like an air mattress in comparison. I toss and turn like crazy and never came off the 30" wide pad. Very comfortable.

 

[nickstone]

Exped megamat. Big agnes hinman is pretty nice too

 

[FranklinBluth]

I brought an exped megamat on my moose hunt this year - basically brand new and found a hole in it on day one. Could not get a patch to hold (used the exped patch kit it would slowly deflate). Even tried gorilla tape and could not get it to hold air. Basically slept without a pad for 10 nights.

 

[WashCycle]

My personal favorite is the Big Agnes Boundary Deluxe. Full time side sleeper and I still take mid-day home office naps on this thing several times a week.

 

[CoWapiti]

I have the older big Agnes Qcore SLX long wide. It's been awesome. I'm 6' 6" and 225lbs and a side sleeper.

 

[bergie]

I go with thermarest topo luxe, slightly under inflated. I only have experience with that and a klymit static v. The thermarest beats the klymit in every way and doesn't leave me restlessly tossing and turning all night.
What I wouldn't give to be a guy who can lie flat on his back and sleep well...

 

[rharbaugh]

Can folks chime in on how loud their pad of choice is? I've only used a thermarest xtherm and wouldn't describe it as quiet.