Gossamer gear airbeam air mattress full#

Gotta do something to offset the 5-10 lbs of camera gear I always take. Sleep System This is probably the most important decision you will make. Right click on each hyperlink to open in new tab or window.

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Gossamer gear airbeam air mattress full#

I might pick up a full blown air mattress for car camping some day too, but for backpacking, I'll usually still take weight savings over comfort. My BASE WEIGHT is about 14 pounds, with my SLEEP SYSTEM representing 16 of the weight at a little over 2 pounds. *imagines the base weight of my backpack getting lighter* *drool* Probably the shorter version too and do the backpack-for-a-foot-rest trick that others do. To be honest, I'd probably go with the NeoAir if I had to ever replace one of my pads though. That might get tested out later this year when things get cold again. Neither one is gonna win any comfort awards from me, but they still beat the crap out of the cold ground (as long as it's not TOO cold.) I've also added a space blanket to my standard gear list which some reports suggest using as a ground cloth to help radiate heat back up to ya. Throw in another ounce or two though for the mini repair kit that I carry for the pads, but have yet to ever need/use (knock on wood.)

16 ounces is hard to argue with though, especially when the much pricier NeoAir is only a couple ounces away from that (both of my pads are 'regular' size.) Picked up the non-plus version of the same pad about a year ago when I was on a bit of an ultralight binge. Sucks for side-sleeping though, as I think pretty much all of the Thermarests do. I flip flop between two, depending on if I'm car camping of backpacking.įor times when I don't care about the bulk or weight at all, it's a three year old Thermarest ProLite Plus (24oz.) It was the first pad I ever bought and it's been rock solid so far.