Warin wrote:A punctured mat will give 0 insulation where ever there is pressure (weight), there the sleeping bag will be giving the insulation not the mat. Where there is no pressure the punctured foam mat will have insulation.
emma_melbourne wrote: I don't like the crinkly noise of the Thermarest NeoAir.
emma_melbourne wrote:And the other consideration is risk of a mat failure on the track, which would be a disaster from my perspective. As once you're on the Overland Track, it's not like you can bail, and pop into town and buy another mat if you're part way down the trail. It's a 6 day track.
Moondog55 wrote:It's not luxury, it is an essential part of the system for getting a good nites sleep and 900 grams isn't much weight at all
north-north-west wrote:Moondog55 wrote:It's not luxury, it is an essential part of the system for getting a good nites sleep and 900 grams isn't much weight at all
900g is a lot if you aren't used to carrying it for extended periods. Some of the S2S and Thermarest inflatables are half that. Shaving a bit of weight here and a bit there adds up.
I love my NeoAirs. Would never go back to the Prolite.
north-north-west wrote:Moondog55 wrote:It's not luxury, it is an essential part of the system for getting a good nites sleep and 900 grams isn't much weight at all
900g is a lot if you aren't used to carrying it for extended periods. Some of the S2S and Thermarest inflatables are half that. Shaving a bit of weight here and a bit there adds up.
I love my NeoAirs. Would never go back to the Prolite.
Hiking Noob wrote:People seem to like them, I don't find it all that comfortable and the noise it makes is something else.
emma_melbourne wrote:My current base weight, including the 900 gram luxury mat, is sitting around 7.5 kg.
https://www.lighterpack.com/r/6qpuiu
(I know it says 7.17 kg but I have a few small items to weigh in, plasters and painkillers, repair kit, sunscreen, insect repellant etc. So by the time I do that it will be around 7.5 kg)
However I'm going to be adding 4.2 kg of food, and allowing up to 2 L water, so that's another 6 kg or so of weight.
So pack weight - including food and water - would be around 14 kg at it's heaviest.
The main places I can subtract weight are:
* PACK- Could buy a Massdrop GG Crown X60, AUD $184, approx $26 per 100 grams - for saving 700 grams off my base weight.
* SLEEPING PAD - Could buy a Thermarest NeoAir Large AUD $220, approx $50 per 100 grams - for saving 420 grams off my base weight.
(Or I could use my Thermarest 40th anniversary SIM regular size mat if I can tolerate losing the width on the pad - for saving 220 grams, and not have to spend any money as I already have that mat in my collection.)
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