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  • Recomend me a small light self inflating/blow up bivvying/camping bed.
  • singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    Please. 🙂

    druidh
    Free Member

    http://pacoutdoor.com/sleeping-pads/view/peak-elite-ac

    Not self-inflating but, TBH, none of them really are.

    d45yth
    Free Member

    Have a look on Biketreks’ website, they’re selling Pacific Outdoor mats with up to half off.

    ElShalimo
    Full Member

    like druidh’s suggestion but slightly older model
    here

    Houns
    Full Member

    Just use a phat tyre inner tube?

    Oh, you said lightweight 😀

    honeybadgerx
    Full Member

    There’s always the good old balloon bed trick…

    Or the tried and tested Thermarest, at the pricey end of the spectrum but they’re well made and do last.

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    Balloon be if you want to entertain your mates with your bed popping in the night

    Thermarest neoair if you want a good night sleep !

    Can et away with a lighter sleeping bag with the neoair in my experiance

    ElShalimo
    Full Member

    as per

    d45yth – Member

    above
    http://www.bike-treks.co.uk/1101/sleeping_mats.aspx

    I have a POE mat and it’s very good

    doh
    Free Member

    Exped ul7 bit heavier than a neoair but cheaper and comfier(on a shop floor at least)

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    Thank to all posters so far.
    The POE stuff on Bike Treks seems too much of a bargain to miss.

    Mattie_H
    Free Member

    Word of caution on the Peak Elite: it’s very comfortable, lightweight and good value *but* there are issues with the reliability of at least one batch. Google turns up a number of people here and in the US who had problems with recurrent leaks. I loved mine when I got it but on two of the three occasions I used it in anger (bivvy trips to the Peak District in December and the Berwyns in March) it deflated. I tried using the repair kit provided and fixed one leak in the seam but the leaks kept appearing. After two very cold and uncomfortable nights out I decided to cut my losses and returned it / replaced with a Neoair. From Cotswold’s response it didn’t seem like this problem came as any surprise to them.

    bwoolymbr
    Free Member

    ?

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    She looks a bit deflated. Were you a bit of a dissapointment for her? 😉

    bwoolymbr
    Free Member

    And that’s before she’s even seen what I’m packing in the downstairs department 🙁

    AngusWells
    Full Member

    I spent a highly amusing night on the Polaris once listening to balloon beds bursting as their restless users turned over in the night.

    Alpkit are always good value and they offer a comparison of their mats against some of the others that are available:

    http://www.alpkit.com/sleeping-mats/sleepzone3

    mountainman
    Full Member

    http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/hi-gear-ultralite-lightweight-sleeping-mat-p143703
    I use one of these excellent value and light enough for me,easy to use add couple of puffs and your away.

    MSP
    Full Member

    It looks like thermarest have brought out some newer versions of the neoiar, and have rebranded the origional ones as neoair trecker, which they are knocking out a good chunk cheaper, still not a cheap option mind but I dont think any of the competition can compete on weight packsize and warmth.

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    It’ll be to replace an Alpkit Airo 180 that someone has just put two holes and a 5cm tear in. 😐

    Del
    Full Member

    ‘someone’ eh?
    nothing but trouble, that one, you mark my words.
    look at the exped stuff. no personal experience but they come highly recommended.

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    😆 @ Del.

    Apparently it fell onto the top of the electric toothbrush and got speared by the metal spikey bit.

    She was “trying to help” though. 😡

    snipswhispers
    Free Member

    last time I looked, ‘aerobed uk’ were selling their travel mattress half price.

    the mattress seems deep enough and its container doubles as its pump.

    best of all though, no pvc.

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