In reply to UKC Gear:
I’ve been a long-standing fan of Snap pads for a long time. Well made, nice designs, work well. I’ve had 3 Wraps which is, from what I can see, the original burrito version of this new pad. If the foam and cells have been significantly upgraded then ignore this post.
so, the upside. The wrap is very best pad I’ve ever had for landing on your back from sit starts and roofs. Really soft landing which never bottoms out. Huge landing zone, and again, the very best landing from highballs, never bottomed out from some monsters! Great carry system, well made.
neutral. Size/weight. If you want this landing zone size and performance then 8 to 10 kilos is par for the course
downside. Experience with wraps and a petit wrap. The mat goes soggy(soft) far quicker than a closed/open cell standard mat. This happened to all my mats, and at the time Wraps were about £240. I pretty well boulder exclusively and get out a lot, but still found performance Degraded after only a years use a bit disappointing. At this stage, the outside of the mat is still in great condition. I looked into replacing cells back in the day, but I think it worked out not to be worth it. Maybe this has changed.
This led to a change to my wife and I getting a pair of Moon Saturns. Great landing zone, great from height, and if you turn the upper pad upside down with the open cell foam uppermost, then a really good landing from low roofs. This costs more than the new Snap mat though. However, experience is that the Moon mats retain their foam integrity really well.
if someone has any intel that the longevity of the cell system has been improved, then I would definitely be up for one.