
Group Test Insulated Inflatable Sleeping Mats
Modern insulated inflatable mats provide excellent warmth for a minimal weight, but which is the best model for your intended use? We compare five mats across the price range.
These are reviews from the UKC editorial team
You can get warmer inflatable mats, and you might find lighter, but the balance struck by the NeoAir XLite would make it an excellent choice for 3-4 season backpacking and all-round mountain use outside the extremes of winter and altitude.
Garden camping on lockdown proves the ideal way to test this combination of sleeping bag, mat, and pillow. The emphasis here is on campsite comfort, but it's a setup that would work for occasional backpacking too, says Dan Bailey.
Toby Archer sleeps lightly, with a down bag that offers an impressive warmth for its minimal weight and a mat that's billed as the "lightest insulated air mattress available".
Robust, comfy and very very warm, the Aerostat 7.0 is a serious camping mat for seriously cold places - but one that'd...
Lighter mats tend not to be luxurious, so instead Therm-a-Rest have gone all out for comfort here. Richard Prideaux enjoys restful...
It's well made and comfortably thick, but what really sets the SynMat HyperLite apart is its impressive warmth for its minimal weight....
Richard Prideaux doesn't really do hammocks, but he's pleasantly surprised by this hammock, mozzie net and tarp combo from Exped. The...
These are announcements direct from manufacturers
Therm-a-Rest add the NeoAir Topo and Topo Luxe mattresses to their Camp and Comfort range of cosy and durable air mats.
Therm-a-rest's new WingLock and TwinLock valves have been designed to speed up inflation and deflation, and withstand the rugged outdoors.
As part of their Ultralight series this summer, Therm-a-Rest® introduces the new ProLite™ Apex™ Mattress. With the best warmth-to-weight ratio in the self-inflating category, the ProLite Apex...
This year Therm-a-Rest introduces the ultralight backpackers dream kit: the lightest air mattress on the market, the...
Delivering the best night's sleep you can have…that was our goal when we designed our sleeping mats. Our Air...
Brand new for Spring 2018, Sea to Summit have launched the innovative Alpha Pot range and provided some key updates to their Air...
Sea to Summit Hammocks are technical, light, compact and comfortable. Ideal for both gram counting back...
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