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Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit

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The Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit can have your punctured mattress ready to go in minutes.

Specifically formulated to make rapid, permanent repairs in the field or at home
Includes Hot Bond adhesive, patches, alcohol prep pad and wood stick; also includes instructions for 3 different repair methods
Kit works on all mattresses such as NeoAir, Trail, LuxuryCamp, LuxuryMap and more

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Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit Customer Reviews

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Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit

2.5

(based on 12 reviews)

50%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Cons

Best Uses

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (6), Casual/ recreational (5)
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- Comfort driven (6), Survivalist / minimalist (6)
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Aug

2010

(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Effective, but difficult to use

By HillKiller

from Alameda, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Durable
Easy to pack

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

I have two experiences with this product. The first was a repair I did at home. It worked great on a hole about 1/8" in diameter (caused by a spark from fire).

The second experience was on the trail. I tried to do the repair at 9000 feet. The glue requires softening by placing in boiling water. I had difficulty getting the glue into an applicable state because the water could not reach the proper temperature.

The other limitation is that you only get 3 pouches of the glue. So repairs may require more than one pouch.

So the product works well, but keep in mind some limitations. There are other products that use rubber cement, that might be more versatile.

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Jul

2010

(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Repair kit lacks versatility

By AK_packer

from Alaska/Montana

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Good idea

Cons

No patch size selection

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

This kit is a necessity with inflatable sleeping pads and their fragile nature. Unfortunately, you get only three 1" dia. "glue dots" that do not work on anything larger than a small puncture. The dots did not work on a 1/4" slit.

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Sep

2011

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

far to complex

By reverse dyno

from Utah

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Cons

Too Complex

Best Uses

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

I used this kit to patch an air mattress. The kit is needlessly complex and the hot glue always dries before you can get in completely on the patch. This patch kit is horribly designed. But, without any other options, you have no choice but to buy it.

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Oct

2010

(4 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Don't bother- stick to duct tape

By hoser4

from Mendocino County, CA.

About Me Environmentalist

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Pros

Cons

Doesn't work

Best Uses

Nada

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

A chucklingly dismal failure. Unless I had a "bad batch" of "parts" I'd say that this product did not perform in any way consistent with printed claims. At 65degs. the adhesive set up in 2 shakes which pretty much puts the kybosh on the whole effort. If you're at home, with a heat gun, maybe even a hot glue gun, you'll probably pull it off. But, if you've got the hot glue gun and a reasonable patch substance then you probably don't need the kit. In the field I'd say a super clean surface and duct tape is the way to go.

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Jul

2011

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

It's Working for Me...So Far!

By bikish heather

from Portland, OR

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Repairs

Cons

Bad instructions

Best Uses

At Home

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

This review was spurred by the others on the site. I was afraid that this product would be utter crud, but I didn't really know any other real options. The repair kit is overpriced if you ask me, since I only have one Thermarest and even if I bought another the glue would probably dry out before I would need this again. Also, the instructions are very unclear—my Thermarest mattress wasn't even named so I wrote in to Thermarest for clarification on which repair method/materials I should be using. Fortunately once that got settled, the patching went pretty well. It was a warm day so I definitely didn't wait the 10-20 minutes for the glue to get tacky (it was closer to 5), and there was a bubble in the patch this evening after I had left the thing inflated all day. However, I took a nap on the mattress and everything seems to be fine. I've rolled it up and may do another (post-roll) test run in the near future when I'm not in the field.

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Jun

2011

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

No good.

By Guile

from San Diego, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cons

Does not hold
Does not stick
Poor instructions

Best Uses

Landfill

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

I used the patch kit on a Therma-rest Trail Pad.

First of all, the instructions were very minimal and inadequate. I followed the instructions to use the patches as intended but after all the steps the patches still leaked. I tried a second attempt the next day and still no luck.

I ended up going with a good quality bicycle inner tube patch kit. After only 30 minutes my pad was as good as new. I'm going to keep a inner tube patch kit with my pack for now on.

Don't buy this kit unless you like buying things just to throw it in the trash.

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Sep

2010

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

not great, but does work

By ianlong

from Oakland, CA

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy to pack
Lightweight

Cons

Too thin

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

The most useful item in this kit is definitely the hot bond stuff. Throw the glue dots away, they are useless, even on small holes. It is nice to be able to patch while backpacking though.

You could probably find some hot bond stuff for a lot less.

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Sep

2011

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Great patch, bit of a nuisance

By jaquestraw

from Oakhurst, CA

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Excellent results

Cons

Can be difficult

Best Uses

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

This patch kit may be a pain in the butt to use but it is very effective. Read the instructions completely and have everything ready to go and you'll be ok. You can do 2 patches at a time with 1 pkg of glue if you work it right. I took away 1 star because I burned my finger! My fault but I'm still deducting for it.

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Jul

2011

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

patch experience

By rudall

from carbondale, co

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Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

The hot glue takes more minutes of boiling at elevation to get hot enough. But it works on the older T'rest pads just fine. On a recent trip, I didn't have a repair kit, and repaired a pin hole leak with a 1 inch square of moleskin. Worked perfectly. Haven't tried to repair a Neoair, so can't help there. Carrying a bike innertube kit, or even just a bit of glue, would enable you to fix a small leak in the older T'rest pads.

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Mar

2012

5.0

What's the fuss? It worked perfectly!

By RodGowdy

from Seattle, WA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Easy to use

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Therm-a-Rest Universal Repair Kit:

After reading all the negative reviews, I was hesitant to purchase the repair kit, and send it to Cascade Designs for a factory repair.
That would have been a waste!
The repair kit is so easy to use! It worked perfectly.
I have no idea why people have trouble with this repair kit, many thanks to Cascade Designs for getting my camping gear back in shape quickly!