How to Choose the Best Sleeping Pad for Camping and Backpacking

Master your sleep setup with a warm, luxurious, 4-season air chamber pad—the Big Agnes Campmeister Deluxe sleeping pad. A comfy-and-quiet quilted stretch fabric on top creates a soft sleeping surface.
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View all Big Agnes Air PadsBest Use | Backpacking |
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Sleeping Pad Type | Air |
Sleeping Pad Shape | Rectangular |
Insulated | Yes |
Insulation Type | Synthetic |
R-Value | 7 |
Repair Kit Included | Yes |
Stuff Sack Included | Yes |
Packed Size | Regular Wide: 5.5 x 9 inches Long X-Wide: 6.75 x 9.75 inches Long Wide: 5.5 x 9.5 inches |
Sleeping Capacity | 1-person |
Pad Thickness (in.) | 3.5 inches |
Dimensions | Regular Wide: 72 x 25 x 3.5 inches Long X-Wide: 78 x 30 x 3.5 inches Long Wide: 78 x 25 x 3.5 inches |
Weight | Regular Wide: 2 lbs. 2 oz. Long X-Wide: 2 lbs. 12 oz. Long Wide: 2 lbs. 4 oz. |
Gender | Unisex |
Sustainability | Contains recycled materials |
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This pad is Awesome! I have a NEMO Tensor Extreme and its warm but its fragile and narrow for what most manufactures call WIDE. I was looking for something warm and wide and found the Big Agnus Campmeister Deluxe. No its not as light as the NEMO but at 78x30 inches and thicker material, this pad is a beast! I'm 6'5" and 280lbs, and this pad held up cowboy camping on top of a 14er here is Colorado. I forgot to pack my tent and figured if its gonna pop, its gonna pop and I will just head back down. I slept in till the sun came up and don't think ill ever go back to NEMO. Thank you Big Agnus for looking out for the big guys!
I'm a big guy (6'2", around 250, with broad shoulders) and this pad is an absolute game changer. 30" wide is so much wider than 24" wide or heaven forbid 20" wide like some of these sleeping pads. There's an unconscious part of your brain that has to stay on alert when you're a big dude on a narrow pad, and it keeps you from being able to fully relax. When you're on a pad wide enough for your arms to lay at your sides without being on the ground, you can actually just rest, and your brain isn't half-awake all night trying to keep you perched on the knife's edge. The pad is also designed with a bolster around the edge to help keep you from rolling off, and the surface material resists your bag slipping and sliding around, so even when I've had this on a less-than-perfectly-flat surface, I've felt perfectly secure. The insulation is great, there's no noise from it while moving around unlike some pads that sound like a bag of chips every time you touch them. I couldn't be happier with this purchase. Absolutely the best pad I've ever owned.
The pad is very comfortable and appears durable. I have one gripe, the repair patches are loose in the sack and they will get lost. Is it too much to ask for a pocket in the sack?