How to Choose a Sleeping Pad for Camping and Backpacking

Stay warm and comfy with this Big Agnes sleeping pad. It features Thermolite® insulation and heat-reflective film. Its vertical baffles include larger outer chambers to keep you cradled in the middle.
Imported.
View all Big Agnes Air Pads| Best Use | Backpacking |
|---|---|
| Sleeping Pad Type | Air |
| Sleeping Pad Shape | Rectangular |
| Insulated | Yes |
| Insulation Type | Synthetic |
| R-Value | 4 |
| Repair Kit Included | Yes |
| Stuff Sack Included | Yes |
| Packed Size | Regular Wide: 5.5 x 11 inches |
| Sleeping Capacity | 1-person |
| Pad Thickness (in.) | 3.5 inches |
| Dimensions | Regular Wide: 72 x 25 x 3.5 inches |
| Weight | Regular Wide: 1 lb. 12 oz. |
| Gender | Unisex |
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Not sure what that one star review is talking about. I was able to roll up both the pad and air fill sack together and put back in the storage bag with ease. Will it up tight. I sleep so well. Super comfortable. I think it’s the combination of the vertical baffles, insulation layer, thickness, and width that make it perfect for me. Could not be happier. Im a bigger guy so i went with the 25" wife.
This pad should be called a mattress I'm 175 lbs. and 5'9" and this pad is great. I've never been able to bottom this pad out (feeling the ground while laying on my side) or find myself falling off, the barrels on the side of the pad provide some guard rails while turn during the night.
I agree that the sack was made with minimal real-world testing — it’s way too small for the sleeping pad it’s supposed to fit. At the campsite it’s basically unusable, and I spent more time wrestling the sack than setting up my tent.
Just got this recently (haven't slept on it yet) but to address the claims that the pad wont fit back in the sack , it totally does. I think people aren't letting all of the air out before rolling up. Mine is the larger, wider pad as well.
Got it on a nice sale a bit ago and honestly it’s been great. Weird that I can’t seem to find anything else about this pad other than here but it has been very comfortable either way.
Found it on sale while in need of replacement (for non-inflatable). Had other inflatable pads but weren’t durable (older Nemo). This one is tougher quality, and also my first wider pad (major improvement. The thickness when inflated is also awesome because when not filled to capacity to allow some depression in the hip and shoulder area when side sleeping you don’t bottom out and sit on hard ground (also being denser, heavier but not larger). Also I would recommend buying the larger 78” pad while not 6ft or over, still end up with feet off the pad at times. The minimal increase when packed is worth the comfort increase when it counts. As for the stuff sack issue people seem to have. The issue is the remaining air. Folding in half long way once rolling up to force the air out. Then unroll fold in half again and roll up. All the air is then out and actually rolls up tighter than the first time opening and removal from the stuff sack. (I know, I know how dare you tell people how to do some insignificant thing so they didn’t have to figure it out for themselves instead of letting them suffer for no reason. Irony is the the phrase, “I’ve never thought of it like that,” and then suddenly people begin to actually think. So write that down, ball it up and chew on that for a while😂😂😂)
Seems like a nice enough mattress, but two things let it down BIG TIME and why I returned it. 1.The storage bag is _just_ too small to be useful. I could barely get it stowed at the house after folding it on a 6' table, let along standing up as I would in the field, something I routinely do with my Exped in Amok Dramur hammock. Would an extra 3/4" of bag material be all that difficult? 2. The inflation bag is too small!
I bought it cuz I had rewards and a coupon came out to 41 bucks. When it arrived it was a bit shorter than I had originally thought but it worked. I am a side sleeper and was not disappointed. Comes with the pump sack. I’ll give it a 8/10 made a bit of noise but not enough to bother me. And I don’t get why people complain about putting it back in its bag. It’s so easy just do it the way it came in. It’s not that hard
The inflation bag is a silly design??? And I agree with the other reviews- the stuff sack is too small. Luckily I got it on clearance- and I’m sure these reasons are why! Also- I’m a small frame (Size2-4) woman- ands the regular width is quite skinny.
a luxury backpacking mattress. easy to inflate. bag works great. pack sack is tight, as it should be for minimal pack size, but getting it in is no problem.