With a warm R-value of four-point, eight compact dimensions when packed down and a thick two-inch space of comfort the Therm-a-Rest Trail Pro Sleeping Pad is an extremely versatile pad for year-round backpacking or camping.
The foam base throughout the pad also employs pressure mapping technology what that means is dual density. Foams are used throughout the pad. Differing densities throughout the pad that give you extra support in those areas where you need it most: at the hips, at the shoulders and fins out at those places where you don't need it. Saving weight in the process further saving weight is diagonal.

The cuts in the foam take some of the foam out there you have weight at the same time that diagonal cut keeps heat from being lost. In the pad retains your body warmth and makes it a great warm option for season use. The trail pro is manufactured in Seattle, Washington. Built here in the US. Other materials on this pad include a non-slip surface. It has a nice feel to it gain increasing comfort but also helping to keep you and your sleeping bag in place on top of the pad during the night.

Reinforced materials on the bottom fabric of this pad help to hold up, to wear, and tear and give it increased durability for storage for carrying during backpacking. Thermal rest also throws in a stuff sack. Therma res does recommend that you store any self-inflating pad with the integrated valve. Open when they ship the pads they are in a compressed state which so when you purchase a new self-inflating pad.
It's recommended that you open that valve and give the pad 24 hours or whatever time you can give it open so that that foam can rebound a little bit and get to something closer to full inflation.

Therm-a-rest has a long history of durable high-quality sleeping pad and. The women's trail pro has been in their line for years getting small improvements along the way now this. Iconic pad is really versatile for camping backpacking and travel it is. Considered a self inflating pad which means that the core is made out of open. Cell foam it's highly compressible when you need to pack it away and it's tucked back but it expands soaks up air when. You open the valve this makes it really. Easy to inflate because you don't need to huff and puff to blow it up it really. Does most of the work for you so once you get to camp you just lay it out in your tent open up that valve and once. It's left alone for about 15 to 20 minutes the foam would have expanded and. Then you can just top it off as your preferred thickness so you do need to inflate it a little bit at the end now. When it's fully inflated it is a full. Two inches thick and that also is really. Great for insulating you from the ground our value here is around four point. Eight so it makes it great for season use now I've got it inflated. Mostly all the way here and you can see. These little dimples these are actually cutouts of the thumb so what summer s. Do they have a method for cutting the foam so that it minimizes bulk and minimizes weight but it still gives you really good thermal efficiency the. Little cutouts here don't go straight up and down through the fun they're actually cut diagonally through that panel of foam so you don't lose as much. Heat as you would with a hole that's. Just cut right straight through so that's a pretty neat feature probably my. Favorite feature though here is around the edge of the pad you have a wider. Baffle here that actually kind of cradles you into the middle of the pad I've slept on pads like this that have. Kind of that wider baffle on the edge. And I've slept on pads they're just flat and i think these definitely give you a. More comfortable feeling it doesn't feel like you're sliding off the pad in the middle of the night especially if you find yourself camping on an uneven surface now if i go to the valve here. The valve is really durable tried-and-true it can be any easier to use their's just a twist open twist. Closed valve now a common question about. Sleeping pads customers like to ask us is about the level of noisiness as you move around on the pad some had. Have a crinkly sound some pads kind of. Make a swishing noise against your sleeping bag but i found the material of. This pad to be nice and soft and almost. Silent so it's really not annoys e at all it does come with an included stuff. Sack so it packs down to be about this small if you're looking for an easy to. Inflate comfortable pad for year-round. Use check out the tried-and-true therm-a-rest women's trail pro thanks. For watching if you have additional questions about the gear you just saw please feel free to visit back country edge comm and get in touch with me or. One of our other gear specialists we also have technical specs about that gear on the products pages of our website and often times we have bonus videos if you like our channels. Please subscribe.

Hey this Travis with two brothers adventures I'm gonna do a quick review on my therm-a-rest trail pro air. Mattress so this is the air mattress. That I've used now for probably about seven or eight months I've had it on a week-long motorcycle trip it's well on. Multiple atv adventures when i bought. This air mattress it runs anywhere from about 70 to 100 bucks depending on where you find it but i wanted something that was a little thicker that would be comfortable since I'm not necessarily backpacking though this is but the label does a backpack. Self-inflating mattress but I've probably spent a total of twenty twenty-five nights on this thing i love it's the perfect thickness i find that. You know sleeping on it is extremely comfortable one of the things i learned early on is i had a tendency to over inflate this thing usually when i pop the cap and leave it in there for a little bit and let itself inflate if i just close it's about perfect the first couple nights i had it i blew a little more air in there and then it was too firm but you know you can customize. And adjust it's got these different baffles built-in i don't if you can see the dot from the video in here but for different zones of weight so there's just a line of them here but like the weight zones so it's all kind of laid. Out that you know as far as best design. For people to sleep on so some stats on. This thing it's r-value is 4.8 so it's got a pretty. High ar rating it's roughly 2 pounds 11. Ounces it's again it's a 2-inch pad it's. About 25 inches wide 77 inches long this. Is the regular you can get in long and things like that as you can see it's a little bit tapered, so they shave off some of the weight the pack size when. This is all rolled up and fold it up is 7 inches by 13 inches so it goes into a. Pretty small package again you can use. This for backpacking at two pounds if you wanted the extra comfort i find it to be the perfect pad for putting on my atv or putting on my motorcycle i also have. Another pad is the four-inch pad that i used when i was truck camping and i think this pad is just as comfortable or more comfortable than that four inch pad with the way that the baffle design is. Laid out in here when you're laying on it's perfect so definitely i feel it. Was well worth the money i sleep incredibly well no matter where I'm at where you know whatever time to put terrain I've slept in sand I've slept you know kind of on rocky ground last. Night you can see we kind of slept on this pebbly kind of sandbar here. And the force slept like a baby in it so. Definitely something to check out if. You're looking to you know sleep a little more comfortable they're kind of expensive but if you take care of them leave them inflated when you're at the. House don't leave enrolled up and when i. Get home I'll open this up and i throw it in the top of my closet they'll last a long time well worth the investment.

This is the Sierra Designs Nitro 800 Dridown Sleeping Bag.

This 4 season bag has a thermally efficient and weight saving mummy cut. It utilizes lightweight compressible and weather resistant dry down insulation. Let's have a closer look. Unlike traditional down which can lose its ability to keep you warm if it becomes wet, the feather in this bag has been treated to stay dry longer and dry out faster. If they do become damp best of all the dry down insulation continues to keep you warm even on cold wet nights.

Personally, I still want to know that the insulation is fully protected and the bags water repellent nylon rip stop shell gives me back confidence. The bags tapered mummy cut and baffled design reduces bulk and wait while also eliminating empty space inside. The bag only has a half-length zipper but that helps to cut down on weight. It makes the bag that much warmer and that's still plenty of access to the inside of the bag.

Additional insulation at the collar and behind the zipper add to the overall warmth. My feet get hot regardless of the temperature so I'm also a big fan of foot vents. The simple overlapping design on the Nitro`s foot vent is great. It's easy to extend your feet if they get too hot but when you pull them back in the vent self seals and keeps you warm. The bag weighs well under three pounds and fits inside an included 16-inch by 9-inch stuff sack that can actually compress even smaller than that a mesh storage. The sack is also included and it's the best way to store the bag to maintain loft and extend the life of the bag. With its lightweight packable and weather resistant design the Sierra Designs Nitro 800 Dridown Sleeping Bag is a great option for winter backpacking or camping.

The Snow Leopard is equipped with a draft collar which has a pull string on the side opposite the zipper. The temperature rating is minus 18 degrees Celsius. On my latest trip, I believe the lowest temperature we experienced was minus 5 to minus 10 degrees Celsius and I was still very warm. I had the bottom part of the zipper open to help ventilate my legs.

My overall impression of the sleeping bag was positive. I found it to be warm comfortable and light enough to pack. Did have a few issues with the zipper? It has a tendency to get caught as you're zipping around. Zipping however it is easily unstuck.

I'll admit it does take a bit of effort to get the Snow Leopard into its carrying bag but it does compress down to approximately 11 inches by 20 inches which is more than enough space for the rest of your gear for your truck.