User Review: Therm-A-Rest ProLite 3

Therm-A-Rest ProLite 3
Above: The current ProLite 3, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed October 3, 2009 by dcwilliams29id

Rating:
Price Paid: $90

This pad is lightweight, packs well, and is pretty comfortable if you sleep on your back, but mine popped about 8 miles in the Colorado back country on day 2 of a 8 day hunt. A small thorn (more like a splinter from some sort of weed) popped it, and it would only stay inflated for about an hour.

I packed out and bought a foam pad (1/4 of the cost) and it was about as comfortable, and cannot pop. I don't think I will do the inflatable route again as it was unreliable for me, and I don't want that to happen when I am 15 miles and a few thousand feet from a trailhead.

Having some loft in sub freezing temperatures is important, and the foam mat did a great job.

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