Therm-a-Rest ProLite

Summary

Love my Therm-a-Rest.

The ProLite sleeping pad is a perfect pad for backcountry, lightweight camping. I have had mine for about 5 years now and it still works good as new. It's not your home mattress but it is very comfortable given the size and weight. I highly recommend!  

Summary

Have used this pad for 5 years with no problems. Inflates quickly, stays inflated all night, packs small.

This pad has performed well after being used for the past 5 years, at least once every month of the year in the northern climate.

The stuff sack is really small, so it takes some extra time to get it in and the "handle" of the stuff sack broke within the first year, but no real loss there. Most of the time I don't use it anyway. The width seems perfect for a backpacking sleeping bag, which isn't cut too wide to save weight. 

Although I have not compared many of these pads, this one seems to be among the lighter of them. The only time I can say this pad has failed me was when I used it in a quinzee, and that was only because it didn't have the insulating value I needed for use on top of the snow.  Since then I have layered this with a Thermarest Ridgerest under it and it worked fine. 

All in all, I really think this is a great pad.

Bought this to replace my old one from 1995 (not because of performance). I just wanted new technology and the less weight.

I love this pad, it is all the padding i need to make a hard ground manageable. I recently used it on an overnighter and the temp. was well below 20F not a bit of chill all night.

Rolls up to the size of a nalgene bottle and fits right in your pack.....lovely!!!

This is an AMAZING pad! It's like magic!!! You can inflate it just right! And it seems pretty puncture proof! It's light! I've only had trouble rolling it up, as most self inflating pads are hard I assume. I know it's a bit pricey, but well worth it!
-pirate