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Product Description
Trail Lite… Therm – A – Rest’s best combination of comfort and compactness! Designed for budget-minded campers and backpackers who want one mattress that can do it all: Light enough to pack for any adventure; 150-denier polyester is incredibly durable for years of use; 1 1/2″ thick; Your choice of 3 sizes… small (21 ozs., 20 x 47″, rolls to approx. 21 x 4″), medium (32 ozs., 20 x 72″, rolls to approx. 26 x 5″) or large (43 ozs., 25 x 77″, rolls to approx. 26 x 5″). State Size. Order this great value today! Therm-A-Rest Trail Lite |
amazing, easy to fill, nice for sleeping
I liked this product very much. It’s very portable, comfortable,
and easy to fill and fold. Good for camping or any short-term
staying….more info
I liked an earlier version better
I bought this since I lost an earlier version, a better one.
I don’t like the nylon rough feel of the fabric. My
earlier version had a softer feel. You may want to look
at REI mats….more info
A back saver (plus how to avoid the slip)
I recently picked up a large Trail Lite pad as I re-outfitted myself before a camping trip. I had a Therm-a-Rest pad when I was younger, but I went a few years with no time for camping so I had divested myself of most of my gear. I consider myself a bit of a tightwad, so I had a hard time making my purchase (especially since I could get one of those cheap blue-foam pads for less than $10), but I decided to go for it anyway, based largely on my memory of my previous Therm-a-Rest.
On the other side of my recent trip, I’m glad I opted for the Therm-A-Rest. My sons packed in those blue foam rolls, and I caught a nap on one of them. They don’t compare to the amount of padding you get with the air-foam combination of the Therm-a-Rest Trail Lite (though the insulation factor is probably just as good).
STORAGE and INFLATION TIP
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To keep inflation times to a minimum (and to reduce or eliminate the need to inflate it yourself), be sure to store the pad unrolled an open, as described on the fact sheet. They recommend under a bed or behind a couch, but for me the back wall of the closet works best. If rolled and stored, the foam tends to remember being in its compressed state, and it takes longer to fill (or you’ll end up blowing it up). If you keep it unrolled until right before your trip, it will expand and self-inflate faster.
TO BEAT THE SLIPPING PROBLEM
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When I was younger, that was the thing I hated most about my Therm-a-Rest pad–the way a nylon-shelled sleeping bag would slide off on nearly any incline. To fix that, I purchased a roll of that rubber-matting material (it’s bumpy and forms an open mesh pattern)–the stuff that’s often sold in the housewares section to keep things from slipping or sliding in drawers, or can be placed under smaller kitchen rugs or mats–and I roll a lenght of it into my Therm-a-Rest before I head out. With that down between my sleeping bag and the pad, I don’t have as many problems with slippage. It even makes it easier to turn over in the bag, without the bag itself flipping over.
PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT
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I strongly encourage you to consider purchasing a stuff sack for your Therm-a-Rest pad. Having the sack that fits your pad makes packing the pad a snap (no web straps or bungee cords to deal with), and it helps keep dust and grime from the trail from getting on your pad. Even if you set down your pack (or if it falls over), you’ll soil the shell and not the pad itself….more info
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1 Comment until now
It Is What It Is
This Therm-a-Rest Trail Lite sleeping pad is great for what it is: an inch and a half thick, air-filled pad. Better than nothing? Definitely! Better than a lot of other similar products out there? For sure!
But it’s still just an inch and a half thick, air-filed pad. I use it to camp and love it, but you will still feel rocks and roots beneath you. But it folds up very small and is extremely light.
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