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I'm on an Synmat UL7, but we upgraded my partner's mat at Xmas to a Sea to Summit Etherlite Extreme insulated. She's a side sleeper and didn't get on with the Synmat that well.
Kurai-
I have also been a faithful user of one of these for the last 6-7 years but in the summer last year this happened:
Properly inflated mat + very hot tent =(This isn't a winter issue but an expensive mistake so I thought I'd share)
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I'm on an Synmat UL7, but we upgraded my partner's mat at Xmas to a Sea to Summit Etherlite Extreme insulated. She's a side sleeper and didn't get on with the Synmat that well.
thanks for reply. This is for cyclecamping?
(i ask as weight seems to me to be less of an issue if not carrying on your back)
Quincy
loadedcyclist
Many thanks for reply.
Good suggestion.
I WAS doing a test camp the other night in what was supposed to be minus 2.
With a zig-zag karrimor foam mat and a standard (old style) thermarest on top of it, but this combo didn't seem to be quite up to it.
I know that decathlon do a zig-zag foam thing with a silver coated layer -maybe that's better?
I take your valid point about dedicated winter mats being more pricey - a specialist need/market for sure - can I ask what yours is?
I stress that I am not aiming to camp in truly low low conditions - I am after all a cyclist/cycle camper and won't be dragging my bike and ton of junk up a trackless mountain, nor like riding across ice, but just want to sleep easy on a night that MAY dip to minus 2 or 3, then after a good sleep and biding my time in the tent in the morning, fortified by espresso and snacks, venturing out for a cycle/onwards journey in temps at least plus zero.