“One of my very favorite pieces of gear is my 'sit pad', which is just a piece I cut off an old RidgeRest closed-cell foam pad. It is approx 12" x 13". ”

+1

But if you want an inflatable, I like Samoset’s advice “Now days I actually do use a small peice of plastic under my sit pad and back rest.”

I put my CCF sit pad rolled up on the outside of the pack. So what if it takes up room? And you can sit anytime and whip that pad out as you’re sitting down! This has been my favorite and most abused piece of gear. I’ve had to replace six CCFs already! That’s why I’d be worried about inflatables. I use my pad to:

1. Keep the bruises off the gluteal (of course) when sitting.
2. Keep the pant’s behind clean smile
3. Keep the gluteal warm when sitting.
4. Kneel on when going in tent; boy that saves the knees!
5. Keep the knees clean and or dry
6. Becomes a mat outside of my tent that I stand on when removing or putting on my sandals.
7. Put it under the foot part of my quilt (since I carry a short NeoAir).

When I get home, I usually have to pull a lot of embedded gunk out of that pad--- that could have damaged me.

-Barry
-The mountains were made for Tevas
-My 7th grandkid is on the way!