Barry,
What weight are you and do you sleep on your side? One of my issues is that the normal Thermarests allow my shoulder & hip to hit the ground. Adding the egg foam would give loft yes but still enough to stop a shoulder and hip thats taking all the weight?

When laying on your back you spread the weight out across the body so no one part is poking down further. When on your side all the body weight is on the shoulder & hip, two points. Most mattresses I have tried just can't fight that.

What about the large air tube mattresses? The Exped series of Big Agni (plural) OR Syn Mats have 3.5 inches of thickness and insulation R value of 6.0. at..... 3lbs....but it's for comfort. I feel like I may get banned for talking about carrying the heaviest thing possible. (the link has a good chart to compare the size, weight, r value, etc...)

Like I said I'm willing to carry a heavy @ss pad so I can sleep better, hence all the shedding & plucking of other weight. I also don't care if the solution is a cheap foam pad and 2lbs of duct tape. I just wanna sleep comfortably in the wild for once! I am already designing lightweight knee pads since I can't take a body pillow.

Does REI sell those open cell pads in store so I can try it out on the floor? The flagship store has a huge laydown area to test pads.

I also don't mind this thread being hijacked for the pad as I asked for it! Please hijack away if it gets me a good solution.

Also anyone have any good mods I could make to the inside of the tarp? I have plans for clothesline, gear pocket, & utility loops to hang stuff off. Any other mods I'm missing?

Also, anyone use the Kelty Triptease line? Is it worth the extra dough?

Thanks,
GuruJ
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