Nahhh... We're just talking different factors of 'comfort', here. There's the comfort of padding and there's the comfort of staying warmer by having some insulation. There's also the comfort of carrying a lightweight pad vs. carrying a heavy pad. And there's a comfort of convenience when (multi) using a pad for a cozy insulator, a sit pad, and part of a sleep system. Many factors/benefits and it's probably not a good decision to totally sacrifice one in favor of another; rather one should try to get the best/most of each. It's a multi-variable mini-max problem! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> But my blue pad piece is just a sit pad and an emergency add-on in case my hammock insulation proves to be not enough...

My group in Scouts had a motto, "Any fool can be uncomfortable." That had many applications; hot, cold, hungry, fatiqued, blistered, and so forth.

Comfort is a many splendored thing... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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