We ask the question, of "how this?," or "why this?," all the time. I would love to hear stories on mistakes that lead us to all these conclusions. Sometimes the best learning experiences are our mistakes.
I will start off with one from this past season. I changed pads halfway through my hunting season, from an Alps Mountaineering to a Thermarest. My Dad was coming with me, and I needed two. Of course being the gentleman that I am, I got the new one.
I have a habit of cooking seated on my pad in the tent. With the AM pad there is a layer that stops you from sliding all over, and it also works well for a level surface to set hot water on in the pot. The new air pad, not so much. I forgot that it did not have the top on it and poof!
Lesson learned, be very careful with heated objects around the air mats.
