Originally Posted by smokepole
I've had nothing but good performance from Thermarest products over the past 30 years or so, probably 4 or 5 different models. Used one this year with the same results.


I've consistently used Thermarest pads the past 20 years, while providing guided hunts across North America and especially in Alaska.

I've never had a problem till this past week, when a pad failed me during a hunt in extreme wilderness and while in pursuit of world-class Coues whitetail deer. I was disappointed, but not daunted.

The hunt recent Arizona continued, regardless of my lack-of-sleep because of the hard ground beneath my sleeping bag, each and every night.