'Sleeping Pads' Post Category

A sleeping pad is an essential piece of equipment for going camping. The best sleeping pad for camping will do a few things. First, it wont weigh too much, so that you don’t have to carry around a big, heavy sleeping pad. Second, a good sleeping p...

One of the most often heard complaints about foam sleeping pads is that they are not as comfortable as inflatable sleeping pads, and a lot of that has to do with how thick the sleeping pad is. A thick foam sleeping pad will offer you quite a bit m...

Most foam sleeping pads are of the cheap, basic foam variety, but there a memory foam sleeping pad is certainly not impossible to find. Memory foam is not often used for sleeping pads, however, in part because it is quite a bit denser than the usu...

Backpacks, sleeping bags and tents tend to be the three heaviest items in a set of backpacking gear, but a sleeping pad will often come in fourth, so it really pays to look for the lightest sleeping pad that you can find. You want to be careful, h...

Of the two main choices for sleeping pads, which are foam and inflatable, an inflatable sleeping mat is considered, by many people, to be the better choice of the two. One of the clearest advantages of using an inflatable sleeping mat over a foam ...

Though most sleeping pads are designed for just one person, it is certainly possible to find a 2 person sleeping pad, if you would like to get close and cozy with another person while sleeping in the outdoors. But a 2 person sleeping pad, unlike a...

When you’re spending days in the outdoors, hauling your gear over long distances from one campsite to another in all kinds of different conditions, you need a certain kind of gear that is versatile enough to hand just about anything. The best slee...

A foam sleeping pad is certainly a viable option, but an inflatable sleeping pad is, to most people, a better choice. One of the many advantages of an inflatable sleeping pad is that it tends to take up a lot less room than a foam sleeping pad. Fo...

If you don’t mind getting a little cozy with another person, then a double sleeping pad is an ideal way to go camping. There aren’t, unfortunately, too many lightweight double sleeping pads out there, so if you’re thinking that you’re going to be ...

Inflatable sleeping mats certainly have their positives, but a foam sleeping mat is also a very good choice, for a number of different reasons. For starters, foam sleeping mats tend to be lighter than their inflatable counterparts. They’re a great...