Higher R value pad

[nrpate05]

Tensor™ Extreme Insulated Ultralight Sleeping Pad

Tensor™ Extreme Conditions represents a new chapter in NEMO backcountry pad innovation. With its Apex™ baffle internal structure, Tensor EC toasts the competition, achieving an 8.5 R-value and a mind-bending warmth-to-weight ratio. Now the warmest, most insulating ultralight pad on the market...

www.nemoequipment.com

This looks promising for cold backpack hunts

 

[Deleted member 16014]

you lying sons a...

https://www.rei.com/used/p/hest-sleep-system-sleeping-pad/181266?color=Blue&aqi=c787c8a4b20b8e81b812d67871ed7f3b

If you're not going to carry it anyway, I'd save a few bucks and see what you can find at ye olde Wayfair.

 

[LuketheDog]

If you're not going to carry it anyway, I'd save a few bucks and see what you can find at ye olde Wayfair.

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That's 1/2 as much as a nice Thermarest! Tie it on the roof of the car and sleep like a babe at camp...

 

[mxracer317]

SG Chilkoot 0F bag on the cot. No worries about the cold. I can’t stand xtherms for the crinkling noise when you move.

Also, propane heaters emit moisture.

 

[jpcoll01]

Hear me out but a cot is a lot like a hammock you will compress whatever you have under you and the air will freeze you from below. Look Into a cheap hammock quilt or something you can use under the cot to absorb and reflect back body heat. Example below, I actually have one of these and for something so cheap it works.

 

[Jwill]

Exped is hard to beat for car camping.

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

Hear me out but a cot is a lot like a hammock you will compress whatever you have under you and the air will freeze you from below. Look Into a cheap hammock quilt or something you can use under the cot to absorb and reflect back body heat. Example below, I actually have one of these and for something so cheap it works.
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Hammocks… what is this Pirate Talk

 

[44hunter45]

 

[Elkmagnet]

For car camping we just buy from here.

LUX-R Foam - Standard Mattress

Check out the deal on LUX-R Foam - Standard Mattress at Foam Factory, Inc.

www.foambymail.com

Choose your materials, size and thickness then cutit to size if necessary.
Very cost effective and warm. For backpacking I agree the xtherm is the best I have seen.

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

Car camping with cot, I fold an old military wool blanket over 3x lengthwise to cover the cot. Usually does the trick.

This is what I was going to suggest. I just drape a wool blanket over the cot or sleeping pad and found it makes a huge difference.

I do need a better pad though.

 

[Spedray]

xtherm all the way, night and day difference over my old ba insulated pad, yes a little more noisy but I never hear it while I am asleep and not shivering.

 

[trackerbacker]

I just switched to a exped deep sleep (fits in my 65l bag) from a Big agnes insulated divide. Absolutely a dream.

....so if you need another BA while you wait for another from cuatomer service, I can send you mine!

 

[BenhuntinMT]

We didn't have cots or a big tent this year, we were backpacking with a floorless tent. I purchased the thermarest xtherm NXT that has a 7.3 R-value and i stayed very warm paired with a 15 degree stone glacier bag. I had absolutely no problem being right on the ground. my hunting partner had the same one, and he runs cold all the time and just loves it. Pricy but worth it.

 

[Irrelevant]

Tensor™ Extreme Insulated Ultralight Sleeping Pad

Tensor™ Extreme Conditions represents a new chapter in NEMO backcountry pad innovation. With its Apex™ baffle internal structure, Tensor EC toasts the competition, achieving an 8.5 R-value and a mind-bending warmth-to-weight ratio. Now the warmest, most insulating ultralight pad on the market...

www.nemoequipment.com

This looks promising for cold backpack hunts

Warmth-to-Weight King: NEMO Tensor Extreme Conditions Sleeping Pad Review

NEMO has always been about innovation and performance, but for the ultralight cult, the Tensor Extreme Conditions Pad came out of left field.

gearjunkie.com

I think that tensor is going to be given a try next year

 

[brocksw]

@neffa3 if you do enough truck camping to justify a separate pad from your backpacking pad, exped Megamat is where it’s at. They’re the bees knees for comfort, durability, and warmth.