After three weeks (during which they were jumped on by little kids), the pad showed no wear and tear or deflation. The Quasar pad comes in regular ... the Therm-a-Rest Z Lite Sol Sleeping Pad ...

The biggest concern with backpacking sleeping pads is finding ... For years the Therm-a-Rest Z Lite has been the industry's foam pad standard, without much competition. Now, with the Switchback ...

All three come in four sizes: regular ... this pad is designed for, I would also bring a closed-cell foam pad like the Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite. The more distance between your sleeping bag and the ...

Its yellow-curry hue is so iconic that when ultralight sleeping ... going to go for the regular mummy size, both manufacturers offer longer versions of the mummy pad and wider versions of their pads ...

We’re speaking of the Therm, one of those words from our grandparents’ era of coal gas powered Belling cookers and Geyser water heaters hanging over the bath, which has somehow hung on in the ...

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You need a cold weather sleeping bag and a cold weather sleeping pad. If you only add one of these things to your kit, you might be at risk of hypothermia. In this test, a heated manikin is dressed in ...

A steady rest is a tool for a lathe, enabling a machinist to make deep cuts in long, slender stock, bore out thin pieces of metal, and generally keeps thin stuff straight. Unlike a tool that ...

Sleeping mats, as they are often also called ... With some exceptions (notably the iconic Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite), they’re very bulky to pack; hence it was common to carry them on the outside ...

A shaggy-dog Raymond Chandler spoof? An elegy for the Southern California hippie? An allegory for the rise of the neo-conservative movement? The Coen Brothers’ 1998 crime comedy has been ...