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Post by cweston on Jun 30, 2015 12:55:51 GMT -8
Would prefer Big Agnes insulated air core or something like that. This pad wil probably only be used on 1 trip per season, so I'd be happy not to pay for a brand new one if anyone has one they'd like to part with.
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Post by walkinman on Jun 30, 2015 17:39:56 GMT -8
I used the Exped Downbeat 7 UL but I don't; believe they still make it .. the Downmat Winterlight M (or MW) is the newer version. Cheers Carl |
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toejam
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Post by toejam on Jul 1, 2015 4:40:16 GMT -8
I'll send you my BAIAC, but have to warn you that it won't stay inflated more than a couple of hours.
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Post by cweston on Jul 1, 2015 5:49:36 GMT -8
Yeah, Toejam: I think I'll pass on that...I need something to replace a POE insulated air pad with the exact same problem. I've tried repairing the leak 3-4 times, but I just can't make it acceptably air tight. Got a lot of good miles out of that pad, though.
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Jul 1, 2015 7:07:36 GMT -8
Cweston, have you tried contacting the company? I had the same problem with that pad and the company cheerfully replaced it. Apparently some design flaw.
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Post by cweston on Jul 1, 2015 7:56:42 GMT -8
I'm not the original owner of the pad, and I'm not even sure that company is in business any more, though.
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Post by paula53 on Jul 2, 2015 10:15:52 GMT -8
I had a POE pad that lasted 8 years before I replaced it. I can't complain, it was well made.
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Post by talus on Jul 2, 2015 11:07:41 GMT -8
Pretty sure POE is done. I loved mine as well. I went with a NeoAir.
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Post by BigLoad on Jul 2, 2015 14:13:05 GMT -8
I switched to NeoAir a couple years ago and haven't looked back.
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Post by toejam on Jul 3, 2015 4:41:15 GMT -8
"I switched to NeoAir a couple years ago and haven't looked back."
At the risk of sounding like an evangelist, my first thought was why don't you get an XTherm and use it all the time?
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Post by cweston on Jul 3, 2015 5:18:53 GMT -8
At the risk of sounding like an evangelist, my first thought was why don't you get an XTherm and use it all the time? Uh, because they cost $200? Besides, I'm strictly a 3-season BPer at this point in life, and a warm sleeper, so that level of R-value would be overkill for me. I just need a third pad for when both my son and daughter come along, which happens (at most) once a season. |
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Post by cweston on Jul 7, 2015 6:44:46 GMT -8
Ordered a BA IAC last night from a place that had them on sale. As an aside, it's just amazing what these pads cost: the manufacturing cost can't be anywhere near as high as what the retail costs would suggest--I guess it's more a matter of what the market will bear and the fact that it is a small niche market, so what they lack in volume they have to make up for in profit per sale. The nicer models are all in the $200 range these days. My first sleeping pads were rolled up foam mats...
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