Comments on: Alps Mountaineering Featherlite Air Mat

By: Tim Truemper

Tim Truemper — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 02:00:00 +0000

I have an Alps Mountaineering Tent and it is great. I would expect the pad to be very good. I have three different camping pads and usually just go car camping and not do the backpack thing (though I would like to soon perhaps). Regardless, I find that sleeping on the ground with a quality pad (Mine are an Eddie Bauer and a Timberrest) to be no big deal. There are quick set up tents at a good price that might serve you better than the back of your Subaru. I used to sleep in the back of a van with a foam cushion and the ground was always better. One more thing. The use of a foam pad under a camping pad is good as a camp pad can slide around on a tent floor some, too.

By: Zachary Robbins

Zachary Robbins — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:08:00 +0000

ALPS Mountaineering are some of the first products I’ve bought for backpacking many years ago, because they were cheap and decent quality. However, in my experience with the Lightweight series pad, it lacked the comfort I expected since it is bulkier and heavier than the majority of more expensive lightweight pads. It also takes much longer to inflate, because they use thicker material. Now I just loan that pad out to first-timers or people who don’t own equipment and use my expensive pad. It is both comfortable, 1/3 the weight, and much quicker to inflate. Of all the products over the years I’ve used, the price makes a huge difference in quality for pads compared to other stuff.