Mattresses / sleeping pads

Hi Alan, I am merging your post with the existing thread for discussing sleeping pads. Have a look through the thread for some info that has already been posted.

One of my mats is a full-length NeoAir X Lite. It rolls up to about the size of a Nalgene water bottle. Its a 3 season mat which would be fine for a lot of Berg winter conditions. Certainly I have used it there in the winter. This won't be same for every person though, as everyone has a different experience in sleeping comfort. In Canada I only use it from about the end of June through to October when there is less camping directly on snow. I have used mine to sleep directly on snow during very warm summer conditions and it was OK.

It is a great mat, but does need to be handled carefully as it can puncture easily. This has happened to mine but it still works totally fine after some patching. The space blanket inside will probably eventually perish. I can see it start to do this in mine along the fold lines when I hold it up to the light. But this is after a good number of years of frequent use.