Comments on: OUTDOOR 2008: THERM-A-REST NEOAIR SLEEPING PAD PREVIEW http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/ ANATOLY IVANOV / PROSE / EN Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:08:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brad Orndorff http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/#comment-150 Brad Orndorff Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:50:30 +0000 http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/#comment-150 The neo air is the greatest technicle achievement in ground pads since well, groundpads. Yes it is costly and yes it could include a stuff sac and repair kit for the price but "ain`t that America". The stuff sac would probably be too small to reroll it back into. Roll it the way you like it to suit your pack and purchase one from wall-mart or make or have made for you. If the air leaks over night in home trials send it back, try another. I suggest a possible reason for much of this overnight loss of pressure is a reasonable, explicable thing. When I first inflated mine it too lost some pressure overnight. As an experiment in the morning I re-inflated it and went to work, came home after 10 hrs. and it was tighter than when I left. I can only summise that when I first inflated it the room was warm and my breath was hot. As the evening waned into night and morning came the temp. dropped significantly aided by my air conditioner set at an icy-cool level. Then in the morn. it only took a few puffs to fill. With the air cond. off over 10 hrs. The temp. rose dramatically and so did the pressure. I think they call those occurences "science". Thanks and enjoy, Brad O. The neo air is the greatest technicle achievement in ground pads since well, groundpads. Yes it is costly and yes it could include a stuff sac and repair kit for the price but “ain`t that America”. The stuff sac would probably be too small to reroll it back into. Roll it the way you like it to suit your pack and purchase one from wall-mart or make or have made for you. If the air leaks over night in home trials send it back, try another. I suggest a possible reason for much of this overnight loss of pressure is a reasonable, explicable thing. When I first inflated mine it too lost some pressure overnight. As an experiment in the morning I re-inflated it and went to work, came home after 10 hrs. and it was tighter than when I left. I can only summise that when I first inflated it the room was warm and my breath was hot. As the evening waned into night and morning came the temp. dropped significantly aided by my air conditioner set at an icy-cool level. Then in the morn. it only took a few puffs to fill. With the air cond. off over 10 hrs. The temp. rose dramatically and so did the pressure. I think they call those occurences “science”. Thanks and enjoy, Brad O.

]]> By: Gnarly Dog http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/#comment-82 Gnarly Dog Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:18:34 +0000 http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/#comment-82 After using Thermarest for more than 20 years I only had delamination problem with the very first verison of their "Swiss cheese" mat (perforated foam, purplish blue color year 1999 circa).Replaced under warranty. I also had reports of other users having that problem but on that particular model and year only. Never had any other Thermarest delaminate (owned about 12) but had many problems with other brands. Eager to try the Neo Air. After using Thermarest for more than 20 years I only had delamination problem with the very first verison of their “Swiss cheese” mat (perforated foam, purplish blue color year 1999 circa).Replaced under warranty. I also had reports of other users having that problem but on that particular model and year only. Never had any other Thermarest delaminate (owned about 12) but had many problems with other brands. Eager to try the Neo Air.

]]> By: ANATOLY IVANOV http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/#comment-18 ANATOLY IVANOV Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:55:37 +0000 http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/#comment-18 Cascade Designs generally test their new gear as much as they can before it hits the market. The NeoAir has gone through 5 years of research and development. The Therm-a-Rest team is under real pressure to invent something new and great. Their patents on the self-inflating mattress have expired, leading to market share erosion. We’ll see how this new pad performs. But could you tell me more about those “repeated de-lamination problems”? Cascade Designs generally test their new gear as much as they can before it hits the market.

The NeoAir has gone through 5 years of research and development. The Therm-a-Rest team is under real pressure to invent something new and great. Their patents on the self-inflating mattress have expired, leading to market share erosion.

We’ll see how this new pad performs.

But could you tell me more about those “repeated de-lamination problems”?

]]> By: Sab http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/#comment-17 Sab Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:03:31 +0000 http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00132/#comment-17 Sounds very interesting to me! I once asked TNF about their AirCore insulated jacket technology and they said air chambers under around 15mm thick didn't suffer convective heat transfer. I don't mind the stiffness of air beds & swore never to buy another ThermaRest foam core air mattress after repeated de-lamination problems. Sounds very interesting to me!

I once asked TNF about their AirCore insulated jacket technology and they said air chambers under around 15mm thick didn’t suffer convective heat transfer.

I don’t mind the stiffness of air beds & swore never to buy another ThermaRest foam core air mattress after repeated de-lamination problems.

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