Klymit sleeping pads are actually decent after 20 nights

I know everyone on here swears by Therm-a-Rest and makes fun of Klymit like they're Walmart junk. I bought a used Klymit Static V for 30 bucks off Craigslist 8 months ago just to have a backup. Took it to a 4 night trip in the Ozarks last June and honestly slept fine on rocky ground. The thing inflates in like 10 breaths and packs down smaller than a Nalgene. I kept waiting to wake up sore or cold but it just worked. So I brought it on a 12 night Colorado trail section hike and same deal - no leaks, no complaints. Still use my Therm-a-Rest for car camping but for backpacking I grab the Klymit every time now. Anyone else try one of these after hating on them and change their mind?

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west.casey7d ago

Therm-a-Rest makes a pad too, they're not just a car camping brand.

price.ben7d ago

Man, if I owned a Therm-a-Rest pad I'd probably just use it as a fancy placemat for my microwave dinners.

claire8726d agoMost Upvoted

That thing about microwaving dinner on a Therm-a-Rest gets me thinking though. I brought my Klymit to a music festival last summer and used it as a floating pad in the lake during the day. It turned into this whole thing where people kept wanting to borrow it for floating and I ended up losing track of it for like two hours. Found it half deflated under some guy's camp chair. Still worked fine after drying out. Have you ever tried using a sleeping pad for something totally random like that?

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