Therma-A-Rest Self-Inflating Air Mattress

Sleep is one of the most important things to enjoy life. Isn’t that equally so for a cycling life?

You need to be sufficient energized to cycle high passes, long distances, dusty hot regions, rainy seasons and for every day performance, however short the distance.

Not only a comfortable mattress is important, the quality of such a mattress is equally essential for you don’t want a comfortable mattress which last only 4 weeks.

 

Another important matter is the strength of the mattress, it should not get punctured easily nor making sounds like reclining on a bag of chips. Preferable a mattress should not blow up when you are far away from having send another one to you, or buying a new one.

Simple, wouldn’t you say: comfort, strength and quality. Every outdoor lover needs that, and preferable light weight too.

For me there is only one outcome, and I have tried several kinds: Therma-A-Rest all-season self-inflating air mattress. My experience is that this is a comfortable, strong mattress which last for years.

Positive

• It has a women’s design; shorter, rounder shaped

• It packs compact

• Easy to clean

• Easy to repair punctures

• Quick to inflate and easy to deflate and roll up

• It prevents cold coming through

• It does not shove during the night

• When encountering problems, the manufacturers provide you with prompt reply and help (during warranty period)

Negative

• Although it packs compact, not as small as the other air mattresses

• The ground needs to be free of sharp items as not to puncture the mattress

• The stuff back is tight; the mattress need to be rolled twice in order to have it fit into the stuff back

• The price is about €100 which is not cheap, but considering the number of nights sleep getting out of it, well worth the amount of money

My Therma-A-rest self-inflating air mattress started to delaminate after uncountable nights of deep sleep. In total I must have slept on the mattress for over 2 years, nearly every night, which roughly comes to 365 x 2 = 730

730 : €100 = € 0.13 each night

Then I had to buy a new self-inflating air mattress which lasted only 4 weeks Having slept for 4 months on two thin, low quality mattresses I was not getting sufficient rest, turning around like a roast chicken on a skewer during the night, bones hurting from the hard surface. I finally got hold of a new Therm-A-Rest Pro Lite Plus Woman’s All-Season Self-Inflating air mattress, and will look forward to endless deep sleepy nights.