The Exped MegaMat Duo is a beast of a mattress, and serves as a true two-person solution. It also boasts some of the best warmth and durability of the mattresses we tested. The MegaMat Duo's thickness, ease of use, and generous width make it a great choice for two campers who want to share a mattress. The Exped MegaMat Duo 10 is a much-lauded air mattress that is our winner for Best Couples Camping Mattress. What we don't like: takes longer to inflate, surface fabric isn’t as soft as other mattresses Why we like it: generous width dimensions, comfort good enough for first-time campers, super durable material, great insulation, backed by a lifetime warranty and repairs Surface Material: Bottom - 75D Polyester, Top - 50D Polyester / TPU Polyether Film Laminate Packed Size: 22 x 11 inches / 27.6 x 11.8 inchesĭimensions available: Medium Double: 72 x 41"/ Long Wide Double: 44.6 x 52" The previous version of the MondoKing had some valves we didn't like as much, but the newest version has separate inflate and deflate valves that are much easier to use and intuitive enough for those new to car camping. This also translated into a much more compressible and packable sleeping pad. It was nice to have the ability to make the pad firmer if I wanted it. That's something I mostly see with backpacking-focused pads. That said, while it's not as "set it and forget it" as other camping mattresses, it was the only high-comfort pad to include its own inflation bag. Whereas other high-comfort pads struck me with their ability to get full or near full in minutes, the MondoKing took 3-4 times as long (almost 30 minutes) to get full, and I still had to use the attached inflation bag to do the rest.Īs a part foam, part air mattress, we expected it to take a while to inflate compared to all foam mattresses. The biggest downside of MondoKing is its inflate time. The MondoKing is a self-inflating camping mattress that benefits from some foam for comfort and insulation. REI Co-op Camp Dreamer XL Self-Inflating Deluxe Bed Sea to Summit Comfort Deluxe SI Sleeping PadĪLPS Mountaineering Apex Self-Inflating Air Pad Back in 2016, I reported on exciting innovations that were, for the first time, enabling two people to sleep together comfortably outside.Sea to Summit Ether Light XT Insulated Air Sleeping Pad Now I’m even more excited to report that the nascent couples camping space is already evolving quickly. New pads promise to make such sleeping arrangements more comfortable, lighter, cheaper, or considerably easier to transport than ever before. I want to get right to the innovations, so excuse me if I recap only briefly. Until just a few years ago, if you wanted to cuddle your buddy in a tent, you had to do so either across the gap between your two separate sleeping pads or, worse, camp on one of those too cheap inflatable air beds that provide zero support or insulation. Something better was needed, and that need was met by two amazing products: the Exped MegaMat Duo and the two-person Big Agnes Q-Core SLX. The former is ridiculously plush but way too big and heavy to fit in a backpack. The latter actually creates a lighter, more compact base weight than two one-person pads. The new Exped DeepSleep is a three-inch-thick pad that will bring most of the MegaMat’s comfort to a more affordable price point. The trouble with the Exped MegaMat is that it’s both expensive and challenging to pack, even in a car. To remedy those issues, the Swiss mountaineering brand will reveal a slimmer, more affordable luxury camping pad this week called the DeepSleep. Like the MegaMat it will be available in both regular and long-wide sizes. The long-wide DeepSleep Duo matches the full-size bed length and width of the long-wide MegaMat Duo (77.6 inches by 52 inches) but will cost $279 to the MegaMat Duo’s price of $389. Compared to the four-inch-thick MegaMat, the DeepSleep measures just three inches thick but still features a comfortable, durable, stretchy, and totally flat sleeping surface, vertical sidewalls, and the two separate flat valves for inflation and deflation. It sacrifices the MegaMat’s plush tricot top fabric for a slicker, cheaper alternative. The long-wide DeepSleep Duo weighs just under 9.9 pounds and packs down into a 27.6-inch-long-by-11.8-inch-thick roll. The long-wide MegaMat Duo weighs 10.2 pounds and packs down to the same size. The regular MegaMat remains the best option for most car campers. I laid the DeepSleep out next to the MegaMat to see how they differ. Immediately, I noticed that while sitting on the thinner DeepSleep, my butt would hit the floor if the pad wasn’t inflated absolutely as firm as it gets. That never happens with the MegaMat, even at lower levels of inflation.
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