I use an older Sea to Summit one. Its shaped to fit into the hood of my sleeping bag. I have no issues with it, other than it being small-but, its supposed to be small to fit in the space it is

 

I only have a plastic pair of large C's and they'll a little on the firm side

 

I use a Sea to Summit Premium inflatable. Size large.

Packs down to smaller than a baseball.

 

I had put this one into my list on Amazon last night. Thanks for the review. I have the Therm-a-rest pad that's fair, just wish it was thicker.

 

Ya but they don't talk back

 

Thermarest offers a variety of different pads with different thicknesses.

 

Mine I think is the Base Camp for compactness. Better than nothing but you better hope there isn't a rock or something under you.

 

 

Do you just open the valve and let the sleeping pad self inflate or do you manually inflate (blow into the valve) the pad?
I always blow into the valve to manually inflate the sleeping pad for firmer support. Never had an issue with rocks or tree roots.

 

I store it blown up. Deflate for travel then blow it up as much as I can. Then try to blow it up even more before going to sleep. It's only 1-2 inches thick fully inflated.