Big Agnes - Hinman Self-Inflating Sleeping Pad

The Big Agnes Hinman (double) has served me well. When I go solo, I put a touch less air in and fold it over taco style for double the cushion. But generally serves the fam and I well together. [https://www.rei.com/product/232446/big-agnes-hinman-self-inflating-sleeping-pad-78-x-50-x-4?sku=2324460001&store=&CAWELAID=120217890017039680&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=147758271599&CATCI=aud-830183485327:pla-2023795263505&cm\_mmc=PLA\_Google%7C21700000001700551\_2324460001%7C2023795263505%7CNB%7C71700000079653384&gad\_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwLO\_BhB2EiwAx2e-35mVx-lUIZZ9VKV\_k45kooZui4ESUlURTTmepL9zLiNVqTx-q2uYQBoCQvAQAvD\_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds](https://www.rei.com/product/232446/big-agnes-hinman-self-inflating-sleeping-pad-78-x-50-x-4?sku=2324460001&store=&CAWELAID=120217890017039680&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=147758271599&CATCI=aud-830183485327:pla-2023795263505&cm_mmc=PLA_Google%7C21700000001700551_2324460001%7C2023795263505%7CNB%7C71700000079653384&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwLO_BhB2EiwAx2e-35mVx-lUIZZ9VKV_k45kooZui4ESUlURTTmepL9zLiNVqTx-q2uYQBoCQvAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)

I’ve got 2 BA pads for my kids but haven’t had any issues with them at all, but they don’t seem anywhere as nice as my Nemo Tensors. A buddy has an BA pad and did get it replaced via warranty.  With that said, my Nemo Tensors have been amazing and one of them lasted over 7 years. Got it replaced very easily with Nemo, too!

Big Agnes is the best I’ve found. Pricey but well worth it.

Big Agnes and sea to summit checks all your boxes. Small/compact, uses vertical baffles to prevent that bouncy castle feeling and provide actual support

I bought a Nemo Tensor last summer, the non insulated version and it's the least slippery sleeping pad I've used. I wonder if there is a different top layer. The big agnes I used previously was so slippery it was like they did it on purpose.

It's very simple if it blows up with air and inflates - at SOME point it's gonna get a hole in it. That's life! The whole air mattress thing started with Therm-a-rest's and they were pretty tough back then, now with everybody sporting hard-on's for "ultralight" gear its gonna get worse. Same goes for actual air mattress, you can sleep on them but if you're not in Texas or Arizona yer still gonna freeze your butt off. Here's why ....... People these days buy inflatable pads for the comfort, but you really need them for the insulative qualities they actually provide. Don't believe me go sleep on the actual ground one night. When you crawl in to your sleeping bag you actually crush the down or syntho fill in the bag so there is no insulation there under you and the cold even in summer can seep right in. You need a pad under you to keep you off the ground ..... the best ones for that are still the cheap blue ensolite foamy's you buy at the cheaper stores but yes, for comfort they suck. There is a yellow thicker brand called Zotefoams Evazote and they got up to an inch thick but I haven't seem them for years but they were good quality and tough and CAN'T deflate ! So ultimately if you want comfort you need to go buy a big chunk of open cell white foam four inches thick and 7 feet long like you see in hobby stores - mega comfy and the size of a house! But now you can't pack it anyway so you're back to the blow up pads - and that's it. You can go to stores and look at stuff like Futons and crap but they don't pack well ! Heck even Ikea makes a folding mattress but again good luck carrying it around, right? Pick one but they WILL get a hole in them at some point however you can try to limit that with a cot. I've used them for years and its nice. I'm gonna suggest a Cabella's Lounger Cot but they are $350 bloody bucks and the same goes a real camping pad, something like a Exped Megamat itself is $400 bucks by itself. The two cots I wanna get are gonna cost me $405 bucks so add in two decent pads like Expeds and they're $500 .... great huh? It's nuts at a thousand bucks! I actually might just go get some memory foam cut at an RV store and use that. They can't deflate and its about the same bloody price as these inflatable ones, granted it won't be near as packable and portable but both my Thermarest leak, both my Big Agnes pad leak, even the TWO Coleman air beds leak, you can't win. My tent is 210 sq feet and 10 feet tall so I don't need backpack-ability either ........

I went from a Klymit to a Big Agnes. Night and day difference. 

Plus one. I have a therm-a-rest Xtherm, two cheap Amazon pads (they didn’t last), a Big Agnes, and I’ve tried the foam pads (they’re not for me). Exped seems to have the best tech. Their pads are quiet, comfy, reliable, and I love the synthetic down on the inside

Big Agnes has valve issues, mine didn't even last 3 uses

I had a Big Agnes for a decade. It sprung a leak on a trip this time last year. I found the leak on a seam and called to ask about repairing it. They asked for a pic, which I sent as well as a pic of the valve cut off (per their instructions) and my new pad arrived in a few days. No charge. I’ll never buy a pad from a different manufacturer again. https://preview.redd.it/qcc2h29uz8ve1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a5db870df20331f504fddf587c14258a32a7250