MegaMat Max

I am laying on my brand new MegaMat Max and I have to say last night sleep was the best I ever had camping. It is pricey but the best mattress I have slept on.

Not permanently but my visitors love my Exped mega mat. It gets used in preference to my sofa bed. [https://www.snowys.com.au/megamat-max-lxw-burgundy](https://www.snowys.com.au/megamat-max-lxw-burgundy)

I needed a sleeping mat for low temperatures so the high R rating on this is fantastic. It is also the most comfortable sleeping mat ever used.

A major impetus for buying this was my diagnosis of degenerative disc disease. It's very comfortable if you can still get up and down off the ground. I use a milk crate to help me get back up.

We have the max duo W I think? It’s for me and my wife and sometimes our 1 year old.

I use the Megamat Max (15cm/6” thick) and it’s like sleeping on my mattress at home. So comfy!! I pair it with a short cot so I can get in and out of “bed” easily.

Exped megamat max is the one, But is super expensive. Decathlon ultim comfort is the “budget” version of that. Decathlon also does an inflatable bed base to further improve.

I used mine for the first time last season and was shocked how much less air/inflated I felt it needed to be comfortable vs what I was expecting. Which is to say that I initially inflated it way stiff at first like my old air mattress and ended up releasing air from it throughout the first night. Was that your experience as well? I got the Megamat Max, if that matters.

that is great to hear! I’ve really not heard much either way about their customer service. i’ve put my megamat max through the wringer for a few years now and it has been flawless.

We have 2 Exped Megamat Max and push them together then throw a double sleeping bag over the top.

I have an Exped Megmat Max and it is better than some hotel mattresses I’ve slept on. Go to a local REI or other camping store and check it out.

A high R-rated sleeping pad. Cots allow cold air to pass beneath you, that's what you don't want. You want insulation, not cooling! Cots are *great* for summer camping when you can afford the weight. I've got an Exped DeepSleep Duo (R9), though my wife & I don't winter camp it's quite enough for autumn camping in the Adirondack mountains. Their MegaMat Max is R 10.6. It's a lot easier to add more blankets on top of yourself, but adding blankets & stuff below is harder. You need something that traps air in tiny pockets like foam (still air insulates well, moving air transfers heat well). That something needs to not get compressed under your weight, which blankets & sleeping pads do. You'll find the top side of most cold-weather sleeping bags is much thicker than the bottom side, because they expect an insulated pad to do the job of keeping you from losing heat to the ground.

They are worth every cent, we have one in our RTT and it is super comfortable