Exped - Ultra 5R
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Last updated: Aug 27, 2025 Scoring
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"I'm exclusively a side sleeper and my backpacking set up I wake up pain free, so proper support for spinal alignment is so crucial as well as adequate cushion for hips and shoulders."
"I sleep on a Exped Ultra 5r AT HOME every night. ... Cradles me just right with the outer "tubes" a little fatter than the midle ones."
"Exped's Ultra line has vertical baffles which I find very comfy ... It's definitely very cozy for me. ... I really like the vertical baffles"
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"I have used it in -2 conditions, the side of my body that was on the mat was plenty warm ... And I feel the cold, so to be warm on the mat is saying a lot."
"Been plenty warm down <0°c>-10°c."
"and warm (much much warmer than I would ever need if I didn't plan on going down below 5°c!)"
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"Love my Exped 5R ... Nemo Tensor (love it unless I’m camping with my partner in which case the crinkling chip bag sound kept them awake all night) and finally tried the Exped and now I don’t use anything else!"
"I have an Exped Ultra 5R and don't find it loud at all."
"some of the least noisy ... don't use the crinkly mylar insulation"
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"Another reason why i think it's so comfy is the vertical baffles, which keep you in place so much better"
"Lengthwise baffles are always the best. ... one can easily feel or sense that one is not about to move off the pad and even that one is centered on the pad. ... The Exped has slightly larger "in diameter" edge tubes, so that also helps one sense in total darkness where one's body, legs, and feet are on the pad."
"as a side sleeper the horizontal baffles stop my leg from sliding off onto the ground, which can be uncomfortable and cold."
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"The mummy long /wide models are under 20oz."
"I'm a huge fan of the Exped 5R, 4.8R Value and the Medium-Wide is about 23 oz."
"at only 555g"
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"decidedly not UL"
"I find the exped a little more comfortable to sleep on, but still always take the neoair because of the lighter weight, which is more comfortable in my pack."
"it's quite heavy at over 20oz for the 72x20 model."
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"Personally I was not able to sleep comfortably on the Exped MegaMat Lite, or its siblings (Dura/Versa/Ultra). ... A through-line in my testing of these is the vertical baffling: I regularly wake up and find my arm is numb. ... But in my adulthood I've probably maximum only got about two hours of sleep at a time on a design like these."
"At some point, you can't put more air inside, but the pad remains pretty soft. ... When I sleep on my side, my hip is almost touching the ground"
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"But it's a _little_ bit chunkier and heavier than I might like if I wasn't in need of the warmth."
"not the smallest"
"I have the Ultra 5R and it definitely packs down larger than my Xlite"
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"Personally I was not able to sleep comfortably on the Exped MegaMat Lite, or its siblings (Dura/Versa/Ultra). ... A through-line in my testing of these is the vertical baffling: I regularly wake up and find my arm is numb. ... But in my adulthood I've probably maximum only got about two hours of sleep at a time on a design like these."
"At some point, you can't put more air inside, but the pad remains pretty soft. ... When I sleep on my side, my hip is almost touching the ground"
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"Unless you are only ever going to use it at +10c or warmer, go 5R"
"Going forward I will use my exped 5r coupled with a ccf, mammut bamse extreme, on top at those temps."
"Both might be slightly cold depending on where you're going in mid-may as there can still be snow on the ground or the ground could still be frozen even if the snow has melted. I find frozen spring ground as cold as snow in the middle of winter."
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