Gossamer Gear - Thinlight Foam Pad - 1/8"

I generally use a Thinlite 1/8" pad under mine with success when it's below freezing.

I use a gossamer gear 1/8 inch foam pad underneath my inflatable pad in my tent with a ground sheet. I don’t want any leaks.

I spent the first night on this 6mm pad, and it is awesome. Genuine Evazote is far superior than the gossamer gear thinlight. I’ve used pads as small as 15x40 to reduce volume successfully. Shout out to Nunatak for stocking these. https://nunatakusa.com/51-supplies

I sleep extremely cold (smol 5’1 woman). I use a 0 degree Loco Libre quilt (custom fitted to my height), Thermarest Xtherm, and Gossamer Gear Thin Light pad. I also always wear dry baselayers and recently got Enlightened Equipment Synthetic Pants that are the best. Eating dinner/food a few hours before you go to bed also helps and campsite choice matters as well. If you camp by yourself, I recommend a bivy/tarp UL set up. I warm up my bivy far faster than a tent.

I lost my thinlite yesterday bushwhacking and I already miss it so much. I use it all the time for resting during the day and it serves double duty to help angle or protect the inflatable. I might go with torso length z lite next time.

This is r/ultralight! Get the mummy! This goes against all mentality of “bring the lighter one”. Get a thinlite!

I use an Uberlight (near zero R) I cut short (7oz) and add a piece of ThermaGard pole barn wrap insulation (1.6 oz) cut into a mummy shape on top when it's cold. The thermagard claims an r9 value (doubtful), but is still much warmer than the 1/8 thinlite I used to use, and it'silver on one side (hot) and white on the other (warm). It also has a durable weave on one side making it more durable than the thinlite. Downside is it only comes in big rolls, but if you call around to pole barn builders in your area somebody is probably using it and they certainly wont mind giving you a small piece. It's not double bubble wrap, it's this stuff [https://www.dutchtechindustries.com/](https://www.dutchtechindustries.com/)

I used a combination of a cut down Xped Flexmat plus and a GG 1/8th inch folded in half for most of the Colorado Trail and that was super comfortable. That set up weighed around 18oz. This past fall I picked up a Yamatomichi UL pad 15+, I’ve spent 1 night on it, so I can’t give a detailed report on it other than it kept me warm, but the 200cm length only weighs 8.2oz. I cut the extra length and I’m now using it as the back pad for my KS40.

I have gossamer gear thinlight pad. It provides little more cushion than a carpet =D I use it as a sitting pad and a pad under my inflatable pad.

I also have the folded version. Its also nice that it can be packed inside your pack against your back. I like to keep my backpack as sleek as possible no stuff hanging or point out from the outside.

I have cut various CCF pads down to 6- 10 panels and just take whatever I think I will need. My go to is mostly the Nemo Switchback. If the ground is especially hard,I triple up my GG thinlight if I have it for under my hips, or if no thinlight put my puffy under my hips if they are feeling a bit tender. The Switchback is fine on its own though in most situations. I am a female side sleeper :-) The simplicity of CCF is bliss.

I haven't used it standalone below 2C. In winters gobe by, I have "stacked" with GG thinlight, Switchback and Klymit Xlite torso size (it's kinda like a frame rather than a total inflatable). Or another combo was Switchback with shorter sections of Exoed Flexmat- orange one. This is my conundrum at the moment, and I have moved to a much colder climate. I have ordered a thermarest womens prolite plus self inflating mat in short 120cm size as when side sleeping that will have all but my toes on it anyway. It's R Value is 3.6 I think and it weighs 450g. With a CCF I think I will be ok subzero as anecdotally I fond ccf in those conditions perform better than the R value would suggest, whereas the inflatables I had pre-2021 always seemed to perform worse than advertised. I know it seems very old-fashioned and not UL to get a SI mat, but unless I really have to get an inflatable mat for Winter, I would really rather not.

I use a DIY Tyvek 1443R (light version often used for kites) ground cloth under the tent as that is more puncture resistant than polycro and the Gossamer Gear 1/8th inch foam pad under the inflatable. Like others in this post, highly recommend the thinlight pad from GG. It is closed cell foam and will not absorb water and has multiple uses. Do not remember if I cut my thinlight down, but it is 94gm.

I like the GG 1/8” pad they sell it in wide which just moved to frontier standard pad but I rarely use it on its own except as a sit pad or when I need to kneel for extended time (bad knees)

FYI, 6 panels of Switchback goes from my shoulders to lower thigh, and it fits vertically in the back of my 37L Palante V2 (opened it half; two stacks of 3 panels) and acts as a framesheet. It's actually perfect for that. It's also exponentially comfier than a Thinlight. A Thinlight feels like almost nothing at all, while a switchback feels genuinely comfy. The R value is also 4 times that of a Thinlight (2 vs 0.5). I would worry that if you jump straight to a Thinlight, you'll get the wrong idea of how good CCF can be. But hey they're cheap to try it out, and they're a UL classic. FYI, GG recently re-released a 3/8" torso-length pad. It seems like a very happy medium between something like a Switchback and 1/8" https://www.gossamergear.com/products/folded-torso-foam-pad-3-8 Also note that Alpkit makes the EZ Sleeper, which is like a thin Switchback. Also a happy medium. https://us.alpkit.com/products/ez-sleeper-folding-foam-sleeping-mat?variant=39668238057516 Also, dude, going from an inflatable to foam is not backwards, it's forwards! CCF is better is so many ways

I recommend a thin foam pad like a Gossamer Gear Thinlight for underneath if you're worried about punctures, although modern backpacking inflatables are not as susceptible as your basic Intex/etc

Oh I think I misunderstood you. Yeah I've got the 1/8" from gg and used it as a sitpad and under my inflatable. Works pretty well. Made a big tear in it when I had it strapped on top of my pack. Also punctured easily if not folder over 1+ times. Hoping the 1/4" is a little better, but I'm also gonna treat it better

I definitely do this, especially for when I want a bit more insulation and/or padding. Alternatively, even a thin sheet helps a lot out, if you don't need quite that much thickness, and you want to save some weight/pack size. I bring this by default on any of my section hikes if I'm not bringing the eggshell pad to put under my air pad. [https://www.gossamergear.com/products/thinlight-foam-pad](https://www.gossamergear.com/products/thinlight-foam-pad) edit, looks like I'm not the first to suggest this option here. Should have read first :)

if sleeping on the tent floor was the best sleep of your life consider a closed cell foam pad or even the gossamer gear thinlight pad for ultimate UL you might not need an inflatable at all. i love my tensor i have the all weather one but its VERY warm and noisy but very comfortable if you need that support but you might not need all that.

A 1/8 GG Thinlight has very little insulating value - it's not enough on it's on in most circumstances. It's also not very comfortable - some campsites may be fine if you dig out a hole for your hip and have a soft surface, but for many campsites it wouldn't be enough for most people. If you want to go CCF at least go with a Z-lite. The poster above was just making a joke being UL. Nobody would actually recommend you ONLY take a 1/8" pad on a thru hike. There may be people who have - I'm friends with a guy who uses a 45\* bag down to 15\*F - he is just better than most at dealing with discomfort - anyways if you're one of those people that could just use an 1/8" pad, you'd know it!

Consider adding the GG ThinLight and MLD GoodNight foam pads. I would bet that between those two pads (that get used with many other type inflatables pads and used alone) they are two of the most popular sleep pads around. Tens of thousands have been sold over the years, as many or maybe even more than most any other single style pad from even the big manufacturers.

Just buy one and test it. They’re cheap. From my experience they offer zero comfort and just keep you off the dirt. I had to sleep on mine for 4 nights while thru hiking the AT this year. My inflatable got a pin hole that I couldn’t find and fix.

Nemo long wide on top of a gossamer 1/8th inch pad

Take them both 100%. The thinlight stops the neoair from moving/ sliding around, or sharp sticks puncturing it. Thinlight is great back up if neo air pops. It’s so light, it does double duty for stretching, fast breaks, extra backing in frameless pack. Take it!( I’ve many with it on the PCT)

If packed space is that much of a premium, I would go with the Nemo tensor elite (packed inside the 12L), with a 1/8” thinlight CCF pad on the outside. The Nemo elite is ridiculously small when packed down. The addition of the CCF gets you to right around 3 r value and adds in some protection for the pad and some flexibility if the pad ever happens to bust.

Last summer I slept on a Gossamer Gear nightlight pad with a thinlight pad folded in half for my lower body. I put small velcro dots on each so that I could get them to stay together at night. The nightlight pad is quite hard compared to other pads. It's also very large in dimensions (the panels are wider than the accordion folded pads) when folded which can be annoying. It's nice that it is very stiff because it makes a good structure for your pack if you have the room to put it inside.

I use Gossamer Gears 1/8 pad as my back pad for my pack so it kills two birds with one stone

While I plan to be careful with my gear and will carry a repair patch/kit for the pad I intend to do just this and put the GG Thin light pad under. The pad will serve as my sit pad during the day and go under my air mattress at night. If you’re starting in March it also will help add R value to your pad as another layer on the frosty nights.

This is exactly fucking right regardless of what the CCF Crusader is gonna go on about. Things I use my Thinlight for: back pad, sit pad, windscreen, yoga mat, anti-slip mat, welcome mat, pad protection, additional pad insulation. If I'm going on a social trip with friends where I know we're going to be sitting around a campfire for hours and I'm bringing a chair, it's also insulation for my back and butt while I'm in it. I pack very few things that are as multi-use as that stupid pad and it is asinine to act like the only point for it is to sleep on, uncomfortably. So yes, if I bring a lighter inflatable to save weight, I'm saving weight.

It will pop.  I bring an Exped Flexmat Plus torso length and a Thinlight full size. Comfy, UL, versatile and never deflates.

Closed Cell Foam ftw. They're bomb proof, warmer than equivalent R value blow up pads, much cheaper and serve as a siesta or sit pad. The Exped Flexmat Plus is the comfiest at 1.5 inches thickness.  I cut mine to torso length and combine it with a Gossamer Gear 1/8 inch Thinlight (full length). No blowing up, no popping.

Closed cell foam mats are absolutely the way to go. I use a GG Thinlite folded in half with my legs hanging off for anything above 45F. Below, I bring out the Nemo Switchback, or even stack the two when it's below freezing. They're bulky so you've got to strap them outside the pack, but they're light and make great sit pads.

My setup is a GG 1/8th (5 panels, cut off 2 and carry a sit pad) along with a thermarest Neo air xl - all in, right around $250. I’m an AT thru hiker and setting out with this gear on the pct in 2 weeks

I tried the GG thinlight plus their torso pad for 3 weeks on trail, but I never slept well. I've transitioned to standard CCF. For context, I'm also someone who is comfortable sleeping on the carpet at home.