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NEMO - Tensor Ultralight Insulated Sleeping Pad (2022)
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"I had issue with Klymit losing air in cold temps and Tensor has been awesome."
"I love my Nemo Tensor and use it year round."
"I've used it on below freezing nights and it has worked well for me."
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"super light (~14oz)"
"For the thickness, weight and pack size it's really worked well for me."
"Packs small, light weight."
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"I had issue with Klymit losing air in cold temps and Tensor has been awesome."
"haven't had a puncture over the four years I've had it"
"Nemo has life time warranty. ... If there is a leak or something, you can get it fixed or replaced. ... Nemo's support is top notch."
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"not loud"
"The NEMO Tensor is a quiet pad. ... No potato chip bag crunchy noise"
"I find it’s also somewhat “quieter” - I move around a lot."
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"as long as I don't over inflate it I sleep like a baby"
"There's a huge difference in comfort depending on your body between the dimpled baffling of the Etherlight/Tensor and the horizontal baffling of the Xlite. ... I can't sleep on horizontal baffling despite all the good features of the Xlite. ... I'm a side sleeper and my arms and shoulders ache and/or fall asleep or go numb on the Xlite. For whatver reason I can only sleep on dimpled baffles (tensor, etherlight)"
"In terms of comfort, my Nemo Tensor is WAY more comfortable"
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"potato chip bag noise effects"
"My Tensor squeaked loudly on my tent's floor"
"I upgraded from an older therm-a-rest to a Nemo, it is thick, warm, and comfy but noisy!"
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"I can feel the cold seep through my Nemo Tensor Insulated (R4.2) from around freezing."
"The summer and all season version will help down that low, but are noticeably colder sleeping at those temps."
"Same here - Tensor Insulated down to about freezing when I can start to feel the cold seep through."
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"I am a flopper and tended to roll onto the edges, which made them collapse and dumped me onto the ground."
"The Nemo tensor has failed on me twice now (the second one was a replacement). It slowly loses air, and so you are on a 3 hour schedule until you are reinflating it."
"The other two have a slippery surface that makes the last 1" on each side unusable since you slide off it anyway. ... the slipperiness is annoying for me since it just allows my leg to slide back down/off the pad (this is why I tried and ultimately moved away from the Nemo)."
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"I had a Nemo Tensor straight POP with a one-inch tear from a extremely tiny burr on the edge of my quilt pad strap!"
"Returned a tensor after it failed on first use."
"The Nemo tensor has failed on me twice now (the second one was a replacement). It slowly loses air, and so you are on a 3 hour schedule until you are reinflating it."
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"I’ve had multiple Nemo tensors and they all leaked and tore beyond repair."
"It’s crinkly. ... There’s survival blanket type material in there."
Fun_Airport6370 0.2insulated nemo tensor long/wide. 5.4 R value
the z lite and nemo tensor combo has never failed me
rogermbyrne 0.2im the same size give or take a couple of kg and have a thermarest xtherm and a nemo tensor UL, both long wide and in hindsight would buy reg wide. i side sleep and curl my legs up a bit and its just unnecessary pad imo.
FewEnthusiasm2487 0.1I have a Nemo tensor long wide. I'm 6'1" 175lbs I like to incorporate a 1/8" gossamer gear closed cell pads under my Nemo for puncture protection. I inflate the Nemo as much as the inflation bag will allow. I'll also put my emptied pack under both pads where my knees will go and my extra clothes under the head. This elevates my knees and head for a much better sleep experience.
GlockTaco 0.1I use mine with a GG 1/8 “ pad below and haven had a problem I came off a tensor wide long all season so it was a bit to get use to the narrow width (I am a big guy @ 6’2” 265lbs) It gets the job done and doesn’t weigh shit.
tmoney99211 0.1Nemo tensor. Hands down no regrets, I sleep really well on it. Also recognize that Nemo has life time warranty. If there is a leak or something, you can get it fixed or replaced.
I'm 6'2 250. I use Nemo tensor long wide. I sleep like a rock.
I use Nemo tensor for backpacking and I sleep on my side. It's pretty comfortable. Pro tip.. 2 pillows. I have a thermarest and a sea to summit pillow for the height with I sleep on my side.
I can specifically answer this. So I have tensor 5.4 one. AND the lowest temp I backpacked all season was ~33-34*. Most of the late spring - Fall camping, the lowest temps were ~50 at night. AND dude, this pad is SO warm, I love the pad, so comfy but warm to a point that I can sleep on it in my underwear in 50* and still be warm.. lol I am actually buying a second pad with a lower r value. SO if you think you are sleeping in low temps, buy a pad with high r value. Nemo pads are comfortable as fuck! I sleep like a rock on it. If you are doing mostly summer/early fall backpacking, you can spend a little less money and get a pad with a lower r value.
DDF750 0.1My Tensor squeaked loudly on my tent's floor I came up with a super light fix, the lightest gauge poly tarp painters drop sheet, cut to size. It's only 23g, \~ 1/3 the weight of a thinlight
DIRK_DAGGLER 0.1I backpack a lot on top of motocamping and found that the Nemo Tensor UL mat is great. It retails for $180 on rei right now but it’s worked great in my opinion. It depends on what you want though. It’s expensive but the lightweight is noticeable when backpacking. I don’t know if it’s worth the splurge just for motocamping however. Ive used it for at least 75 nights though now and it’s held up. Smaller than most inflatables too.
IceCreamforLunch 0.1I can’t comment on the others but I have had a Tensor Insulated for a few years and absolutely love it. I’m a side sleeper and I’ve used it down to 30F and it gets the job done but that’s about its limit. If I were going to be in temps consistently that low I’d put foam under it.
No it has a good baffle structure. Amazing for its weight. I inflate it, then let bits of air out so that my shoulder is about an inch off the ground when I’m on my side and then it’s perfect for the night.
longwalktonowhere 0.1For -5C and durability I would personally take the Thermarest X-Therm mummy. R7.3, 440gr (although mine weighs 460gr in reality), and a 70D material on the underside. Anecdotally, I can feel the cold seep through my Nemo Tensor Insulated (R4.2) from around freezing.
Same here - Tensor Insulated down to about freezing when I can start to feel the cold seep through. The Tensor Insulated has been replaced by the significantly warmer Tensor All Seasons, and that would be my recommendation.
After reading a lot of advise like this, I bought a rectangular wide pad for my thru hike (Nemo Tensor Insulated). When my partner joined for a bit with an X-Lite regular mummy, it turned out that she (5ft) much prefers the wide pad, while I (6ft side sleeper) sleep just as well on the regular mummy (even though I, too, often kick a knee up). Obviously she took the Nemo back home to save me some weight for the remainder of the trip. Just goes to show how personal these things are.
I have used the Tensor Insulated RW (predecessor of the All Season) and (older generation) X-Lite mummy extensively, and I sleep equally well on both. Therefore, I prefer the X-Lite for it’s lower weight.
MotorBet234 0.1Sea to Summit EtherLight XT Insulated. I also have a NEMO Tensor Ultralight but find it too thin for side-sleeping.
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