Personally I am UL-allied and accommodate my cranky needs despite that ruining my BW. So will not react in horror. I haven't tried this but my wife and I use a Duo and love it; personally I'd try the shorter one; and if it doesn't work out swap up. (I still use the crinkly Thermarest UL thing and you could carry that in addition to the short Ultra and still be a few grams shy of the long one lol.)
I hate my NeoAir, I don’t find ThermaRest pads comfortable at all. I’d take a CCF over a Thermarest. For trips where I want an inflatable over a CCF, I just got a Nemo Tensor since they’re on sale at REI (25% off). At least in store, it felt a lot better than my NeoAir or CCF.
Seems like a great all around option. A little heavier than I would like on because I need a long/wide, but I sleep like shit on the NeoAir. I wake up multiple times every night off the pad, slide around, bottom out and my body hurts in the morning. The CCF pad I have is better, but also not warm enough a lot of the time.
Thermarest neoairs are too loud and crinkly for me.
Rab style of mattress doesn't do well for me as a side to belly sleeper.
Nemo is my pick because the only air pads I've kept are Nemo. An astro non-insulated pad is my summer pad with an older cosmo insulated pad being my 30 to 55-deg pad.
You should go to REI if you can and try out different pads. I had a very hard time sleeping on the neoair, the horizontal baffles killed my shoulders (Im a side sleeper).
I recently got an exped 5r mummy which is still under a lb depending on size. I love it. Its so comfortable, it feels sturdy, doesnt slide around. I sleep better than I ever got on the trail I love it. I think its a nice balance between very light & obscenely heavy (like the neoloft).
I'm also from the UK. I have been through a lot of tents and air mattresses trying to find the right duo! Right now I have the Thermarest Neo and the Alpkit Jaran. Perfect duo!
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