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.)
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.
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!
If I were you I’d get the best car camping mat available. 50 nights year deserves comfort!
Go get the Exped MegaMat.
Then get a backpacking sleeping pad. If you got money (you don’t mention budget yet) - get a ultralight one like the Therm-a-Rest NeoAir. Ball out. Plus it packs super small when you aren’t using it.
2 pads is really the answer. Trying to get one for both you’ll end up unhappy on both.
As a side sleeper I sleep much more comfortable on pure ccf than on air mats.
Had a Neo Air but after it failed for the third time in a row I bouhgt a Ridgerest and expected quite hard nights. But I slept better than ever. I think it's because I'm much more stable and don't need my muscles all night long to keep myself stable.
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Car camping comfort champ, but some side sleepers find it thin.
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