NeoAir XLite Women's

I've slept on snow at those temperatures on both the women's X-lite and X-therm. I was quite cold on the X-lite, and I sleep very warm.

I absolutely love my XLite Womens (R5.4, 66", 12oz). I think it's perfect in every way; warmth, weight, and length. This would get me to reconsider though.

Welp, I ordered it so we'll see soon enough.

Only used it once so far but it was fine with lows at 35F with a Katabatic Palisade. I’m hoping to use it more soon, and will thru hike with it in a few months.

It'll be a sad day when my XLite Womens bites the dust, but for now I'm holding onto it for dear life.

I think you'll be cold. Especially since you sleep cold enough that you're bringing a 20-degree quilt. (FWIW, I brought a 15-degree quilt and R5ish inflatable pad, the old women's NeoAir, and that combo seemed about right for warmth; I'm about your size, also sleep cold and wear wool base layers to sleep.) If you're really dead set on CCF, you could stack two. But that gets heavy.

Same! Was totally bummed and thankfully found one here on gear trade 

I think they stopped making the women's specific one, or so I was told when they needed to replace mine.

But you said "freezing temperatures", as if 31F also required an Xtherm. IME the women's XLite should be good for a warm sleeper to just around 14F if fully inflated

CCF on top compresses the system less and compensates inflatables leaking heat horizontally. Not such a big deal with an XLite thougg

Xlite women's is discontinued, I am sad, loved that pad. Go xtherm, don't skimp on the pad when you're at 14f.

Oh, sorry didn't understand that in the post 😅 I've taken the xlite womens out with a 20deg quilt in the bwca during winter down to 17F. I think I did have a foam pad as well, and was fine, but the next year I bought an xtherm for a reason. When it comes to winter temps, skimping is a much tighter definition because the consequences are bad. I would not take just the xlite women's unless it's a proven combination for your sleep system and body. That means testing it in a yard somewhere where you can bail inside if things get bad.

I've been pretty excited about the Ultra 6.5R for a while, since at 12oz (340g) for a 6.5R sleeping pad is an excellent warmth to weight ratio. Unfortunately, I found it sleeps a bit cold **BUT** I still like this pad, see below. JustinOutdoors also mentioned that the 6.5R value isn't quite on par with expectations as a winter pad (see his video from 23Jan2026), so I went into this test with my expectations tempered. It's worth noting he found it comfortable below freezing, so it's a good reminder different bodies sleep differently. So I was thinking that 33F would be fine, which is why I was surprised when I woke up at 5am with a familiar chill below me. Let's get some foundational information written down about the test: 1. I was using an Enigma 20 quilt with the down properly distributed (which is a struggle with that thing), and I felt warm on the side with the quilt and cold on the pad. Even when turning sides, eventually the side that was cold would heat up and the side on the pad would cool down. 2. I had the quilt properly sealed against drafts, cinched around my neck, and was wearing 250 weight wool leggings, a sun hoodie, mid-weight fleece, and a well used (so not super fluffed) patagonia down sweater jacket. I was also wearing a warm hat. 3. I was on a wooded bluff in MN, night temp started around 54F and sank to 33F, I did not find ice in my water bottle in the morning. There was no wind, no clouds (it was a gorgeous night), and my weather app reported a "feels like" temp of 40F at 5am when real temp was lowest at 33F. It felt lightly humid, but I forgot to note the humidity level at the time. 4. I had a late dinner before going to bed so had a bit of digestion heat going for me. 5. I started my night in a warbonnet ridgerunner, got cold, and switched to sleeping in a Tarptent Mesospire 2 tent set up nearby (yes I had two shelters, I was testing both of them out and had planned to spend this night in the hammock). I kept my arms tucked in, the cold was not due to side heat loss, and the hammock does have a dedicated pad sleeve. 6. I do sleep a little colder than others in my experience, but not by enormous amounts. I'm 5'11 and 155lb. With all these conditions, in both the hammock and the tent, I felt cold from the pad. Which was weird to me, and why I stubbornly stayed in the hammock long after I was already cold. My previous go-to pad was the Xlite Womens (RIP) with an R value of 5.4, and that pad has kept me warm in similar situations with the same quilt. I've also used an XTherm many times, I know the feeling of having your warmth radiating back at you on a really warm pad, and yet in the hammock and tent I could feel that chill. **With all that said, I still like this pad.** I just need to temper my expectations and which is why I wanted to write this first impressions review so other people know what they might expect. This is not a below freezing pad (for me) but it's still one of the lightest 3 season pads out there and more importantly, this thing is **comfy**. I love the vertical baffles, I love how compact it gets, I love how quiet it is, the valves are good, it's super nice overall ... just not quite as warm as I hoped. So if you're thinking about using this as a winter pad, eh, maybe don't if you sleep a little cold. But if you're looking for light 3 season pad and won't see freezing temps often, I think it's hard to beat. EDIT: forgot to mention, I was using the mummy version of the pad, which is the one with the crazy 12oz weight

You're very welcome! Keep in mind that JustinOutdoors took his Ultra 6.5 down below freezing without issue so it's important to recognize my data point as just one. And even with the less than stellar performance at 33F, I'm still probably keeping the pad. I can't give a ton of data on other pads because the ones I've used (REI Flash, XTherm, Exped 3R Double, Switchback) I've only used sparingly in the past few years because my XLite Womens was just so so good. To my best guess, this pad is probably 5-10deg colder than my XLite Womens, warmer than the old REI Flash, and definitely warmer than a Switchback. Which means I'd expect it to perform well at 40F, but I haven't tested that. On my XLite women's I remember cowboy camping at a hostel in Wrightwood with the same quilt and the temp dropped to 34 that night and I woke up chilly, but not as cold, hence my 5-10deg guess range. It's worth noting that I only woke up at 5am when the temp dropped to 33F, and from 10pm-4am, the temp was dropping from 50 down to 33, so I assume my body was somewhat comfortable through that range.

Usually I'd use my xLite Women's but it's in rather rough shape after a full PCT thru so that's why I was in the market for a new one.

At -10C, yes, it does. 5.4 would be plenty for, like, just below freezing. If you're going to expect -10C (or lower, because you always have to prepare for lower) then you need all the warmth you can get.