NeoAir XLite Series

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.

You literally said people in this thread are trying to defend existing purchases, so you’re kind of telling people to buy a new pad. It’s just not a worthwhile upgrade for me when I have a Tensor, Switchback and X-Lite. I don’t need a 4th sleeping pad at home on the shelf lol

My son and I have always used individual pads. First an REI kinder camp pad, now he uses a (regular mummy) thermarest xlite since we need to carry things. when he uses the xlite, i use a (long, wide) tensor; when im solo i usually take the xlite. i use a quilt, he uses my old kelty 20° down bag. he used to use a walmart deal. if it's going to be quite warm (like 60°) we have some down blankets we bring instead of bags.  the tent situation is less-than-ideal: an REI half-dome sl3+. it's heavy, but do-able. the reality of things is that i have to carry a ton of his stuff, so going light is much more important than when im solo. given where we live (southwest), the water situation can be difficult. i haven't taken him full-on backpacking yet: we've been limited to car camping and and day hikes. i've been ratcheting down our weight/volume and we're just about ready to go now. i'll be honest in that he could've handled it years ago - the limiting factor has been my back and the ability to pack things small enough.  hes 10 now, but has been camping using quilts/blankets and his own pad for years and it has never been a problem of any sort.

I think the other pads will be just as slippery. I usually wake up a little off center or the sleeping pad touching a tent corner on my xlite too. I read someone put small silicone dots on their tent floor or sleeping pad to give it some grip.

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'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.

Thinner denier than the Xlite (20D vs. 30D) and occasional failures in the baffle welds are the downsides. They’re more comfortable and the dual values are better (in my opinion).