I wasted $60 on a cheap sleeping pad and learned my lesson

I bought this no-name inflatable sleeping pad off Amazon for like $60 thinking I was being smart. First night out at Lake Tahoe, it deflated by 3 AM and I woke up on the cold ground. Should have just saved up for a Therm-a-Rest or something. Has anyone else had a budget gear purchase totally backfire on them?

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paul2514d ago

Woke up on the cold ground" - I've been there. Next time check if the valve has a tiny leak first, sometimes it's just a bad seal not the whole pad.

margaret_kelly552d ago

Respectfully, I gotta disagree with you there @paul251. Ngl, I've had that valve trick fail on me twice now and I just ended up replacing the whole pad anyway to be safe. Honestly, if you're waking up on cold ground once, it's probably not worth messing around with seals when a new pad is like forty bucks. Tbh, I'd rather swap it out and sleep warm than gamble on a leaky fix.

barbaraw473d ago

That valve trick worked for me once, just swapped the seal and it was fine.