Self-Inflating Sleeping Pad with Pillow

I LOVE this pad! I have one something like this, that I have had for years, and I have been looking for another. The one I have is not 'self inflating', as this one is and the cap is detatched with a plug that goes in first. This pad WILL auto inflate, though I did blow a little (three or four breaths) air into it to puff it up. The cap is very unique and stays on the fill spout, it just loosens to allow air in and out. It won't ever get lost and there is no separate plug /cork. I've had the other pad for about 15 years and the rubber plug is getting cracked. This pad is amazingly comfortable! I had my daughter try it out and I then could not get her to get off of it !! I just ordered another one for her! We both are about 5'9" and around 165 pounds. This pad does not compress under us. You never feel the floor / ground. It's only about 2 inches thick when inflated. After 15 years, my other pad never leaked and I don't believe that this one ever will. One great thing I love about these pads is that even if you are far from home and they did get punctured, they have enough internal padding that you would still have good comfort, even without air, so you are not totally screwed, as you are if you puncture an air mattess. The other BIG advantage to these pads over an air matress is that if you camp when/ where it gets cool/cold, a big mattress is exposed to the climate, it gets cold and wicks your body heat away. My sleeping bag drapes over the edge of this pad and seals the heat in. Nice and cozy, always! Also, absolutely NO AIR PUMP Required and pretty easy to deflate. You have to PRESS all the air out, not to tough to do, and it comes with compression straps to compact it. No stuff sack, but easy to make or buy one. I will make one, because I think it helps to protect and preserve the pad. The old pad has one and it's lasted over 15 years. I WOULD NOT GO CAMPING WITHOUT THIS PAD! EVER! Highly recommended. It's on my livingroom floor right now because we lay there to watch tv. Sets against the wall behind the couch, to get it in and out of the way in a hurry. Very convenient, and good for sleepovers too. I know it seems a bit pricey, but it is WELL WORTH EVERY PENNY.

We just got back from our camping trip, and my two kids used these pads. They both said they were fine, at least as comfortable as sleeping on an air mattress. And, they take up much less space in your tent. When un-inflated, they are nice and compact, not too heavy, easy to pack. They have two attached straps that you can use to tie them up after you've un-inflated and rolled them up. The valve at the bottom works very easily - you simply open it, wait for a bit for the mattress to inflate, and then you can blow into it a bit more if you want it more inflated. Then, when you're breaking down, you open it and let the air out - and keep it open while you roll the pad, to get the remaining air out. then you close it, strap it up, and you're ready to go. The attached pillow inflates separately, which disappointed me a bit. You have to blow it up like any other inflatable. The pad itself gets pretty thick, I was surprised - definitely a good thing to have when tent camping.

Easy to inflate, comfortable to sleep on, well insulated from the ground and warm. However it doesn't pack down very small and can be difficult to deflate (because it's always trying to inflate itself...) good for campsite camping but I wouldn't take it backpacking.

Great buy! My kid went on a summer scout camping trip and wanted a sleeping pad that wasn't noisy like the other $30 green inflatable one I had already purchased because she's clam-shelled in with her troop in a tent. Her current $30 amazon purchase green pad also requires a couple minutes of stomping to inflate. So post-trip report is that she could sleep on her side without her hip digging into the ground and didn't need a yoga mat underlayer (she's skinny though; I personally would still pack an underlayer pad, or at least take my extra thick sleeping bag to sleep ontop of until I'm convinced it's comfortable enough for my bulk). I really appreciate the clever design: the internal foam wants to recover to its normal shape so just undo the release valve and it does the work of sucking in the air. Come back and close the valves and voila. I want one for myself because I'm also self-conscious of being a tosser-turner disturbing fellow chaperones and chiefs. Not sure I can justify getting myself one when I have my own and now my kid's discarded blow-up green mat. Maybe Coleman can run a great sale that I just can't ignore... ;-) *wink wink* Great product for car camping. If there's a con, it's the trade-off for being bulky but worth it for camping more than one night when sound sleep and recovery is critical. We always had a roll up mat in addition to the blow-up anyway.

I was a little leery about buying an air mattress via the internet, even one like this with foam in it, because I have had horrid luck with air mattresses in the past. I was getting ready for a camping trip, though, and knew I needed something for my back. The mattress actually blew me away...I love it! It self-inflated to about 75-80% of its full capacity on its own in about 30 minutes of being unfurled straight from the box. My friend had a full air mattress and pump with her, so I used that to fill the pillow and firm up the bed part just a little. The pillow only lost a little air after several days of use, and the bed part didn't lose any air. It was incredibly comfortable to sleep on (though I suggest supplementing the air pillow with a real one if you're like me and used to fluffy pillows all the time.) I also stuck my yoga mat under it to keep it level and make sure I didn't get any rocks where I didn't want them. Packing it up was pretty fast and easy, as well...I'm too impatient to get it totally flat again but that didn't really matter - the straps still worked perfectly. Definitely glad I got it!

I bought this mat to use for Wildland Fire season as we typically camp out in the wilderness and I'm not great at sleeping directly on the ground anymore without some sort of padding. The PROS: This unit is fairly compact and fits easily in my gear bag. It's also lightweight which helps me keep my bag under 50 lbs for deployments. It inflates with relative ease as well. The reason for the lower rating is simply poor quality construction. I hadn't even slept on this yet, but I wanted to test it out in my bedroom. I unrolled it, inflated it and it was quite comfortable. When I was done, I deflated the unit and proceeded to wrap the two straps around the rolled pad to secure it, and the strap ripped out of the seam. I wasn't pulling that hard and it just tore right out. Not what I would expect from Coleman.

I am a youth pastor and I bought this pad specifically for overnight youth retreats where we sleep on floors and whatnot. I was particularly happy with the integrated pillow (one less thing to have to carry) Like all air mattresses, this one is not really self-inflating, you'll need to blow a bit to get it filled quickly. The pillow section completely requires inflation, not self-inflating at all. The pad is fairly thick and reasonably wide, which made for a good night sleep on a carpeted floor. I am 6' 0" tall and I was able to be completely on the pad - head to toe. The pillow is a little small for me, but comparable to any other travel pillow I might use, although that pillow would not be attached. The pad also has attached web straps for storage which is very convenient. I am also an avid hiker/mountaineer, familiar with technical hiking/camping gear. This pad is not meant for that kind of activity. This is really a car camping piece of equipment. The pad is quite heavy and fairly bulky, far more so than you would ever want in your pack. If you are driving in to a campground, need something for that unexpected house guest, or are sleeping on a floor in your church with a bunch of high schoolers for a weekend, then you can't go wrong with this sleeping pad.

I was skeptical about the self inflating idea, but I must admit that it does work. The pad inflated to full size in about 10 minutes. The pillow leaves a lot to be desired, so we bring our own travel pillows to supplement it. The pad is comfortable, and for me is more comfortable that the 3/4" foam pad we have been using. It's cover is slippery, and the sleeping bad slides off on uneven ground. The pad deflates with a little more difficulty that it inflates....trying to roll it up and get all of the air out to get it back to its original size is next to impossible. I pulled on the straps so hard when deflating that they pulled out away from the pad. The pad isn't ruined, but the straps are now no longer tethered. We have two of them, and will be purchasing two more to replace foam pads that had been used for years.

identical camping pad (branded as ROMAN) available throuygh Aldi for AUD 49.95. The Mark-up for the Coleman brand is eccessive. Unlikely to buy further items from Amazon.

I ordered one of these for a recent camping trip and it made my experience so much better. I never knew camping could be so comfortable. Sleeping on the pad when fully inflated felt great. I felt supported from head to toe. I half inflated the pillow so that I could use my own camping pillow instead. At first I thought I wouldn't even use the inflatable pillow but it turned out to be really useful to supplement my camp pillow. I'm about 150lbs/68kgs and found no noticeable sag or any stresses on the pad while on my back or on my side. I did have to blow a few breaths into the pad to fully inflate it. It isn't strictly necessary to do that but I wanted a slightly firmer feel. I like that you can play around with the level of inflation this way so you can fine tune it to how soft or firm you like to sleep. It compresses easily and travels well. It does take a certain amount of space and I wouldn't recommend this for backcountry camping. It is heavy for a camping pad but not egregiously so. Comes with a patch kit in case it suffers any rips or tears. I am looking forward to using this on a few more trips this year.

Comfortable. Bought 2 to use on cots. Thicker than I thought, yet deflates easy. BETTER QUALITY than the other 2 brands purchased. Have used them for 5 trips so far this year, the others lasted . Will buy 3 more for the other members of my family

Tiene buen soporte.. infla super bien por si solo . .. el único detalle es la cabecera o almohada esa se tiene que inflar, Recomendable

Me gustó mucho, no requiere esfuerzo para inflar, es cómodo, lo único que no es que si requiere fuerza para desinflar o enrollarla dos veces por qué si lo sueltas un poco se infla de nuevo, en cuanto a las correas no aguantaron solo es para detener no para apretarlo