On 19-Jun-2004, (Alex Horvath) wrote:

I have never understood why Thermarest
would believe that people would not want to take 30 seconds to blow up
a air mattress

30 Seconds?

From the Backpacker review:
http://www.backpacker.com/gear/artic...3,4006,00.html

"Since the Air Core is not self-inflating, it takes some effort
to blow up--typically 4 minutes of puffing"

That will make a lot of folks dizzy.

I don't intend to paddle with an air pump either - that would negate
the weight and volume advantage.

Mike