Comfort Plus XT Insulated Air Sleeping Mat

Recently purchased the Comfort Plus XT, getting ready for the upcoming season. Was always a purist prior to this and wanted to "to reconnect with the earth" and sleep as close to the ground as possible. Usually a thin roll up foam pad. Aside from their bulk, spent one too many nights on a stray root or rock and felt completely urested and ready to make the most of the next day. I suppose age is starting to catch up.
In doing an overhaul to my equipment, I first wanted a quality down sleeping bag, that would compress small. I also wanted a good pad to pair with it. After hours of research, the Comfort Plus kept getting mentions, so I checked it out. Very happy i took the plunge. My girlfriend and I aren't ultralite backpackers, so the few OZs we would have saved on the tapered fit weren't important, so we went with the rectangular pads. In our REI Half Dome Plus 2 they make a perfect floor, side to side, with some space to spare at the head and feet. Able to roll over onto each others pads if we toss and turn in the middle of the night. I am something of a restless sleeper.

The Airstream pump that is built into the sack is really quite ingenious. There are two valves on the pad to fill and, once you get the hang of using it, can fill in 4 good pumps. Total setup time, less than 2 minutes.
The pad itself is an absolute joy. When you first get in your tent and kneel around and shift into place, it might not feel adequately supportive. However, the second you lay down, it really hits you quick. Kudos to the R&D team at Sea to Summit. The weight dispersion completely molds to your body and you never feel ground whatsoever. This isn't hyperbole, the pad is more comfortable than my mattress at home. Tested it on some uneven ground with some errant rocks. Still didnt feel anything. It's also nice that this thing doesnt leak. 3 nights in, and it still felt as supportive as when first filled up.

Regarding warmth, I mentioned pairing this with a down bag rated to 15°. I got some mid-March camping in over in New York. On the coldest night, it got down to 27°. The amount of loft the pad gives you off the ground is a generous buffer between your body and the cold Earth. I was sufficiently warm that I had to open the bag in the middle of the night, wearing only a t-shirt and hoodie and some sweatpants. I have no doubt whatsoever that if I stretched into 4 season territory and encountered a 20 or 10° night, that I'd be fine. As it's getting toward summer here, our nights can be hot and very muggy. I'm sure I'll be fine with a sheet and just the pad.

I've droned on long enough, and can keep singing its praises. I reached out, prior to purchasing, about a discount they were offering, and their customer service was on-point, answering within a couple hours. I really value that in a company. As far as I'm concerned, this is the only pad I will ever buy. I prefer comfort over packweight, and this fits in my Osprey Aether 70 just fine along with bag in its regular stuff sack. The pad really lives up to it's namesake. Comfort and then some! If you're on the fence, go for it! I'm sure you'll agree.

I like this mat. The comfort is great, as is the insulated feature. The weight is light enough to carry in a pack.

Easy to inflate and quite to sleep on. Compact.

I am VERY picky about my sleeping gear and can't comfortably sleep on most camp mats. Mostly because I am a side sleeper and throughout the night I will rotate from my left shoulder, right shoulder, back, left shoulder again, etc. Every hour or so I am rotating, otherwise, my shoulders get sore.

PROS: This camp mat was padded enough to keep me comfortable as I would roll in my sleep and I never felt my shoulder hit the ground. It was also insulated well enough to keep me very warm throughout the night. Conditions were around 40-45 degrees at night and it did great. Haven't tested it in colder weather yet. I also found it REALLY simple and fast to inflate and deflate. Also, the valves were great for fine-tuning the inflation level. I could let a little bit of air out without letting it ALL out, which was nice. The carrying case is great and nicely compact.

CONS: I found the mat to be a bit noisy. When I would move, there was no mistaking it and my other three family members in my tent could hear it. Was it so loud they couldn't sleep? No. They mostly slept through it, but I noticed it and it was a sort of annoying. No one want's to sound like they're making balloon animals every time they turn over in their bed at night. Seems that the material could be further refined to return noise.