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My inflatable pad failed at 2am near Big Bend and I was too stubborn to fix it
Last month I took a 3 night trip out to the Chisos Basin and my Klymit pad sprung a slow leak on night two. Woke up at 2am with my hip basically on the dirt and the pad half flat. I didn't bring a patch kit because I figured the ground was clear enough, which was dumb since juniper needles get everywhere. I ended up rolling around with my sleeping bag bunched under me for the rest of the night, which worked okay but I was sore the next day. The fix was simple once I got home, just some rubber cement and a square of patch material, took about 20 minutes. But now I'm wondering if I should just switch back to foam pads for trips where I'm not car camping. Has anyone else had a pad fail on them mid trip and what did you do for the rest of the nights?
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the_avery22d ago
Man that sucks, waking up at 2am on the hard ground is the worst. I had the same thing happen on a trip in the Guads a couple years back and it ruined my sleep for two nights straight. What worked for me was folding the pad in half under my torso and using my empty backpack under my legs, it kept me off the dirt at least. Foam pads are bombproof but they're bulky and not that comfy, so it's a trade off you gotta weigh for yourself. If you go foam, the accordion style ones strap to the outside of your pack easy. Either way, throw a patch kit and a tiny bottle of cement in your bag from now on, it weighs nothing and saves the trip.
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