At the beginning of the summer camping season, we usually spend a lot of time shopping for a tent and sleeping bag, but there’s nothing better than a good ground mattress to ensure we are comfortable after a long day of outdoor activities.

New Outdoor Research Downmat Pump

For many years, we’d grown accustomed to sleeping on our good old dependable foam mats. Then, a couple of years ago, Therm-a-rest revolutionized ground mats by presenting us with self-inflating mattresses. This year, the Outdoor Research Company has come out with an improved version of their Downmat. What is a Downmat? Essentially, it is an air chamber mattress. These chambers are filled with goose down (700-fill). But why down? Simply because it’s the best insulation on the market! Your mattress therefore insolates you from the ground (humidity, cold), summer as well as in winter, all the while remaining compact. In terms of its compressibility, it compares quite closely to self-inflating mats. Since it is divided into air chambers, it is much more comfortable than a foam or self-inflatable mattress. Just thinking about having to inflate an air mattress can be exhausting! (No matter how in-shape you think you are!) But don’t worry; Outdoor Research has integrated a pump into the mattress! Marvelous, isn’t it? All you have to do is use one hand to give a couple of pumps and presto!

Learn more about the Outdoor Research Exped Downmat 7

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