As most of us know, self-inflating sleeping pads don't usuallylive up to their name, usually it takes a hefty oral air injection toget them anything like close to inflated, but Ajungilak nowhas an alternative in the form of the D-Lux Pump Mat

We've just got the new for 2010 Exped SynMat 7.5 Basic in for review - see our Just In - but this Exped video explains in more detail just how the Basic version of the synthetic-filled air bed differs from the existing SynMat range. In essence

British sleep mat specialist Multimat has launched two newultra-lightweight, self-inflating sleeping mattresses which itclaims are the lightest made.The Adventure Superlight 25 weighs just 530 grammes for afull-length mattress that Multimate rate

-inflating mattresses and the mat blows up to a proper full-length of 1830mm - which is bang on 6 foot - with a width of 490mm, which is around 19 inches. It's not massively wide, but if you sleep on your side, that shouldn't be an issue.A quick experimental lie

New in for review is not just one, but a pair of brand new self-inflating mats from the guys at Alpkit – more about the 'other one' which isn't for sale yet, shortly, but first up is the new Dirtbag, best described as the fattest mat you're likely

This week’s Monday Tip - yes, it’s a day late, but that’s Bank Holidays for you - is about self-inflating sleeping mats and how to care for them on and off the trail for maximum performance.Self-inflators - the best known brand is probably Therm

We're having a bit of a sleeping mat week on the site, we've just run a 'Just In' on the Pacific Outdoor Equipment Ether Elite Mat, but the company also has – new for 2010 – the Uber Lite, which it says is an ultra-light self-inflating mat that

New in for review is another lightweight sleeping mat, this time from a brand you may not have heard of, Pacific Outdoor Equipment. Their Ether Elite mat is a full-length, ultra-lightweight affair that weighs just 396 grammes on our digital scales

There's lots happening with Therm-a-Rest for 2009 withtheir lightweight Prolite mats getting lighter and warmer atthe same time plus a brand new air mattress targeted at thelikes of Exped launching...Prolite RationalisedTherm-a-Rest's Prolite series

Those nice boys at Alpkit have done it again - following on fromtheir budget-priced carbon fibre trekking poles, lovely butaffordable down sleeping bags and luxurious self-inflating Airicsleeping mats, they've now come up with the Filo down