NEMO Tensor Extreme sleeping pad achieves an 8.5 R-value, the warmest ultralight pad available. Quiet Apex baffles deliver comfort in extreme cold.
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Against every one of the sleeping pads in the RidgeNote register with a published figure. Manufacturer-listed; sources and dates are on this page.
The lightest of the sleeping pads on record is Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite NXT at 13.1 oz — 367 g less.
Main models on the same shelf, compared with the Tensor Extreme Ultralight Sleeping Pad on the makers’ published figures; the tick on each bar is the Tensor Extreme Ultralight Sleeping Pad.
Therm-a-Rest
NeoAir XLite NXT
12.9 oz lighter (367 g)
NEMO
Tensor Trail Sleeping Pad
12.1 oz lighter (342 g)
Big Agnes
TwisterCane BioFoam Pad
12.0 oz lighter (340 g)
Not ranked: 1 with no published weight.
See all 21 →Nothing on record is warmer than the NEMO Tensor Extreme Ultralight Sleeping Pad among sleeping pads.
Backpacking sleeping pads with a stated R-value ranked by stated R-value per 100 g of published weight: 27 models.
Backpacking sleeping pads ranked by maker-published weight: 27 models. Lightest: Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite NXT at 13.1 oz (370 g). Median 1.09 lb.
Fourteen pads from R 2.0 to R 7.7, compared on the R-values and weights their makers publish: air, self-inflating and foam, with who should skip each.