FreeLand Self Inflating Camping Sleeping Pad, Roll up Memory Foam Air Mattress with 4 Inches Thickness for Travel, Car Camping and Guest Bed

New pad was a fit perfect in the back of my Xterra for an overnight car camping/fishing trip up to the Sierras. Self inflation is very cool. You can hear the air getting sucked in, and don't have to blow much with your mouth to get the pad perfectly firm. Reminded me of my old backpacking Thermarest, but much longer, wider, and big time thicker.I made sure the plastic inflation/deflation piece was in the correct position, then i capped it off. I put the valve end of the pad up by my head so i could do a quick deflation the next morning, hopped in to my 0 degree bag, and turned in. Immediately I could hear an air leak at the valve, but it was too cold out, i was tired from trout fishing all day, and i just went to sleep. I woke up a few hours later to a flat pad. I am 5.9 198#'s, so definitely not over weighting the pa. The foam gave a bit of comfort, and saved my back. When i got home the next day i inflated and deflated the Freeland Pad several times, read the manual, watched a few how to videos on Amazon, and adjusted the valve piece many times. It will not seal. It's either the screw-in plug that will not seal, or the plastic piece that's not inside the valve, or both. Since i really love the feel of this Freeland Pad (before the air deflates), I am returning the original.....and, a new one is coming in a few days. I will update my review. I hope for the best.10/11/19 - update - new pad arrived on Wednesday, and it's solid! Let it self inflate for 15 minutes, then blew a bit more air in (not much).....like 7 puffs. I did this in early a.m, put a little weight on it (sleeping back and couch pillows), and left it all day while I went to work. When I got home it was still solid. I then laid on it for about 30 minutes while I watched TV...still solid, but very plush. Zero air loss. This one is a keeper! I would say Freeland is very close to perfecting the valve/plug. I will still insert a some thin plastic into the valve to seal the plug threads, but that's likely not needed DISREGARD my comment above about using an air pump, Freeland instructions clearly tell you not to do this as it could damage the internals of the mat. It would be nice to use an electric pump to deflate, but I'm not going to mess with it. It's easy enough to deflate using the flip valve, and you body weight. We'll see how it holds up after a few camping trips.

I'm a car/tent camper so carrying a little more gear is possible for me now that I'm not hiking in. I've been using air mattresses for years and have gotten really good at repairs in the field (anybody else make the duck tape + super glue + midnight gas station run? :)I got tired of the epic fail of the air mattress and decided to try the 4", self inflated, format might be more comfortable (less bounce) and less dramatic for said midnight fail.My first mattress arrived and was test driven for three nights on the floor before I learned how to adjust the valve perfectly in the middle of the night without loosing all my air by morning due to operator error. The good news is that I was still able to sleep a little when it did loose it's air. Properly adjusted, valve closed it slept really well.The telltale sign for me was that usually when I wake up from an air mattress I don't want to return to bed for extra sleep. With this mattress I did want to savor those extra zzzs. I really appreciate the lack of bounciness, also...just firm, comfortable support.Great. Ordered a second mattress for my tent mate and it had a leak. Not so great. Company sent a second mattress free and quickly. Great.Two weeks on the mattresses this summer was problem free, mate approved, and comfortable. These regulate temperature between you and the ground better than air, also. Some say that they're too hard to roll but there are tips available for this format of mattress. Follow those and you'll find them easy to handle.Looks like they're no longer available...too bad.

I have used this so far for about 5 camping trips and a total of about 20 nights. This is my go to sleeping pad for car camping. That being said it does have some cons. On the positive side, this thing airs up so easily. I just set it out and it self inflates, I usually have to do about one or two breaths of my own. It is so thick it feels just like I'm sleeping on my own bed. The cons are pretty much the same as others have stated. It is very hard to get it rolled back up again. It wasn't until my 3rd camping trip that I finally figured it out and was able to get it back into its bag. Also, this thing is huge. It's bigger than some sleeping bags. But since I always take my big van that is not an issue for me, but if space is tight, this might not be for you. I am fat and I am a side sleeper. This pad is great for me. I toss and turn a lot at night and I never feel the floor with this pad. I also feel like it insulates very well in cold weather, but I also put my thermarest silver pad underneath it to help protect it from rocks.

My only regret is not giving up the entire back of my Subaru outback to the larger size, which I may do in the future. Extremely comfortable. Thick enough. For an old fella with arthritis though, purging the air and rolling it up is a bit difficult, but not rolling it up is the option I use.

I’m 6 ft, 3 inch, 300 lb 50 year old that had back surgery/ fusion few years ago. This was very comfortable. I put on top of a cot. Some prior suggestions says to blew into after inflated for a little extra firmness. Wasn’t need. When I first got it, I laid it open for a week for memory form to get to fill bulk and now inflate to that full bulk quickly.Other comments on different of rolling up. You will not get flat with only 1 attempt at rolling it up. I turned value to not let air back in, I did a loose roll up to get most air out, then unroll and roll it up a second time to get down to size to fit bag.

Having had 2 Exped Megamat 10 lxw fail me, i decided to give this a go,i bought it to use in Germany in February.It arrived the day before i left, so i had to pack it on the bike and try it when i reached my destination!when it arrived it was the size and weight i expected.I got to the campsite(Nurburgring) erected the tent in a flurry of snow and proceeded to inflate the mattress, I waited an hour before i went back to it and had to blow it up some more to get the right pressure for my 112kg frame, i slept on it for 3 nights and it was perfect, never once did it deflate or need any more/less air, I never felt the cold at all, deflation was easy too, it rolled up tight enough for me to get it back into the original sack that is supplied.It seems both sturdier and more comfortable than the Exped Megamats I've used and that hopefully will mean it'll last longer, which is why i've given it only 3 stars for durability as its only been used for three nights thus far.I am now hoping they company will choose to make a double mattress, I'd buy one without hesitation, but I'd like it to be Green :)