Item #KLYMITINERTIAXLITE

Inertia X-Lite

The Inertia X-Lite rolls up smaller than that bannana in your pocket, and can be inflated with as little as 1.5 breaths. However, it still offers the adjustable comfort through the use of a dry air pump, which allows you to reach higher pressures than ordinary mouth-inflate pads. The cut out regions of the pad not only reduce the pad's bulk and weight, but is the basis for Klymit's patent pending loft pocket technology. Loft pockets allow the insulation on the bottom of sleeping bags to maintain loft and warmth beneath your body, where it would normally be compacted and useless, while promoting breathability. Built with ripstop 30d top and coated 75d bottom, the Inertia X-Lite is also one of the toughest pads on the market with a burst pressure of over 10 psi.

Kozak - Admittedly, I've only spent one restless backcountry night on this pad and need to give it further testing to be completely fair, but I have my doubts about this pad. Yes, it is super-light and, yes, it is super-compact, but is it that much more so than some of the other ultra-light 3/4 length pads out there, to justify the fact that at least a third of the surface area of the pad has been removed"

Certainly, the concept behind the design makes perfect sense, in theory. Someone lying on their back would have maximal ground contact and pressure at their head, shoulders and hips. Keep the padding there and remove as much of the rest as possible.

In reality, if you're anything like me, you've never been a back sleeper and even if you could fall asleep lying on your back you shift around so much during the night that it's nearly impossible to keep everything properly aligned. Even if you do manage to stay on the pad with all key body pressure points on the proper corresponding sections of the pad, there is still the fact that the cut-out sections are allowing the cold of the ground below easy access to you and a seemingly quicker onset of the morning chill.

This extremely minimalist pad will work for anyone who sleeps soundly on their back and never moves once asleep. For everyone else, I'm not so sure. For me, I'll most likely stiff with a full-surface, 3/4 length pad and deal with slightly more volume and weight in my pack. It's insignificant to me in the face of a good night's sleep.

Howie Schwartz IFMGA Ski & Mountain Guide, Sierra Mountain Guides - Tip of the hat to the folks at Klymit for thinking way outside the box and coming up with a great innovation in sleeping pad design. I love this 3/4 length pad, mostly because I don't know I'm carrying it, but also because it is has a high comfort to weight ratio. I'd rather sleep on this any night than on a narrow piece of compressed ensolite integrated into a pack frame. Using this pad I use the pack at my feet. I am only 5'7" or so, so it is all I ever need. Unfortunately, I can't call this pad my goto pad for all situations and seasons due to the holes, which may allow sleeping bag loft to expand under the sleeper, but also allow a sleeping bad to contact wet ground, snow, or a tent floor with moisture on it.. The holes are difficult to get and keep lined up with the areas that need most padding. It is common to wake up with a hip or elbow in contact with the ground. The valve is the best on the market and it takes very few breaths to inflate. This is the lightest inflatable mattress on Earth and I'll keep it in my quiver until they come up with the new model. I have given them some design improvement ideas and they are a small enough company that perhaps they can pull them off. I hope so!