Has anyone heard of problems with these pads? If I recall correctly, they had problems in years past but, the newer products were to resolve those issues.
Anyway, I just got back from 7 days at a Boy Scout camp with my son. About day 4 I started noticing that my pad was losing air during the night. I took the pad to the lake and managed to find a hole which I later patched. The next night the same thing happened so I packed up the tent and deployed the hammock system for the last few nights. BTW, I really don't like sleeping in a hammock.
Anyway, today while cleaning and unpacking, I used the ole' soapy water trick on the pad and found a total of 16 pin holes, all in nearly the exact same spots of the dimples. None of these were punctures, they were only on the sleeping side and all appear to be a possible manufacturing issue.
The pad is less than a year old and I thought about exchanging it at REI but, think I'll send it to Big Agnes so they can look at it. I've got some time since I'll hiding inside until fall
My son said his had lost air as well, I checked it out and couldn't find any holes, in fact I'm laying on it now...testing it. I guess after 5 days it had lost some air which he hadn't considered. 11 year olds🤷🏼*♂️
Thoughts?
That's interesting. I have close to the same mat from big Angus insulated core SL and I have noticed that I lose air. I placed it in the tub and was not successful finding any bubbles. Even though I have had mine for about three years now, I've only slept on it probably less than 20 times. Any ideas on what I should do. That was a really expensive mat.