Originally Posted by
indyfabz
I recently got a leak in my Sea to Summit mattress, which I love. It's a very, very slow leak. A few days before before my tour this past weekend I put a good amount of water in my bathtub and tried to find it. Couldn't. Not one air bubble. I think it only loses air when subjected to the weight of my body. I had to put a few breaths in it one night this weekend after several hour of sleeping on it. REI is having another 20% off sale right now. I think I am just going to suck it up and buy a new one.
I had a very slow leak that was hard to find. The way I found it, I inflated the self inflating pad and sat on one end of it, that provided the weight for pressure. And used a sponge with soapy water to go over it to find the leak. The soap makes the bubbles easier to see. It was hard to see but did it slowly and found it.
I had a mindless tv show playing in the background that I was going to watch anyway, thus the time served two purposes.