Originally Posted by
S. cerevisiae
Why not just use a foam pad? Are we being so weight wienie that we cannot even use a standard RidgeRest?
It isn't about the weight-weenie factor. It's that the foil part of these mats reflects body heat back in a way that the foam doesn't. It is warmer. I don't know how it works, and don't particularly need to know. It just does.