If your pad needs to service you beyond 3-season conditions, or if you want extra reliability, your answer is still the NeoAir XLite (12 oz, $170), which is more durable, $10 less expensive, and 60 percent warmer than the UberLite and the Insulated AXL (probably, since its R-value is publicly unknown). Go to the store and test-sleep both or order both, test them at home, and keep one. Between the two, it’s a toss-up: the UberLite is marginally lighter and smaller the AXL is slightly more comfortable both cost the same, and both push the limits of fabric and construction technologies. The UberLite competes most directly with the Big Agnes Insulated AXL ($180, 10.6 oz), which I reviewed last year. It’s telling that I used the UberLite for all of my trips this summer, even though I could have stopped using it after West Virginia. It kept me warm in temperatures down to 30 degrees F, incurred no holes or blown seams, and is acceptably comfortable.įor backpacking solely in 3-season conditions, for which the UberLite provides sufficient insulation, it’s a very attractive option because of its weight and size. This summer I slept on the NeoAir UberLite for five weeks in West Virginia’s Appalachians, Alaska’s Brooks Range, and Yosemite National Park. Use of the NeoAir technology was expanded, and other brands developed competing products, but the XLite has remained dominant among backpackers concerned with the weight of their gear.ĭoes the new Therm-a-Rest NeoAir UberLite ($180, 8.8 oz) change this dynamic? With an R-value of just 2.0 and with thin 15d fabrics, is it warm enough and durable enough for 3-season use? Long-term review: Therm-a-Rest NeoAir UberLite Therm-a-Rest revolutionized the sleeping pad category in the late-2000’s with the NeoAir XLite, which was lighter, warmer, and more comfortable than the prevailing self-inflating pads of the day.
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