- Hey guys, Ben from Snowys here today
with a Zempire Chunky Stealth self-inflating hiking mat.
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This is a three and a half centimetre thick mat
with a base that's got non-slip dots on the bottom
so it doesn't slide around in your tent.
And there's die-cut, sort of wave foam inside.
It's a really affordable option for those who are looking
at setting up their hiking kit on a budget.
So when you buy your mat
it comes in an oversized bag like this.
Now the bag can take up to about 20 centimetres in diameter
and about 30 centimetres in length.
Packed up inside there at the moment, it's a bit under 30
and probably about 15 centimetres in diameter
but you probably won't get it quite that small again.
And it weighs a little bit over 900 grammes.
So not the lightest hiking mat in the market but
they're well-made and they come at a really good price.
And the mat itself is just under 177 centimetres in length
about 51 centimetres in width at its widest point.
And as I said, three and a half centimetres thick here
there is a valve on the end here
an inflation/deflation valve on the end here
that's got a little valve inside.
So we can flip this around, that's letting the air out
and flick it all the way around for deflate mode,
which means as we squeeze the air out,
it doesn't let air back in.
Flip that around to the inflation mode again,
and we can then blow a bit of air in there
to tighten this up again and do it up once you've finished.
Fabrics, we've got a 30 denier
stretchy sort of fabric on top here.
It's got a brush, sort of peach feel to it.
And the base is a 75 denier polyester
with little non-slip, sort of dots on the base
to help it from sliding around too much inside the tent.
And inside is a closed cell die-cut foam.
And it's got this-
don't know if you can quite see on the camera there.
This mat's a little bit dirty
but it's got this kind of wave, sort of cut to it
to give a bit of a sort of texture to the surface here.
I'm not sure that would have much
effect on how comfortable is to sleep on.
Maybe create a bit more airflow around you, but
it certainly looks pretty cool.
Let's just show you what comes in the bag
when you buy the mat.
So inside here you get obviously the mat
but a couple of extras as well.
You'll get in there, a little repair kit.
So some glue and a couple of repair patches.
And you also get a couple of elastic straps
that go around in that here when it's packed up
to secure it all before you put it back in the bag,
so you don't have to use the bag.
If you saving weight you could leave the bag at home
and just use the straps.
But it's certainly a very large bag.
So you could almost fit some clothes and stuff
inside there as well, if you liked.
Now I'm going to lie on the mat.
I haven't touched on R-value.
They haven't actually had it tested.
As in, I haven't had it tested but they estimate
the R-value to be around about three for this mat here.
So good all-season mat.
Being three and a half centimetres thick
if I was to sit on this now
I would feel the ground pretty easily
because there's not a lot of foam in there, so.
We've let that inflate as far as it can by itself.
Now, when these are new the foam takes a while to expand
you to leave it probably a day or so
for that foam to expand out to this potential here.
Now I'm going to actually use my mouth
and blow a little bit of extra air in here
to make it tighter.
Because being such a thin mat,
we need a bit of extra pressure in there
to insulate us from the ground underneath.
Ideally you'd want to try and use something
that wasn't your mouth to pump this up.
There's no inflation aid on this bag here.
So I'm going to use my mouth,
but when we store the mat
we'd always want to make sure we store it
with the valves open so moisture can escape.
So I'll pop a bit of air in here
and then I'm going to sit on it,
show you how comfortable it is.
Now I've just put probably half a breath of air in there,
and that's made that pretty firm there now.
It's nice and easy to blow in that
the valve kind of fits on the outside of your mouth.
So I'm not putting that much moisture inside there at all.
Now I'll lie on this mat.
Now I'm taller than this mat is,
but if I sit on that now
I'm obviously going right through to the bottom there.
And that's simply because it's a thin mat.
If I lie down on this like that it will distribute the
weight much more evenly across my entire body.
So I can actually feel this surface here, underneath.
It's giving a bit of a textured feel.
Not uncomfortable feel, but it's just kind of
supporting me reasonably well, so.
I'd sleep pretty comfortable on my back here.
I can lie on my side,
not much to say about a hiking mat this thin
it's never going to give you much of a difference between
where your shoulder sits and where your body sits here.
Your shoulders are always going to be a bit bunched up.
But you can adjust the pressure in here if you like.
So if I'm lying on this
and I want a little bit less pressure in there,
I just undo this and if I had something thin,
I could just push through onto the little
yellow valve in there just to let some air out.
What I need to do now is just turn it around far enough
where we'll hear some air come out.
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So that's just allowing a bit of air out
and I can feel myself,
I can actually feel my hips drop
through to the ground there now, so probably actually.
Probably not really tight but for me to sleep on this
just a little bit of air out,
little bit of movement so it can squish that
down a little bit and make that pretty comfortable.
So they're by no means as comfortable as
a big 10 centimetre thick mat
but hey, they're designed for hiking.
So you've got to get that balance of
weight, durability, and comfort.
Well the beauty is that Zempire tend to make their products
to a really good quality for the price that you pay for.
And so the Chunky Stealth Mat from Zempire
is a great option if you're looking at setting up
your hiking kit on a budget.
And you can check them out online.
At snowys.com.au where you'll find out about
our lowest prices every day.
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