- EXPED are renowned for the quality and comfort
of their camping mats.
I've got three of the best here today to talk you through
the features and this is the Deep Sleep, the Mega Mat 10,
and the Mega Mat Max 15.
Let's check em out.
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Hi guys, it's Ben from Snowys here today
with a range of EXPED mats.
Now they've gotta huge range of mats under their name.
And we've got three really popular ones here.
The ones with the sort of the square sides on here that give
you a really big sleeping surface.
Now the Mega Mat, the one in the middle here,
has long been the popular mat.
Not the cheapest,
but probably the most comfortable mat in the market.
They've since brought out a slightly more affordable option
and an even more luxurious option and
we're going to run through the range here today.
So this mat in front here is the Deep Sleep.
Now this is available in about five different sizes.
I've got the long and extra wide here at the moment.
In behind that, we've got the one that's well known,
the Mega Mat 10.
Once again in the long and extra wide size.
I think that's available in about five sizes as well.
And then the big one at the back here is the
most luxurious one.
This is the Mega Mat Max.
There's two size available in this one.
It's the thickest and most luxurious mat in the range.
Now just on thickness,
if we bring them all together at the end here,
you can see that the Deep Sleep mat here
is seven and a half centimetres thick,
the Mega Mat up to 10 centimetres thick here,
but the Mega Mat Max 15,
15 centimetres of comfort.
So this guy here.
As you go up in thickness,
you're able to adjust the comfort of your sleep
more and more more by making
the mat softer without bottoming out
when you're sleeping.
With regards to the fabrics that the mats are made of,
very similar, a few key differences.
This Deep Sleep mat here is a 75 denier brush polyesters
surface and on the sides here,
and then on the base it's just a 75 denier polyester.
Moving on to the Mega Mat 10 here.
Now this top is different.
This is a 50 denier stretch nylon.
So as you sort of soften the mat,
you sink into this a bit more and
it feels a little more comfortable.
The sides are 75 denier, the same 75 denier polyester
as is the base 75 denier polyester as well.
And then moving up to the Mega Mat Max 15,
shares the same fabrics as the Mega Mat 10
with this 50 denier stretch tricot nylon upper that will
stretch with your body and allows you to sink into the mat.
75 Denier sides and 75 denier a base as well.
Now the foam that's inside the mat is the same PU foam.
It's all cored out.
It's designed to give good insulation when you're
sleeping on the mat and the coring or
the design of it allows it to pack up nice and small for
transport, and also expand reasonably quickly
when you get to camp and want to set your map up.
And all the materials and all the
mats here are Oeko-Tex certified,
which means that they free or certified to be free of
harmful chemicals or materials.
Now looking at the other end,
we can say that the valves on all of these mats are the
same setup that EXPED has on all of theirs,
which have a deflate and an inflate valve.
And inside each of these,
they've all got little two way or one way valves.
So this allows air in and not out.
And then the deflate valve on the bottom here
allows air out, but not back in again.
And they all have a little tab on the inflate valve,
get that back in there,
that allows you to adjust the mat while
you're sleeping in it.
This is the older style.
This is the newer style.
So while you're lying on the mat,
if you pump it up really tight,
you can use this just to push down on the inside there
to adjust the firmness in the mat to your liking.
Now obviously the thicker the mat the warmer it is.
So this guy here is going to insulate much better from the
ground underneath.
Likewise, if it's hot ground,
it's going to insulate from that as well.
This guy, slightly less.
So our values are changing a lot of the moment.
There's different standards and things.
So keep an eye out on what the new test are
when they come through.
They'll be listed on our website.
Just coming back over this way.
We've got the three stuff sacks here,
the three storage bags here
that the mats come with.
We'll start with a basic one.
This is what the deep sleep mat comes with.
Now you do get little straps inside
with the mat to secure it
when it's rolled up and it's otherwise just a basic
top-loading draw string stuff sack or
bag that you can store it in.
So that means when you roll the mat up
it needs to be about this size to easily get it in there.
Now it is oversized.
So it's not a wrestle to get it back into the bag.
Experts have considered that.
But when you step up to the,
the Mega Mat, this guy here,
you get what they call their sidewinder compression
sack or storage bag, which is a side loading bag.
So you lay it down this way.
You put the mat inside here,
and it's much more forgiving if you haven't rolled the mat
very tightly.
So a mat that's still got a bit of air in it
is going to fit inside this bag here.
You put the mat in, you roll the top over a few times
and then you secure it with this strap
and that strap then becomes the carry handle.
On top of that, when you step up to the Mega Mat range,
you get a little mini pump included here,
which has any inflation aid that clips
onto the inflate valve on the end of the mat.
You seal this with your hand,
it pumps air out of this and sort of throat here,
in through there and into the mat.
And that just assists the mat to get really firm.
It'll inflate most of the way by itself.
This just helps the last little bit.
And you also get a repair kit when you
step up to the Mega Mat mat.
Same can be said for the Mega Mat Max 15.
This is the same sort of sidewinder carry bag with the
side loading feature and the role top closure.
You also get an inflation aid.
A mini pump with the Mega Mat Max 15
and you get a little repair kit with that as well.
So you can see, you get extras with a Mega Mat range
over the top of the Deep Sleep range.
That's why they've made these guys to be a little bit more
affordable retail price,
if you're not worried about all the extras,
but you do get quite a few extra inclusions
when you step up to one of the Mega Mat mats.
I also just mention, experts have gone to the extent
of including a little instruction manual here
on a how to inflate them and what to expect.
I think that probably stems from many complaints with the
mats and when they're new, taking a long time to inflate.
They do take a while. You'll have to leave it for an hour,
probably a day, then inflate and leave it inflated
for a day for that foam to expand and have an expanded
memory of being expanded so that you get the full benefit
of the self-inflating feature of the mat.
I hope that helps you work out which one of these
super comfortable and top quality camp mats
is best for your outing.
When I have the whole range online at Snowys,
we have the most popular sizes,
you can check them all out at snowys.com.au at our lowest
prices every day.
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