- Ben from Snowys here folks,
so I've got with me here today
the Aeros Premium Deluxe Pillow from Sea to Summit.
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This is a reasonably large inflatable pillow
that is ideal used in general camping situations
possibly for lightweight hiking.
So this is the Sea to Summit Aeros pillow
in a Premium Deluxe version all packed up here.
Weighs a bit under 200 grammes, 195 grammes.
Measures about 12 centimetres by 10 centimetres
and about sort of five centimetres thick this way.
And it depends on how tightly you roll it up.
It comes in sort of a zippered pouch here.
This is just the label on the top here.
So inside the pouch, it's folded up there now,
it's slightly oversize so it's easy
to get back into that pouch and this is the pillow here.
So it's an all in one pillow, there's no cover
that goes on top or anything or two different parts
it's all as one.
And to blow it up, I'll do that
before I show you all the features.
There's a two-way valve here.
So this is on the bottom, this dark surface is the top,
this is on the bottom.
Now there's two features to this valve.
You can open it right up to allow the pillow
to deflate really quickly.
And you can see inside there the TPU bladder
that's kinda really bunched up in there now.
And you can also see a polyester fill,
that I'll talk a bit more about shortly,
but that gives you a little bit of insulation
to the top of the mat.
So just keep that in mind when we talk about that later.
Now I put that back in and then undo this top valve here,
we've now got a little blue section in there
that's a one-way valve.
That allows us to inflate the pillow without air escaping.
So I'm gonna put my lungs into action
and try and blow this up for you.
Now I'll just use my mouth.
If you can use a pump it's good, but it is a small thing,
it is easy to dry out inside or leave open
so that the pillow dries out inside.
So any moisture from your breath can escape the pillow.
Not quite as bad as a mat so.
See how many breaths this takes to blow this up.
(blows air)
That's two, we're about halfway there.
(blows air)
That's four, four breaths in there, it's pumped up.
Put that back down and it's sealed up.
Now you can actually adjust the pressure inside
and I'll show you that now before I go on any more detail.
So if I put a bit of pressure on this
and push the valve in the middle here.
(air whooshes)
You can hear the air just escapes a little bit
so we can let it down a little, just for personal comfort.
I actually prefer to have it fairly firm.
(blows air) 'Cause I find if it's too flat,
you kinda roll around on it a little bit too much.
So now this is how it looks when it's all pumped up.
So measuring 56 centimetres across this way,
about 36 centimetres this way
and it's about 14 centimetres in height.
It's kinda got this sort of scalloped shape.
It's hard to show on the video
but there's sort of ridges in here to kinda pull the middle
of this pillow down so that it cups your head.
And it's slightly higher on the sides here.
So the idea is you'd lie on this side
where it's a bit softer, then this kinda cups in
under your neck there.
This is a 50 denier soft knit polyester on top here
and underneath this dark patch here is that polyester fill
that I showed you.
So it offers you a little bit of insulation
against your head.
There's a 50D polyester over the back here
and inside is a TPU bladder.
It's kind of a stretchy bladder.
If I squeeze this I can feel
it's kind of stretching a bit like a really firm balloon.
On the back here also there's a little pillow lock system.
On Sea to Summit mats they have little tabs
of like Velcro-type material that you can stick on the mat.
You then put this on top of those
and it stops your pillow from sliding around on the mat.
So it's a feature that comes with the mat,
but these are then compatible
with Sea to Summit's complete Sleep System.
Now in terms of how comfortable this is,
tonnes of room obviously, really good replacement for,
say your regular pillow in a swag or something like that.
But if I lie on this it's...
Well I'm not actually lying obviously I'm standing up
but it gives me a bit of height
with that 14 centimetres of height.
It's higher around the edges here,
so my head this sits in the middle there.
So it feels nice and soft, this is a really soft material
against my head.
So a really good option for what I wanna use it for
is a replacement for my regular pillows
that I take from home.
They're bulky, big to pack in the car.
This packs flat in your swag
and only weighs a couple of 100 grammes
and it's nice and lightweight.
To deflate nice and easy.
So you could leave this in your swag if you wanna
when you roll it up or even inside your sleeping bag.
Just pull the bottom valve there.
It says deflate there, pull that bottom one open,
the air puffs out really quickly.
You can then roll it from one side to the other,
fold it however you like.
And it goes back in the bag nice and easy.
You can just scrunch it up.
Probably a good idea once you've blown it up
to store this open so that any moisture from your breath
that's gone inside the pillow can escape.
But I'll see if I can very roughly fold that up
and show you that it goes back in the bag pretty easily.
For me, though I reckon I'd just leave this flat in my swag
so it just folds up with the swag
when I go to roll it up again.
So you can see that's squishes back
in that bag there nice and easily.
I've just got the zip caught up a little bit.
I didn't need to try very hard to get that back in so.
I reckon these are the ultimate solution
for pillows that you've got in your swag
or for general camping.
You could use them for lightweight hiking as well
if you like, maybe slightly heavy for a pillow.
But for me, ideal for camping,
reducing the weight inside the car,
reducing the amount of pack space.
You're taking a large normal pillow
down to just this size here.
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