- Good day folks, Ben from Snowys here today.
I'm talking about the OZtrail FATMAT camping mats.
These mats offer 15 centimetres of thickness,
a nice soft top and the double version
comes in a massive 150 centimetres of width.
So these FATMATs from OZtrail offer
an extra level of comfort for your camping expeditions.
They come in 15 centimetres of thickness here
and it's a self-inflating mat that's also airtight.
So they have less fill inside
than other traditional OZtrail mats have had,
meaning they can pack up a little bit smaller.
So this one here is a double mat that offers the thickness
of the one on the bottom here.
Now they come in two sizes.
We'll cover off on some of the basics first.
This is the 750 and the one over here is the 1500.
So they weigh round about four and a half
and round about eight and a half kilos.
Both of them pack up to about 75 centimetres in length
depending on how you pack it up.
And diameter wise from the factory,
this one's about 30 centimetres in diameter
whereas the larger one, about 45 centimetres in diameter.
Now they both come in these oversized bags,
which allow for a little bit of air when you pack it up
if you don't get it quite as small.
Allows a bit of extra space
so you've got all this extra room in here
to get it back into the bag.
So it's nice and easy to get in there
even if you don't roll it tight enough.
Compression straps over the top here to keep it all secure
and also a couple of carry straps here,
which go right around the base of the bag
so they're nice, secure, heavy-duty carry straps.
Now you do also get a couple of straps on the mat
inside the bag here.
So once you've rolled it up
you've got these little Velcro straps here
that undo from this end.
So those just secure it before it goes back in the bag.
And in the bag here, you also get just a little repair kit
and some patches of fabric and stuff
so you can repair any holes or anything if they occur.
Now underneath these two that are packed up here
I've got both mats unrolled.
They've been sitting to deflate or inflate sorry
in the shop for some time now.
So when you get your mat from you
they won't look quite like this.
It takes a little while for that foam to expand out,
to sit naturally like this.
Now I've not pumped any extra air into these
so I'll show you how comfortable they are
without adding extra air but you can actually pump these up
much tighter so you can have a really firm surface on these.
Just talking about the dimensions, as I mentioned,
15 centimetres of height here,
which is where the real difference is with these mats.
Most mats sit around about 10 centimetres in this range
but we're seeing more and more of these 15 centimetre ones
coming out now.
The single here, about 75, 76 centimetres in width
and 198 centimetres in length.
And the double underneath here
is 150 centimetres in width here.
So it's wider than a lot of double mats that we've seen
and it's just over 200 centimetres in length.
As I mentioned, both of them have 15 centimetres
of thickness there.
The materials that it's made of, if we start from the base,
the bottom here is a 75-denier polyester
so it's a slightly more durable base than what's on the top.
It's all welded to a 30-denier stretch pongee
or pongee fabric they call it.
Don't quite know how to say it
but it's got a nice soft feel to the sides and the top here.
It's the same fabric.
It gives a nice sort of luxurious surface to sleep on.
Has got a bit of a patterning there as well
so it adds a bit of style to your tent or campus setup.
Inside is a cord cell foam so if I feel along the sides here
I can feel there's kind of a hole
around about this sort of diameter here.
Another one about here, another one about here.
So along the length of this foam
there are cords that run right across the width here.
And what that allows it to do is give stability
or allow this mat to puff up to 15 centimetres,
yet when you're packing it down
there's a little less foam that you're trying to squash up
to get it back into the bag.
So that's traditionally how
these self-inflating mats are made.
And one of the main differences with this OZtrail mat
compared to some of the ones I've had in the past
is that this exterior fabric is lighter duty
and it's actually bonded to the foam inside.
So if we pump lots of air into this,
this isn't gonna balloon up,
it's just gonna get firmer and firmer.
It does also mean it is an airtight mat
so it is prone to punctures if you're not careful
where you set it up.
Now deflating the mat is all done
through the valves on the end here.
So there's a single valve on the 750 here.
And if we just have a look at the end of the 1500 here
you can see there's actually two valves,
one on this end and one across the other side here.
And that's just gonna allow it to inflate
and deflate much quicker.
These have got a little one way valve inside.
So there's a cap on top of here that we undo
and inside there's a little one way valve.
So at the moment that's set up
so it will allow the air to go in.
If I flick that around while I'm leaning on the mat
I can actually feel air just coming out of there.
If I flick it right around that
and that allows me when I roll it up
for the air to come out of the mat
and it won't suck back in.
So that allows you when you're rolling it
to sort of roll it up once, squeeze all the air out,
you can then unroll it.
It's not gonna inflate as you unroll it.
You can then roll it again to keep squeezing the air out
to get it down to a nice compact pack size.
Now, the most important question I suppose
is how comfortable are these mats?
So I push the single mat aside here
and I'm gonna sit on this one.
Now this mat, I haven't pumped extra air into it.
It's been sitting on the shelf with the valves open
so it's naturally allowed the foam to expand
to a certain point and suck as much air in as it can,
and it's just sat there, I haven't pumped more air in.
So as I sit on this, I'm not squeezing more air out.
If I was to open the valves on the end
I'd probably squeeze more air out.
So this is just naturally how firm it is.
And sitting here at the moment,
I can feel I can press the foam down onto the ground
but I don't feel like I'm hitting the ground hard.
Like there's still enough foam there to be comfortable.
And that's with me putting all my weight directly
on one point here.
So I do touch the bottom, but I'm not hitting hard.
I'm hitting compressed soft foam.
So lying down then and I often find
these mats are more comfortable without much air in it,
especially if there's two people on here
because it allows you both to sink into the mat
and give you a better support than a hard sleeping surface.
But lying down on this mat, now I'm only about 70 kilos,
I'm not a heavyweight by any means
but I don't think I'd actually need
to put more air in this at all.
I feel really comfortable here.
Side sleepers, because you've got that 15 centimetres
of depth, plenty of room for the shoulder to sink down
if I have a nice pillow here as well.
I obviously feel almost as comfortable
as I would on my mattress at home
'cause it's just giving me that extra space
for my shoulder to sink down into the mat.
So this 15 centimetres of thickness here
combined with the design of these mats,
allowing it to be packed up relatively small
like the one I showed you earlier,
means you're getting even more comfort for camping
in tents, camping trails, wherever you need a mat,
and you're not having to carry the massive bulk around
that you used to have to, if you wanted a really thick mat.
So these are a really good option
if the one thing for you about camping
is how comfortably you sleep.
This is gonna help you get through your nights
and wake up bright and sparky in the morning.
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