EXPEDDIN (or how are the EXPED CCF mats faring)?

[Lamont]

I was recommended an EXPED over others of the same ilk, by someone so wondered.....
anyone using the Exped PLUS or....the standard EXPED FLEXMAT models?

Is the EXPED PLUS model really PLUS comfort for the extra bulk? That thing is so chumpy I could carve it!

Also, how is the EXPED standard FLEXMAT treating users?

There's surprisingly little feedback on these models. Any feedback on either EXPED model?

Not after feedback on the other brands just the EXPED if you have any. They look all right.

Thanks.

[Zapruda]

I have used the Flex Mat Plus quite a bit since October last year.

I don't think it offers anything that the Switchback or Zlite don't. The large dimples compress quite quickly which was disappointing. I didn't find it warmer or colder than other options and comfort was about the same. The bulk was about the same as my Zlite.

I think all these mats are so similar it really just comes down to whatever is on sale or what colour you like.

A boring response, I know

[Lamont]

Excellent ta.

I have used the Flex Mat Plus quite a bit since October last year.

I don't think it offers anything that the Switchback or Zlite don't. The large dimples compress quite quickly which was disappointing.

That was what I understood from a couple of people. Some said it was lasting-but I was dubious given others reports I'd heard.

I think all these mats are so similar it really just comes down to whatever is on sale or what colour you like.

Yep, the Exped flex mat standard is the one I'm most interested in- small, thin and light-but might work........and cheapish-hence my 'tighter than a Murray Cod's Khyber Pass' interest.

Do you know anyone used the standard Flexmat by any chance?

A boring response, I know

Not at all, just what I was after.
Onya boyo.

[Ms_Mudd]

You could always try said mat and then on sell to me if you don't like it? It could be my permanent in-laws sleeping set up, I am taking one of the switchbacks with me everywhere at the moment, have now spent in excess of 30 nights on CCF Does that help the ol khyber pass tightness?

[Lamont]

It could be my permanent in-laws sleeping set up,

That'll ensure the in-laws visit often.

I am taking one of the switchbacks with me everywhere at the moment

I like the idea of the Switchy but it's heavier and bulkier and was a bit more exy, I never sleep well anyway. So I'm thinking -what the hell.

[Ms_Mudd]

I like my inlaws. That's why a Flexmat Plus is the least I can do to show my love
Kidding, I meant for when I sleep at their house, they live close to my work.

[Ms_Mudd]

Flexmat Orange Colour= super lightweight, however for me, is concrete-like to sleep on. Will use in Winter mat stacking adventures though.

[Lamont]

Damn. Thanks for the feedback.

Maybe you're just not sleeping right.

[Ms_Mudd]

Maybe I wasn't sleeping right?
With the GG Thinlight over the top, I slept comfortably the night before last. Adding the thinlight adds about 74g, for a total of 243g on my scales. I could of course make the thinlight shorter to match the shoulder to knees length of the Exped Flexmat, but I would prefer not to as the Thinlight is more use to me longer.
Goin to try it in the wild tonight. It has gone a bit chilly here, so will be keen to see how warm it is. I am taking my lightest bag, rated to 12C.

Edited to add: Oooo and the Thinlight AND Flexmat fit inside my 40lt pack, with some room to spare, to be fair, it is a summer/early autumn set up, but still....