SOLD [WA] Custom made down pad (-23C, 635 grams)

[Empacitator]

I am selling a custom made Kooka Bay down pad that has a R Value of approximately 5.9. I purchased it off backpackinglight.com in the US and have just received it today- unfortunately it is going to be too narrow for me I'm selling at the same price I paid for it, $125 plus postage.

Here is the seller's description from BPL:

"I have a Kooka Bay Down Air Mat for sale. Patterned after the Exped Downmat 7 with 6oz of down that should be equal to R 5.9 and a lower limit of -11*F. 72x20x2.5 weighing 22.4oz with included Big Agnes Pumphouse stuff sack/pump. Used for six nights down to 6* and was toasty warm."

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/forum_thread/50772/index.html?skip_to_post=429888#429888

[Empacitator]

Quick bump, no interest in a pad with an R value of 5.9 that weight under 650 grams? I thought someone would be all over this

Here is the manufacturer's website: http://kookabay.com/index.html

[mattmacman]

May be interested, could you post a pic, how does it compare to a downmat 9? And what pump system does it use.

[Empacitator]

Sorry but the mat has been sold earlier via PM!
To answer your questions anyway, it uses a stuff sack/pump combo so the down doesn't accumulate moisture. And the Downmat 9 has a higher R rating but weighs 980 grams so quite a bit more (from an UL perspective )

[Dale]

A custom order from Kookabay is on the cards for me. I noticed Bender said thickness doesn't add a lot of weight so it would be interesting to see what sort of 9cm thickness down mat he could produce. I'm short so I could go for a 60" mummy style. Also noticed Exped are releasing UL versions of their downmats next year.

[mattmacman]

REALLY? Id be extremely interested in a UL version, link?

[Dale]

Here you go Matt - part of a BPL gear thread:

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin ... d_id=51771