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| Jun 18, 2020 at 8:23 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 3, 2018 at 8:22 | comment | added | JollyJoker | A somewhat interesting point is that sleeping bags use temperature ratings instead of R values | |
| Sep 2, 2018 at 16:15 | comment | added | mmcc | Also I think it’s very true that different bodies compress pads differently: fat/skinny, side sleeper/back sleeper, bulky clothes or no. There’s no substitute for a field test but that requires multiple nights to have value. I think a bench test could at least identify the good options. | |
| Sep 2, 2018 at 16:04 | comment | added | mmcc | this is very helpful especially the piece about the lack of cross-industry testing standards. This makes me feel a comparative A:B test may be the best that can be hoped for. This might be an example of a situation in which industry incentives are not aligned perfectly with customer incentives—Thermarest has no interest in showing the cheap foam is pretty good, and the makers of cheap foam have no budget for testing. | |
| Sep 2, 2018 at 15:42 | history | answered | Charlie Brumbaugh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |