Nemo Equipment’s Tensor sleeping pad was my introduction to ultralight sleeping pads. I'll confess that when I unwrapped the Tensor (I went for the insulated version) and inflated it for the first ...

When nearly every maker of camping equipment offers the luxury of an air mattress in a package the size of a water bottle, one might wonder, why the hell does anyone carry those bulky foam pads, and ...

Back in 2022, when we took the Nemo Tensor Ultralight sleeping pad out into the backcountry, we thought it was "super lightweight" for fast adventures – we had no idea how much lighter this model was ...

A quality sleeping pad—no matter the weather or the season—is a necessary part of a camping sleep system. Sleeping pads are designed to insulate your body from the ground to allow for better thermal ...

Not price, not weight, not noise. The most important specification of your sleeping pad is its R value. R is a measure of insulation, which is important because the ground is really cold, and it will ...

There was a time (early on in my camping career) when I’d deal with uncomfortable nights at the campground, tossing and turning in my sleep. But those days are long gone, and yours can be too — if you ...

In 2002, Nemo Equipment’s founder Cam Brensinger spent a fraught night in a poorly designed bivvy on the side of Mount Washington. After absolutely zero sleep, he had something of an epiphany and ...

A quality sleeping pad—no matter the weather or the season—is a necessary part of a camping sleep system. Sleeping pads are designed to insulate your body from the ground to allow for better thermal ...