Thread: Sleeping mat, insulated or not?

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

I reckon that insulated mats are a bloody have. There is probably some kind of miniscule benefit that they can pick up in testing in a controlled environment but I sure haven't noticed any difference

I totally disagree. I’ve had both and definitely rate the insulated as the way to go. If you’ve got a good quality insulated mat it will cover you for every occasion.
I personally noticed a big difference going from an uninsulated sea to summit mat to a thermarest xtherm.