{"id":810,"date":"2009-09-16T18:18:12","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T22:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/?p=810"},"modified":"2010-03-16T19:04:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T23:04:54","slug":"exped-downmats-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/exped-downmats-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Exped Downmats &#8211; review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/exped_downmat91.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-839\" title=\"exped_downmat9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/exped_downmat91-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/exped_downmat91-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/exped_downmat91-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/exped_downmat91.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Exped Downmat 9<\/strong> <strong>&amp;<\/strong> <strong>Exped  Downmat Deluxe 9<\/strong> &#8211; each were a little bit of a pain to inflate  compared to the Thermarest self inflating, but oh what a difference.  Properly inflated each is thick and comfortable and completely insulates  you from ground cold. In Natashquan it got down into the 40&#8217;s and with  35 degree sleeping bags we were warm and comfortable with the Downmats.  Besides comfort they each pack easily back to original size (I felt the  Thermarest took a lot of work to get it compressed to original size).  Ditch the bag for the Downmat 9 and use straps to secure it or it will be too big to pack. The deluxe compressed well with the compression bag that comes  with it. Both take a little practice and time for both inflating and deflating,  but I don&#8217;t think I would ever travel with anything else.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/expedpacked.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-833\" title=\"expedpacked\" src=\"http:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/expedpacked.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exped Downmat 9 &amp; Exped Downmat Deluxe 9 &#8211; each were a little bit of a pain to inflate compared to the Thermarest self inflating, but oh what a difference. Properly inflated each is thick and comfortable and completely insulates you from ground cold. In Natashquan it got down into the 40&#8217;s and with 35 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,59],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camping","category-gear-review","tag-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}