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What is the Women’s Ether Light Insulated Sleeping Mat?
This innovative mat is perfect for backpacking, travelling and mountaineering in cold conditions thanks to the super warm Exkin Platinum and Thermolite insulation, exceptionally comfortable Air Sprung Cell construction and the ability to deflate and inflate the mat quickly. The Ether provides a luxurious 10cm of thick cushioning whilst still maintaining a tiny pack size. The women’s design is a slightly different shape to the men’s version – it is wider at the hip and narrower at the shoulder for extra comfort.
What is the Ether made of?
Insulation: Inside the mat, you'll find super warm Thermolite and Exkin Platinum insulation to provide enough warmth for the winter seasons. Exkin Platinum reflects your natural body heat back to you, while Thermolite insulation prevents convective heat loss over time. If that wasn't enough, the Ether Light includes an anti-microbial treatment to avoid future issues when warm, moist air inevitably becomes trapped inside.
Outer Fabric: The mat is made using a combination of lightweight, quiet and grippy 40D and 30D Nylon fabric. The combination of these two weights of fabric gives you a mat that will pack down to almost nothing but also provides extra protection and reassurance when the ground underneath you is a bit harder than you'd like.
What are the features?
Providing further comfort is Sea to Summit's eXtra Thick (XT) Loop Baffle Air Sprung Cell technology. Larger air pockets are created by using many looped TPU baffles which connect the top and bottom fabric layers with their Air Sprung Cell dot weld pattern. The looped baffles allow the top and bottom layers to be positioned further apart creating larger pockets of air when inflated that require less fabric overall.
This design, in addition to the extra height of this mat that lets hips sink deeper into it without touching the ground, is perfect for those of us who sleep on our sides. Other features include a repair kit, an anti-microbial treatment to prevent mould growth and a pillow lock to attach an Aeros pillow in place.
What is the R-value?
This matt has an R-Value of 3.5 which in real terms means that this matt makes a great 3-season adventure buddy and will keep you toasty for most of the year. The hawk-eyes amongst you will notice that the R-value is slightly higher than the men’s version – this is because women tend to sleep colder than men, so this ensures you still have a good night’s sleep at the same temperature!
R-Values are an international standard of insulation and (in simple terms) indicate the materials ability to reduce heat flow through conduction, radiation or convection. Therefore the higher the R-Value, the lower the heat transfer and the greater the insulation properties of the material.
- Women’s specific design
- Lightweight
- 30/40D Nylon fabric
- Field repairable with included self-adhesive patches
- Exkin Platinum and Thermolite for insulation
- eXtra Thick Loop Baffle Air Sprung Cells for a more comfortable sleep
- Ultra-Fresh anti-microbial treatment to prevent internal mould growth
- Pillow Lock attaches an Aeros pillow to the mat
- Multi-functional, high flow-rate valve