Cramming all your overnight gear into a 15 litre sack can be tricky. The balloonbed packs away to a volume of around 0.2 litres. This is smaller than a tin of beans or less than 4 mars-bars (but only weighing 100g). A 3/4 piece of foam carry mat on the other hand rolls away to a volume of about 1.5 litres. That's 7 times more space taken up in your rucksack!

Carry-mat v Balloonbed in stuff sack.

Sleeping on a piece of foam carry mat can be cold and uncomfortable. The balloonbed provides you with a cushion of air from the cold hard ground giving you much greater comfort and better insulation.  

• Unlike an other type of air mat it doesn't matter if you get a puncture because you can just replace the offending balloon very cheaply.
• If you buy the 'original' balloonbed that uses 260Q balloons you can buy replacement balloons anywhere. 
• You can order replacement balloons from us too.