King sized airmats don't always come with a kingly weight! This Kooka Bay custom airmat weighs in at 21 oz which is outstanding given its size. It measures 72" long 30" wide and a whopping 7" thick. The outer shell is a 70d nylon so its no slouch on durability. The weight savings comes form a new kind of internal baffle. The baffles are a sort of mesh that is welded to the nylon, no sewing required :) Although the design of the airmat is interesting, it was built to test the new baffles. Its also fun to try something out of the ordinary. I'll be using the beast on the weekend!

How do you inflate a high volume airmat? Use an Instaflator! We now have custom Instaflators made to fit our new valves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJLVYfg88TE

The measuring stick is 24" long!


Thats 3x thicker than most


1 pound 5 oz or 595g and it packs quite small

Edited by Bender on 11/03/2011 21:24:41 MDT.

Wow that's a whopper. It would be great to see it in a tent or with a person on it for a little more scale.

Now you're making me wish my new KookaBay pad was already here. Though, I think my wife is going to make me wait until my birthday to use it! I guess that means I'm waiting no matter what.

Patience is the better part of valor! (I modified that saying, but I think it works.)

How much weight do you suspect the new baffle construction saves for a typical pad?

If you roll off that thing you might get a black eye from falling so far! My next pad is going to be 30" wide and 5" thick. I'm a princess when it comes to my sleep and the 2.5" pads don't suit me anymore.

Ryan

That's not an airpad, it's a small sea vessel..........

Ryan at least if we have a flood I will stay high and dry! I admit 4-5" thick would be a bit more sane.

Stephan for this airmat the new baffles save 3 oz. For a rectangular 72x20x3.5" it would save 2.2 oz or 2.7 oz for 24" width. On thinner airmats the difference is a bit less.

This thing has a volume over 8 cubic feet so with some helium it would be about 14 oz haha! I cant wait to see what the fellas say on this weekends trip. Does anyone else think this resembles Heimlich from A Bugs Life?

Edited by Bender on 11/04/2011 11:27:47 MDT.

You're well on the well to making a multi-use item that works as both a sleeping pad and a packraft. Add some wider tubes around the edges and you could call this the 'padraft'.

Edited by dandydan on 11/04/2011 12:57:58 MDT.

Is there an R-value on that aircraft carrier...err..airmat?

This aircraft carrier has its own zip code and an R value of approximately 1.5. I had it down to 19f last night and my back side was cold but not frozen. The rest of my gear was good to about 20f so this pad would have been toasty with Climashield Apex. The design itself was very comfortable. Inflated fairly firm it had great back support. With the large tubes I noticed my head liked to sit between the top 2 tubes. Because of this one extra tube at the foot would be better for me at 6'1". Normally the 72" is just right for me. The massive thickness makes it feel more like my bed at home. With a roomy quilt and big pillow this would be a very compelling setup.

I'd use a camp-tek microburst to fill that bad boy. Turn it on, and come back 5 minutes later to a fully inflated mat. 2 oz with lithium batteries and you are good to go. I use one for my nemo astro pad and love it.

Nice looking pad! Does the customer have to sign a liability waiver in case they roll off that thing in the middle of the night? :) Looks comfortable!

Edited by DCSmith on 11/06/2011 19:12:29 MST.