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How Do Self-Inflating Sleeping Pads Work?

Drew Parrish | January 22, 2021

These days, air pads may steal much of the spotlight as the new cutting-edge technology, but self-inflating pads are still a big part of our product line, with good reason. Given its heritage and popularity, we decided to answer some common questions about the technology that made us who we are today.

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How We Built This: Therm-a-Rest Self Inflating Mattresses

Jim Meyers | March 12, 2020

Our Seattle factory cranks out roughly 1,000 to 1,500 self-inflating mattresses a day. Find out where they are sourced and how they are made.

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The “Meme”-ing of Self-Inflation

Jim Meyers | April 28, 2015

We saw this post on Reddit and laughed like these guys for a full minute. I mean seriously, it’s pretty flattering to have your own meme on the interwebs, and we firmly believe that you should always be ready to…

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