My uncle told me to skip the air mattress in 2009 and I still hear about it

Mila Brown · 2026-09-10T07:00:04.741806+00:00

My uncle Dale took me on my first real camping trip near Estes Park back in 2009 and told me to leave the air mattress at home and just sleep on a closed cell foam pad. I thought he was just being cheap, so I hauled a big inflatable one up the trail anyway, and it had a slow leak by night two, leaving me on cold ground while he snoozed fine on his 20 dollar pad. These days every review site pushes fancy inflatables with 6 inch thickness, but I keep going back to that dumb foam pad. Anyone else still trust the old timer advice over the new gear hype?

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