Very well then! While I really appreciate all of your good input, Eidsvolling and Steve G. seem to know my needs (and cheapskate personality) best. Steve reminded me–very important!–of the folly of making house guests overly comfy. (In all our years here, not a single in-law, all of whom are womens, has spent a single night in the Doghouse and I wouldn’t want to spoil that record. :twisted:). Happily, the first of the two comparison websites linked by Eids, above, has a graph that offers price/value comparisons at a glance. I think I’m going with the Therma-Rest insolite Ridgecrest SOLite full-length el cheapo for a paltry $20 each. (Seriously, I am not “cheap” by nature, but live mostly on Social Security and give as much of that as possible away, mostly to to the local brew pubs, so I must be parsemonious with my luxury purchases.) I still have my Paleolithic-era Ultra-lite knee-length inflatables, and with the foam pads beneath those, it should do the trick both for my camping uses and any cot-sleeping guests. As we said in the Marines, “f@#% ’em if they can’t take a joke!” Thanks again, Dave
PS to ColMike … well, yes, you have a point. But I did go through all the infantry training they could throw me into, about a year’s worth in all, and several survival schools. Seems I do recall a few less-than-comfy nights “sleeping” on the snow with only a leaky tarp beneath my worn-out Korean-era prickly feather bag, before taking the high road. Of course, nobody was shooting at me with anything but blanks. Could it be that you’re jealous??? :P)
