Top Rated: Multimat Expedition Summit Compact 38S Self-Inflating Mat (8.8 / 10)
Category: Cold Weather (Sub Zero) Sleeping Mat
Multimat certainly knew what they were doing when they made the Summit 38S, perhaps their only failure was effectively conveying its properties to the outdoor community. I'm often surprised how few understand that, in most cases, a full length sleeping mat is unnecessary. There's plenty of stuff (like your backpack, clothing etc ...) that you can slide under the final quarter or third of your sleeping bag.
The Summit 38S is supremely comfortable and offers a high degree of insulation from the freezing ground. Non-slip silicone and PU coatings provide a water-resistant top-surface and a genuinely waterproof base while ensuring the mat isn't sliding around inside your tent or slipping out from under you like a bar or soap. Unlike air-pads, the self-inflating Summit has a flat upper surface, ensuring its full stated width is available to the sleeper. A stand-out feature is the excellent (removable) valve that provides a reliably secure seal and makes inflation hassle free.
The Summit 38S combines relatively light-weight durability, luxurious comfort and outstanding cold-weather performance at the kind of price that should scare (or should have scared) the Expeds and Cascade Designs of this world. Practically faultless in both design and performance, the Multimat Expedition Summit Compact 38S is Scramble's top pick in the Cold Weather (Sub Zero) Sleeping Mat category.