Exped Versa 5R LW Sleeping Mat

G'day Gil,

You can use it to inflate without issues, but deflate is abit tricky because the mat material gets stuck into the pump and blocks airflow.
As this is not a self-inflating mat, and it's just filled with air, there's no actual need for assisted deflation.

G'day Colin,

Smaller versions of these mats do exist although we only stock the LW - Long Wide size at the moment.

G'day Jon,

Yep, ofcourse.  This is an air filled mattress only with a thin layer of insulation, so there's no internal foam or anything you need to worry about.  As long as it's packed away clean and dry, you shouldn't have any issues.

G'day Garry,

Its not directly compatible as the valve on the S2S mats and Exped mats are not the same, & the pump nozzle doesn't fit easily.  You can make it work, just takes a bit of wriggling to get the nozzle connected properly.

G'day Siobhan,

There are two valves, and in and an out.
You wont need a pump, as this one has an integrated hand pump indicated by the hand symbols which you can see in the product image.
The function of the valves and the inflation is the same across all EXPED mats of this style.  We havent done a Video of the Versa specifically, but if you watch from the 1:14 mark of the Synmat video, this will take you through it.
Hope that helps.

G'day Ana,

We haven't done an actual comparison of this between the hiking mats, but these EXPED mats have a fabric/material cover that feels a lot less crunchy than some of the Sea to Summit alternatives which have more of a plastic-like feel.
These particular mats are not known to be noisy at all, and we'd never had noisy feedback the previous versions which had been around for years and years.
Hope that gives you a bit of peace of mind.