Jim J Solo wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2012 at 4:41pm:

I sent for and returned an Exped pad. I was expecting one that had an intergrated pump. But while I had it I thought it was too flimsy. After talking to an REI rep on the floor about alternate bags I decided I wasn't interested in the new air pads anymore. I also noticed it was very noisy. Sounded like you were crushing a bag of chips every time I handled it. On my last trip someone had an REI knockoff. Every time he moved in his sleep it sounded like a major event. Course you can figure you can just scare the bears away by just moving around on your pad  ;D

I had a chance to visit Midwest Mountaineering to kill some time while waiting for a trip partner to arrive in Mpl/SP. So I got the chance to check out a nice selection of the sleeping pads. The REI rep I had on the phone miss led me about the pad I was intending to purchase.

It's just the ultra light models that are built like potato chip bags.