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Thermarest LiteSeat | 
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| Brand: Therm-A-Rest
Category: Sports
List Price: $28.00
Buy New: $27.95
You Save: $0.05 (0%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3640
Media: Misc.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Lightweight fabrics and foam | | • | Compacts to 2.5x6.5in. (6x17cm) | | • | R-value: 3.2 | | • | Weight: 3.5 oz. (100g) | | • | Dimensions: 11x15x1.5in. (28x38x3.8cm) |
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Product Description
Ultralight and compact, the Lite Seat is tailor-made for fast and light adventures. It's self-inflating and rolls up small enough to carry in a pocket or small pocket, so it can be taken anywhere. Very good for adjustable lumbar support while driving.
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| Customer Reviews:
Well worth the price and the extra weight January 3, 2009
I recently moved to Arizona and have been doing some moderately rigorous 8-10 mile day hikes in the Superstition Mountains. A friend of mine let me try his Therm-A-Rest Lite Seat during a lunch break on one of our hikes. I fell in love with it and immediately went out and bought one for both my wife and myself.
It is truly a little piece of heaven during an otherwise rugged day. It weighs less than 4 ounces and folds up to be a little smaller than the size of a soda can; so you hardly notice it your pack. When inflated it's a little bigger than a legal size sheet of paper, and about 1.5 inches thick. I would not have thought a 1.5 inch thick cushion could have been so comfortable (even on somewhat rocky terrain)! So far, I've used mine on three trips and can't imagine ever hiking without it again. If I stop and sit for even five minutes, I take it out and use it since it inflates and deflates so easily and quickly. I especially like it when I sit down for longer periods and I can prop my pack against a rock and put this cushion under my butt... It's almost like sitting in a reclining chair!
Finally it seems like a fairly durable and versatile piece of equipment. I clear any big or sharp rocks out of the way to be safe before using it (it is only 1.5 inches thick after all), but the fabric seems pretty tough, so it should last a while and not get damaged by normal rocks or sticks. Plus, it's great for seats at ball games, boats, picnic tables, etc.
In sum, I highly recommend giving this seat a try (and I see no reason to try a bigger or thicker seat since this one is so good and takes up so little space). I agree it seemed a little expensive at first, but once I gave it a try I found it was absolutely worth it.
A lite piece of comfort March 9, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is by far the best 3.5 oz I've ever put in my pack. No more sitting on cold rocks on overnight hikes. Doubles as a pillow when deflated a bit and folded in half. On day hikes it's a nice piece of comfort on extended breaks.
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