Hello everyone. In mid-July I went on a bike trip through the French Alps from Geneva to Nice and decided to sleep most nights in a tent. My tent is a Naturehike Cloud 1p weighing around 1300 grams. I have a previous generation Therm-a-Rest Xlite sleeping pad and it is very uncomfortable for me. It is narrow, 51 cm, and very slippery, and although I am thin and not tall, I wake up minimum 10 times a night and often my body or legs ends up on the bottom of the tent because I simply fall off the pad.
I also have only two sleeping bags:an Aegismax down sleeping bag from AliExpress with a comfort temperature of +10C and a second S2S Spark IV with a comfort temperature of -8C. Last year I slept in July in the Italian Alps at an altitude of 1600 m and I was cool in the Aegismax sleeping bag, especially in the morning at 5-6 AM I could no longer sleep normally because of the cold. I want to have a good rest during the trip, as there are big climbs ahead and I will be very tired every day and sleep is very important for recovery.
Please advise a light and warm enough sleeping bag and pad. I am also considering a Quilt instead of a sleeping bag as an alternative and weight saver, but I have no experience with it before.
Of the mats, I have now paid attention to the new Therm-a-rest Xlite NXT regular/wide, but on the forums people still write that it is very slippery. I also see the popular BA Rapide SL mats, but they are much colder than the manufacturer claims and there is a problem with the insulating foil. The second option that I paid attention to is the Nemo Tensor Trail Ultralight Insulated Sleeping Pad, but I am not sure that the R-Value 2.8 is a good enough indicator.
I will be grateful for any help.
by Practical-Parsley-77