Excellent for side sleepers - Big Agnes Q Core SLX Sleeping Pad

I sorted through a number of sleeping pads without being able to find what I wanted. Some were too heavy. Some were too small. Some were too noisy. Some didn’t have enough ground clearance for me to sleep comfortably on my side. When I found the QCore SLX, I was amazed at how it checked all the boxes. It’s very light (just more than a pound for the wide version that I bought). It has plenty of width, but it still packs up small (just a little bigger than a Nalgene). It doesn’t have the crinkling noise so often associated with the Therm-A-Rest NeoAir pads. Best of all, it has more than 3” of lift so that I don’t end up on the ground in the morning. I anticipate this being my go to backpacking sleeping pad for many years to come. However, it can be difficult to blow up, so I definitely recommend using the Pumphouse Ultra with it. I found it took about 6 pumps so blow up the wide version. Happy trails!