HooKooDooKu from United States, AL Public Profile

I've owned a 1st generation NeoAir for about 10 years and generally loved it. But I figure it can't last forever and time to "up grade". I've always used a "pump sack" and was excided to see this comes with a pump sack. But on 1st test, I was VERY disappointed. The pump sack is NOT air-tight. I could feel air escaping out the seams. worst, the sack was only good enough to get some initial air in the pad. Once it builds up any pressure, the pump sack can't push enough air to open the "one-way valve" and all the air goes somewhere else. But this is a sleeping pad, not a pump sack. So I pressurize the pad and let it sit. After a few hours, it's "soft". So I pumped it back up knowing the warm breath air can cool and loose some pressure. But this process continued two more times... pressurize it up and two hours later it's lost the pressure. Returned for a replacement.

What you Get:
* Tarp with 8 tie-off points (corners and centers) each with:
1. Built-in rubber grommets,
2. Attached 'quick cord adjusters' (that really do work), and
3. Color coded guyline (6 of them are 5' long, two are 7' long).
The guylines waste a few inches with over-sized pre-tied loops on one end, but they are easily untied and retied the way you'd like them.
* Stuff Sack
I've read other reviews that claimed the stuff sack was too small to get the tarp back in, but I didn't have any issue with it's size.
But I did have issues with deciding how to try to fold it. The reinforced rubber grommets at the corners and at the center are about 3" to 4" wide and not designed to be folded. As a result, I wasn't able to do the "natural" thing I would do with a large sheet... fold it in half and half again as many times needed til I had something to roll up.
Instead, I had to do an off-set fold (both directions) to avoid folding the grommets. But with a little trial-an-error, I was able to get it folded down to something I could easily roll up and place back in the stuff sack with ease.
My only concern for this tarp is durability. At only 15D fabric, it's crazy light weight compared to most other tarps. But I fear that means it might easily get damaged from falling tree debris. So I definitely would not want to use this as my primary shelter without having something with me to repair it. But my intended purpose for this tarp is to have an extra spot to get out

I've owned two different Black Diamond Distance Z treakking poles, and BOTH pair have been ruined by the handles, that should slide down the shaft, seize up on me.
My best GUESS is that sweat is finding it's way inside the handle and when the sweat evaporates, minerals and salt deposits cause the handle to stick when you store the poles folded up.