MesaGuy from United States, CA Public Profile

The Eureka! SINGLIS ST, UL (ultralight), Lite, in the regular and large sizes are all basically the same sleeping pad with color variations, and differences in width. What they all share is the same brass valve twist closure, the same plastic nylon or plastic-like epoxy resin valve seat block (that goes in the corner, and is glued to the air pad canvas. The brass valves are press fit into this plastic-like block. The pads I have of this ilk have suffered two maladies, either alone making the air pad useless, and both together in one pad calling to question (or really making an undeniable statement on) the quality control at Eureka!. Or rather the total absence of any quality control. The brass valves can be double threaded, right out of the factory. This is very frustrating in the field, as you thread the cap onto the valve neck, twist a full revolution or more, get it tight, and find that the valve is not closed, and that it will still pass air in (if you blow), or out (as the air pad deflates). In 20 close attempts, 1 in 20 will work (grab the good thread, not the bad cross thread) and 19 of 20 will grab the wrong thread, no matter how slow and careful you go. Completely unacceptable quality, or really a statement on complete lack of quality. The other problem I have personally experienced with a brand new out of the box sleeping pad in this Brand family is that the valve seat (a plastic block) was not glued properly to the pad canvas. So little glue was pres

I have this pad in both the regular and large size. The large would be better named wide, as they are the same length (78 inches) and the regular is a rather slim 20 inches wide, and the large a more expansive 25 inches typical of the wide range of 25-26 inches for wide sleeping pads. The problem with these sleeping pads is lack of quality control at Eureka! (Johnson Camping), at least as far as their sleeping pads go. These pads the Eureka! SINGLIS UL regular, the Eureka! SINGLIS UL Large, the Eureka SINGLIS Lite, the Eureka SINGLIS ST are all basically the same. Single chamber air pads, with a brass valve, mounted into a nylon plastic or epoxy plastic resin valve seat block, glued to the air pad canvas. They very in color, in a few cases in fabric or weight. They ALL have the same plastic valve seat mount block in one corner, and they all use the same brass valve twist closure. Some have a open foam inflater built into the pad at the other end. I have had no problems with the inflators other than that they are pretty slow, but otherwise they are fine. The problem with these bags is that the brass twist valves can be double threaded, making them impossible to close (and then the pad does not hold air). This happened on a pad straight from the factory, on its first use. The same pad ALSO had a defective glue job on the pad canvas to the plastic valve mount block. The lack of glue meant that there were 3 openings (wide ones, not pin leaks) at the valve seat