I have now also decided on a Thermarest Prolite 4. I asked about the downmat at the local outdoor shop and my suspicion was confirmed that there are still quality problems. The shop owner has one - by now his fourth replacement - and although he likes it when it works, he said it's the single most troublesome product with the highest number of warranty claims in the whole shop. That brought me back to self-inflating mats, and the fact that there were 20% off on the Thermarest together with the shop owner claiming thermarests to have to lowest warranty claim rate then sold it to me. I had a bit of a hard time deciding between the Prolite 3 and 4, but decided that the potential extra warmth/comfort (didnt feel it in the shop, but probably a difference after a night) was worth the marginal extra weight of the 4.
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