Wally-World Wenzel aluminized 1/2 in. pad

I've never seen this in their stores and stumbled over it online. 71 x 24 x .50 are the specs. The are suggesting that the aluminized surface will reflect your body heat and keep you warmer. Makes sense to me! It gets good ratings from tenters and cot users.

At $9.97 and free ship to store it may be worth a try. You could cut off about 30" and tape it back together across the remaining piece for a 64" length pad? These might be good for my sled dogs when we go winter camping in the BWCAW. I currently put a cut down yoga pad in a burlap sack with some straw. That way I don't loose the straw over time and it keeps the dogs drier lying on the ice on a closed cell pad in the sack.
FYI

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wenzel-71-...Specifications

cut off the 30". split it and put it back as wings or in an SPE.

you have a link?

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Originally Posted by Dos

you have a link?

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Here ya go.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wenzel-71-...ilver/13228659

thank you

and I wonder VW has done some testing on this....

My wife called my to supper before I edited the post to add the link, etc. You guyz are just to perceptive!!!

I've got one, but I haven't used it yet. The material's a little delicate, so be careful about strapping it to the outside of your pack in areas with lots of branches. Otherwise, it seems comfortable, but I can't say whether the metallic layer helps.

Thanks, good find. Wonder what the weight is?

Think the Wakmart site said 3 lbs?

Scrolling further down to the spec sheet, it says 1.35 #.

Would this be better than reflectix for a small pad under the lower legs/feet?

Interesting... Is it closed cell like the original Walmart ccf?

Thermarest created a similar pad a couple years ago called the ZLite-Sol with an R-value of 2.6. It's predecessor was the standard ZLite(no reflective barrier) which had an R-value of 2.2. So, if Thermarest is being honest with their ratings, the reflective barrier is worthwhile on the Wenzel pad.

Ryan