There’s a new way to inflate a sleeping pad, and it’s called the SpeedValve. We all know of the traditional way to inflate a sleeping pad: Unscrew the pad’s valve, wrap your lips around said valve, and start puffing. Depending on the volume of the pad that you’re inflating, this may take just a minute, or it may take several minutes and leave you feeling slightly hypoxic by the time your pad is fully inflated. However, if you have a Therm-a-Rest pad equipped with a SpeedValve, such as the NeoAir XLite Max SV, inflation and deflation happen a whole lot faster.
The SpeedValve uses science (Bernoulli’s principle of fluid dynamics) to inflate your sleeping pad much faster than a traditional sleeping pad valve would allow. With a traditional valve, you are supplying 100% of the air going into the mattress from your lungs. The SpeedValve uses all of the air from your lungs and it draws additional air from the atmosphere...
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