The Sleeping Pad: Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3

How do you improve on what's become an industry staple? By making it lighter, smaller, and gender-specific, without sacrificing any of the merits that already made Therm-a-Rest the gold standard. The new ProLite 3 is 25 percent lighter than its predecessor—a feathery 20 ounces—and die-cut foam allows you to roll this three-season pad tighter and smaller than ever. And now there's a ProLite 3 designed especially for the femme adventurer, cut for a woman's body with added insulation in the feet and torso, places where the fairer sex typically get colder than males. Both versions also have a super-grip bottom to keep your night from becoming a bobsled race, promising hours of much-needed slumber.
$80; www.thermarest.com
—NB