Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Sleeping Pad

cascadedesigns.com; 14 ounces
The sleeping pad, revolutionized! This manually-inflated mattress provides 2.5 inches of airy comfort between you and the cold, cold ground. The featherweight, 14-ounce pad compresses to the size of a one-liter bottle, proving that fast and light doesn’t mean you also sacrifice on comfort. Inside, the pad boasts “triangular core matrix technology”—just a fancy way of saying that the NeoAir is thoroughly stable, and one of the most comfortable pads on the market. The internal baffles are also lined with a reflective barrier—think of those silver heat blankets tossed on marathoners at the end of a race—that bounces the body heat back up before it can seep into the earth, which makes it up to three times warmer than NeoAir’s competitors. Our only (very minor) gripe? Therm-a-rest hasn’t made a chair kit yet for this pad. When they do, a campside Laz-y-Boy will be born.
Comes in small, medium, regular, and large

$130

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Outdoor Research Helium Jacket

www.outdoorresearch.com; 6.8 ounces
For the always be prepared category, we introduce the Helium Jacket. At a mere 6.8 ounces this all-2.5-layer ripstop nylon shell packs to the size of a tennis ball (or into its own pocket) for stash-and-forget ease. But when the storms rise up, it offers hardcore protection against all elements. The features are minimal: a chest pocket with a waterproof zip, elastic cuffs, and single elastic-pulls at the hood and waist—in other words, just what you need and nothing you don’t. It ain’t the most breathable shell on the market, but when you find yourself on the trail or disembarking a plane just as a monsoon descends, this jacket will become your best friend.
Comes in both men’s and women’s