There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
The main difference of a Klymit pad with V baffles versus a Thermarest NeoAir is the volume of air the pad holds. A Klymit pad will hold somewhere abouts to 3/5ths to 1/2 of the volume of air compared to a Thermarest NeoAir.
This equates to less air volume support for your hips and shoulders when side sleeping. But for back and stomach sleeping because you're weight is spread out more evenly the difference is near negligible. I am a side sleeper; 30 y/o male, body type is tall and skinny (6'3" 147.7lbs) and I find side sleeping quite comfortable on the Klymit's in terms of support and not getting numb sides and having to continually roll over. Many others agree. I have read one complaint from a woman who said her hips weren't comfortable. So if you are heavier or have pronounced hourglass figure, you may want to consider a thicker pad for side sleeping. This pad is 2.5" thick, so look at 3.5" and upwards. You can see me laying on last years pad in this video. The link should take you directly to the 7:00 time mark where I lay down.
https://youtu.be/mBTrJti27No?t=423 I have tried the NeoAir Xlite regular and large and I found them to be very supportive but their design made them feel extremely narrow, even the large model felt like trying not to fall off a log to me because the edges were weak. The Klymit pads with their rails on the edges don't suffer from this.