I'm looking for the longest-length crash pad available to me here in the US. I need to be able to comfortably sleep on it, as it will be my bed for quite a while. I know Edelrid makes/made the Crux model--at 82" long!--but it is not currently available anywhere online on US websites. (It would suit my needs perfectly!) I know ClimbX, Asana, and Mad Rock make models which hit around 6 feet long, but I'm a fairly tall SOB, so these won't work for me...

Does anyone know of any other options available? I'm not gonna consider making my own quite yet at this point...Am I just going to have to try to catch the Edelrid Crux on Ebay?

Thanks for the suggestion jbro. Not very practical, but thank you. I thought I covered the fact that I'm not interested in 6'-long pads in my OP; perhaps you just didn't read it thoroughly. At any rate, I didn't think my post came across as necessarily baby-ish, though that is certainly open to debate. Since you've already contributed to this thread's drift, I'll indulge you further: Tell me, what was baby-like about my post?

Perhaps that's just your humor, and for likely very many reasons I just don't understand it quite yet? This actual post I'm writing right now is my second on this site, and I love your sporting demeanor! What great fun!

At any rate, I'm all for enlightenment, but I will not settle for something that does not meet my needs. Perhaps that does make me a baby!

Edited only for grammatical reasons.

I'd suggest getting two partial length identical height crashpads and fixing them together.

I'd suggest getting two partial length identical height crashpads and fixing them together. Although it would probably suck to have a seam close to your midpoint, my experience with the really big pads is that they are somewhat impractical. I have the Mad Rock Triple Mad Pad and it's really too large; it barely fits in most cars and will take up the entire back seat in most. Also, on that particular pad the straps are insufficiently designed and started ripping off after minimal use. I don't know if that issue has been fixed.

Ha! You're great! I am a non-tough, whiny bitch! Though I still need a pad longer than 6', as I live out of the back of my '79 Hilux Long-bed, and simply don't have the room for a dedicated sleeping mat separate from my crash pad as space is at a premium.

I have used many crash pads for both kinds of crashing, and I know how uncomfortable some of them can be in both respects.

You are right though, I have done my homework; it is requisite for me as I try to be as informed a consumer as I can. I choose, whenever I can be conscious of it, to buy the one thing that fits my needs, rather than "try something out" and see if it works (even if I can re-sell it). I feel that what I spend my money on is one of the most important decisions that I, as a consumer, can possibly make, and I refuse to conduct transactions I deem as "unwise."

At any rate, it's good to know Kartessa won't always have to come to your aid.

Don't have to, but I'll do it anyway.

K-dizzle has a crrruuuuussshhhhhhh!!!!!!