How to Use a Big Agnes Pad Inflation Sack 

Cool no problem!

Great - thanks for sharing! Hopefully viewers see your comment and try it out. These days I have one of those mini-pumps from Flextail Gear that gets me 90% of the way there. Take care!

Cool, glad it helped! I use a Flextail Gear tiny pump now, but still keep the sack with my pad just in case!

How do you like it? I’m considering getting one

@@Think-about- Well, unfortunately I haven't been able to go camping. Life got in the way big-time. :( I did use it one night at a friend's house and "camped" on their back deck, and slept quite well on it. I really love that it folds into such a tiny size but still can be that comfortable. Not as comfy and doesn't have as much ground insulation as my Exped Megamat, but I didn't expect it to be. I bought the Big Agnes because the Exped takes up a *ton* of space when rolled up. It's a fantastic compromise. I would recommend buying it. There are two widths. I have the narrower one, but I'm 5'5" with a small build and wanted to save money, so that worked out for me. Hope this helps, and happy camping!!

Yeah it's a little different than a Nemo or Exped where you can blow into it to give it some volume. Kinda more bare bones. Take care and hope you got to use it!

That's a good point. I don't mind topping it off with a few breaths since I like to sleep on my side and want the pad nice and blown up. But yeah, if you get any mold growth, it may reduce the lifespan of the pad, and flare up your allergies when deflating the pad, if you're allergic to mold.

Wow, it only takes 10 minutes to blow up with the bag! No thanks LOL

Cool no problem!

Awesome thanks! I have a better, more traditional inflation sack from Exped that works better for that technique. The BA ones are not that great - just made from some recycled material they were going to toss from the cutting floor.

Cool thanks! Take care!

Yeah it just kind of snaps together.

Cool, thanks! Yeah I have a Exped pad too with a better inflation sack, but this one works okay. Lately I've just been using a FlexTail Gear Tiny Pump...

I have this Big Agnes and Expeds also. Gosh, this is awkward!

which model sleeping pad do you have? The BA Rapide SL in the video has a one way valve so you don't lose air when you unplug. It does have a button to press in the middle of the intake valve that lets out a little air to customize your firmness thought.

Does not blow up quickly for me. Trying to return for refund.

Glad you got it going. I've been using a little mini-pump lately. So I don't remember the number of reps I needed but I'm guessing it was under 20.

Hello, I'm out of town, so away from my camping gear. But if I recall, there are no threads on the BA inflation sack. It does kind of 'snap on' to the pad's inlet. And it only seems to fit my BA pad. It doesn't fit my Klymit or Exped pads. But if you get a Flextail Gear Tiny Pump, that has a soft rubber nozzle which seems to work universally with my pads. Or at least it can do 90% of the work, and then I'll blow a little in with my lungs at the end.

Just get a mini electric pump. Most bags don't have a much better system anyhow.

Just buy a little Flextailgear pump so you don't need an inflation sack. I posted a video of mine on this channel a few months ago.

There is another inflation bag made by big Agnes that works better fyi. Check their website.

I tried blowing air into the inflation sack when I was camping at Joshua Tree the other day. The amount of extra volume obtained from blowing at it from 1 foot away was marginal. And factoring in that I could be increasing the risk of mold growth by trapping warm, moist air into the sack, this marginal increase in volume doesn't seem to be worth it, in practice. But thanks for the suggestion.

I would disagree, just opening and closing as he does in the video is fine, took me no time at all to fill the pad. Blowing is fine too, but not required.