OEX Traverse 2.5 Sleeping Mat – Reliable Budget Option

I bought the OEX Traverse 2.5 Sleeping Mat for £18.95 on Amazon. The price varies, sometimes for up to £30, but if you find it near £20, it’s a solid deal.

I’ve used this sleeping mat on many wild camps, a lot of it being within 1hr drive around Edinburgh, Scotland. I’ve been using it since I bought it early this year, it’s a really good cheap sleeping mat which I recommend.

⭐ Rating: 4/5

I’ve tested a lot of mats, it’s hard to give 5 stars for any of mine so far. This one weighs 1kg, and the pack size isn’t the smallest. But, it’s reliable, and cheap! You’d need to spend £50+ more to beat it on comfort-to-price.

Here’s how the OEX Traverse 2.5 mat looks standing up against my tent, and inside it the tent:

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📦 OEX 2.5 Sleeping Mat Specs

Weight: 1 kg, decent for the price.
Packed Size: 29 × 13.5 cm, not small but ok for foam core mat.
Inflated Size: 183 × 51 × 2.5 cm, won’t be full length if you’re over 6ft.
Carry Bag: Basic drawstring bag, easy to deflate and repack.
Material: Polyester + PVC bottom, has a nice “X” design, stops the mat from sliding.

🌡️ Warmth

R-Value: 2.6
UK 2-3 Season: Slept warm down to about ~2°C paired with Chimera EV 500, anything lower I would by taking my 4 season sleeping bag, and I’d consider a different sleeping mat if it’s snowing.

📸 Packed Size

In the photo below, the red tie-bag with the watch is the OEX Traverse 2.5 Sleeping Mat :

It maybe looks big in comparison to the other items in the picture above, but it could have been squeezed down more from my last camp! This is a foam core sleeping bag so won’t get tiny. If you’re into trying different products or need a reasonably priced one you should just pick this up anyway.

🛌 Comfort + Sleep Notes

• Quiet surface, doesn’t crinkle when you shift around
• For a good night’s sleep, bring a pillow, I use a blow-up one mostly for pack size reasons
• 2.5 cm foam layer smooths out forest floor. Hard or non-even surfaces will always be a bad night.