Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

***UPDATE*** SEE VIDEO ATTACHED TO DELFLATE!!! (Guess I’m now the most popular customer!) I purchased this a couple of days ago for a car plane. If you’re unfamiliar, a “car plane” is a C17. Once at altitude, you can roll out a sleeping bag and sleep. So it arrived today, and I wanted to give it a thorough review, especially since I’d be laying on it on a plane (hardest surface): 1. Came in a long box. Idk if that was Amazon’s doing or not but slightly unnecessary. 2. I didn’t show a pic comparison, but I am 6’2. Standing side by side, it was a little above my knee, so great width. 3. Has a carrying bag with a sling. Clutch for walking across tarmacs. 4. Also has 2 individual elastic bands, one for each end to keep it rolled. However, I can see these quickly stretching out. 5. After initially unrolling it, you can see how thin it is before opening the valve. One would assume that it’ll deflate back to this form. I’ll get to that. 6. The valve was really secured, which is great, but be mindful when opening it the first time. Pull too hard at the wrong part and you’ll need more than a patch. 7. Speaking of patch, tucked away in the center of the rolled up mat were two (2) white square patches. They have basic instructions on one side. The other has a clear film covering the sticky side. Without knowing this, one could unknowingly throw them away. DON’T!!! 8. Description said “25 seconds to inflation”. Yeah - FALSE! After opening the valve, I timed it. After 5 minutes, it was nowhere near full inflation. I could still see all the wrinkly lines from when it was initially vacuum sealed. But not a big deal. Blow into the valve like a beach ball. 5 - 10 good blows got me to my last photo. I could tell there was still some room left but those breaths actually helped and I could hear it self-inflating some more. 9. Now the fun part - HOW THE HELL DOES THIS THING DEFLATE?!?!?! I am 6’2, 230 lbs. I read the responses to the same question. Rolled the mat as best I could toward the valve and laid on it. 10 minutes later, no air released, no sound made, and it’s still at the same thickness! *MIND BLOWN* If you figure this out, you’ll be the most popular customer of this product lol! Overall, once to full thickness, VERY comfortable. Laying on my back, I couldn’t even tell I was laying on the ground.