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Institute for Environmental Research

Institute for Environmental Research

Kansas State University
0056 Seaton Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506

Phone: 785-532-5620
Fax: 785-532-6642
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Camping Mattresses: R-value

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Method:

ASTM F 3340 "Thermal Resistance of Camping Mattresses Using a Guarded Hot Plate Apparatus"

Instrument:

Guarded hot plate and cold plate in an environmental chamber; the camping mattress is held under constant compressive force between the plates

Cost:

  • $600 for consumer-facing claims (requires 3 full-size specimens of each sample type), or
  • $465 for prototypes (results cannot be used for consumer-facing claims)

 

 Sample camping mattress test