We recently spent 10 weeks touring around with a single pole tent and genuine Thermarests ( the thicker touring kind ) plus Mont down sleeping bags. Quite exxy per person for sleeping kit but it is worth it. The Thermarests are very comfy and warm. Never tried any of the copies but there may be cheaper ones of an equivalent quality around. Putting one of those foil backed picnic blankets under helps even more. The only problem is it's a long way to get up off the ground for an old bloke !
We'll probably graduate straight to a caravan after the tent.
Those Exped Downmats look interesting though - about the same price as a Thermarest.
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