The Biggest Crashpads: Size, Weight and Value Compared
Landing area, weight efficiency, price per square metre, and portability for the biggest crashpads in our database - 164 models, measured from manufacturer specs. Regular pads, sliders, and inflatables are compared within their own category; the portability score is on one scale across all of them.
The 12 biggest regular crashpads by landing area
Landing area is length x width. The largest regular (non-slider, non-inflatable) pads by footprint:
- Evolv Home Pad - 244 x 122 cm, 2.98 m², 12.7 cm thick, 16.8 kg (primarily a gym/home-wall mat; a nice option for roadside problems)
- Organic Big Tri Pad - 224 x 117 cm, 2.62 m², 7.6 cm, 10.0 kg (largest reasonably portable pad)
- Edelrid Crux III - 200 x 110 cm, 2.20 m², 10 cm, 8.0 kg
- Ocun Incubator FTS - 218 x 100 cm, 2.18 m², 10 cm, 8.7 kg
- Peter Bouldering Runway - 180 x 120 cm, 2.16 m², 13 cm, 11.3 kg
- Metolius Magnum - 178 x 120 cm, 2.14 m², 10 cm, 8.5 kg
- Mad Rock Triple Mad Pad - 183 x 112 cm, 2.05 m², 13 cm, 10.9 kg
- Mantle 3-Folder - 180 x 110 cm, 1.98 m², 13 cm, 8.4 kg
- Psychi OG Tri Fold - 180 x 110 cm, 1.98 m², 12.5 cm, 6.0 kg (lightest pad of this size)
- Psychi Quake Tri Fold - 180 x 110 cm, 1.98 m², 12.5 cm, 6.0 kg
- Beal Jumbo Pad - 150 x 130 cm, 1.95 m², 12 cm, 6.4 kg
- Moon Saturn - 160 x 120 cm, 1.92 m², 14 cm, 8.0 kg
Weight efficiency: landing area per kilogram
Among the biggest pads, the Psychi OG Tri Fold and Quake Tri Fold lead at 0.330 m²/kg - 1.98 m² at just 6 kg. The Beal Jumbo Pad follows at 0.305 m²/kg, and the Edelrid Crux III at 0.275 on a larger 2.20 m² footprint. The Organic Big Tri Pad covers the most ground (2.62 m²) but at 10 kg its ratio is lower.
Price efficiency: EUR per square metre (list price)
The cheapest landing area per euro comes from value pads: the Psychi OG Tri Fold (EUR 114/m²) and Simond Block V2 (EUR 120/m²). Among portable big pads, the Metolius Magnum (EUR 163/m²) and Edelrid Crux III (EUR 182/m²) are the best value - both under 9 kg and over 2 m². List prices shift as retailers discount.
Portability scores
The portability score (0-100, higher is more portable) is built around weight relative to the area a pad covers, eased by the carry system. Size and portability are not opposed. Nine of the 12 biggest pads reach high or very high, five of them very high. The Psychi OG Tri Fold and Quake Tri Fold top them at 66.3 (very high) - 1.98 m² at just 6 kg. The Organic Big Tri Pad (56.2), Edelrid Crux III (55.7), and Moon Saturn (55.1, on a full carry system) also reach very high; the Beal Jumbo Pad follows at 54.5 (high). At the bottom of this group, the Mad Rock Triple Mad Pad (31.4), the 16.8 kg Evolv Home Pad (32.5), and the Peter Bouldering Runway (38.7) fall to moderate.
Sliders
Sliders are thin (1.5-2.5 cm) pads that extend coverage alongside a main pad. The biggest by area are the Moon Cirrus and Ocun Top Mat (both 2.40 m²), the Organic Blubber Pad (2.23 m²), the Peter Bouldering Cover Pad (2.16 m², 2.3 kg), the Black Diamond Gapstopper (2.07 m², EUR 59/m²), and the Flashed Horizon Pad (1.96 m², 1.8 kg).
Inflatable crashpads
Three inflatables are in the catalog: the Kailas Inflatable Boulder Pad (2.04 m², 5.0 kg), the Snap Air Shock 1 (1.80 m², 5.5 kg), and the Sick Sequence Ultra Portable (1.12 m², 2.4 kg). The Kailas (70.9) and the Sick Sequence (70.6) are the two most portable pads in the whole catalog; the Sick Sequence is also the cheapest of the three per square metre (EUR 213/m²) and the lightest at 2.4 kg, but the smallest. See whether inflatable crashpads are worth it for the protection and durability trade-offs.
Methodology
Landing area is length x width. Weight is manufacturer-stated; prices are list/UVP and shift with discounts. The portability score weighs weight against the area a pad covers, eased by the carry system, with a volume gate so thin or tiny pads do not dominate; it is computed for every pad on the same scale regardless of category. Pads without complete dimension or weight data are excluded from efficiency figures.