What is the Inflatable Sleeping Coat?
Designed by Lin Tsui Wei, the Inflatable Sleeping Coat is a windbreaker, sleeping coat, sleeping bag and camping mattress in one.
The Award
The Inflatable Sleeping Coat was entered into the 2009 Red Dot Awards and won a Design Concept Red Dot Award in the Protection category.
Red Dot is a competition for design concepts and prototypes held annually in Singapore. The highest award of all the best concepts is the Red Dot.
Would it Work?
It’s an interesting concept and it looks good on paper but I don’t think the sleeping bag keeps you warm very well; the camping mattress is too small for my taste; I don’t want to sleep wrapped in inflatable pad and I believe it’s no where near to being a serious gear for the outdoors.
If you think, this would make a great survival gear, think again. I don’t think Bear Grylls of “Man vs Wild” would come knocking for it anytime soon. I don’t really know for sure, just guessing from experience. I don’t believe that the inflatable sleeping coat would have many raging fans sometime soon.
Maybe that’s why the Sleeping Coat is not yet in production. On the other hand, if you hand this to the homeless, I don’t think they’ll complain.
