Challenge
"I found it pretty challenging to use this repair system during a spring snow storm in the Rocky Mountains. The pad gets wet trying to find the leak. Then you have to dry that part of the pad to apply the patch material. Meanwhile if you didn’t bring a marking device like a magic marker you’re going to have hold the pad in a way that the invisible hole is at the tip of your finger. Now that the pad is kind of dry, applying that gum drop when it’s freezing means it sticks to everything warmer than the frozen pad. The next challenge is separating the overpatch from the paper backing. You better have some fingernails and manual dexterity because there isn’t an easy way to separate the two. Totally amazing that they haven’t incorporated easier methods and materials for patching in the field under adverse environmental conditions. Maybe incorporate a less temperature solvent in the glue dot? Maybe put a split in the backer paper on the over patch? Now don’t get me wrong, I love my xtherm but 3 holes in blizzard like conditions was just a notch above devastating."