Yes, the first time you have to help out a little. Then the mat but always blows at two-thirds itself and only the last third one has yet purely blow itself. If you want to have a fully inflated mat. For sleeping really okay for a few days. As comfortable as a mat may be flat. For longer or as a guest bed, but I would take either two of the variety or equal to something else. Takeaway but definitely better than a folding mattress because it needs less space. In comparing two other mattresses that you do not have aufblaßen, the part is relatively large. But there also offers more comfort than their colleagues without air.