Thread: Sleeping Bag

Originally Posted by R93

Thats coz there is so many to choose from You been drinking my urine samples again?

yes.......im fucken hopeless when someone offers me a beer/box to drink!! when it comes to boxes i just cant refuse.its my character downfall.I blame the army you know.they promote drinking.

Two bags

Also depends a lot on your other kit. Do you tent, bivy or fly camp ? And also mat makes a huge difference like GM said.

Personally I don't like mummy bag shape. Especially for summer / spring I want something more rectangular, with a full length zip so you can use it like a duvet if the weather is warm.

I've got 2 sleeping bags (summer/winter) as well. The tricks that I learned to look for are fit across the shoulders as most bags I find too small. The other thing is compressibility or how small ya can pack em down to.

My winter one isn't quite warm enough but that problem is solved by layering up with my dry camp clothing merino/thermal layers on inside.

I don't mind wrapping up against the cold but I don't like being too hot, throwing the thing half off and getting eaten by insects all night.

Also in midsummer you can just use a silk liner and one layer of clothes under if it's really hot - a lot less to carry.

Had a wicked frost on the hill but I was inside snug as a rug

I would recommend a Exped sleeping bag from Bivouac. I just bought one for winter hunting as i sleep cold. The Waterbloc line have plastic welded seams so it is completely water proof on the outside.
Exped Waterbloc 800 Down Sleeping Bag - Sleeping Bags

These are used by the swiss army so have proved their worth. I have the 1000 model which is a -23 rating but would be far too hot in summer.
The other nice thing is that they are made for real sized men. Im a 120kg guy and have incredibly wide shoulders, i fit well in this but anybody can use them with the tightening straps.
here is a good video;

Exped Waterbloc sleeping bags - YouTube

Mrs arrived home with a kathmandu navigator v7 bag for me this evening and a silk liner as an extremely early birthday present (nice work hun). looks like the goods for winter, will report on how it goes in few weeks time! Mean sale on at kathmamdu at the moment. Was $699 down to $350! 50% off. Chur!

Yeah I rock the kathmandu moon raker, scored it for $299 down from 1k last year

ive got an ex army featherdown job probably late 70s-early 80s igues.as said its to narrow across my shoulders ,but ive just got one of those coleman polarfleese liner bags from smiths city so willtrial that this w/eon an organised gooseshoot out at ellesmere.

Never buy from Khatmandu at normal prices

I blame my apprenticeship