Sleeping Bags - Down or Dacron (synthetic)

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06-01-2018, 05:31 PM
Sarvo

Sleeping Bags - Down or Dacron (synthetic)

Again experts - what are your recommendations for Top Quality Bags

I prefer Down - but to be honest probably done better long run with Synthetic Bags
Prefer wide rectangular Bag over Mummy Style Bag

So desires are:

Lightweight
Compact
Prefer full Zip so can be used at home as Duvet for extra bedding (or if used in a hut/house away and summer temps etc)
Water resistant (mainly from condensation from tent/fly)
No pretty colours :-)
06-01-2018, 05:36 PM
Nibblet

To be used in what conditions? 3 season, winter etc

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....dations-36530/
06-01-2018, 09:18 PM
Cordite

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Originally Posted by Sarvo

Again experts - what are your recommendations for Top Quality Bags

I prefer Down - but to be honest probably done better long run with Synthetic Bags
Prefer wide rectangular Bag over Mummy Style Bag

So desires are:

Lightweight
Compact
Prefer full Zip so can be used at home as Duvet for extra bedding (or if used in a hut/house away and summer temps etc)
Water resistant (mainly from condensation from tent/fly)
No pretty colours :-)

Main condensation may well be from your body. Down "best" insulator for its weight, but loses that title fast on getting moist/wet. If you depend on it in extremes, have vapour barriers outside and inside of bag, or the down will evt get wet - unless of course you can dry it in the morning. Synthetic insulators are more forgiving.
07-01-2018, 09:10 PM
Kooza

Just got a Mont bell burrow #3 synthetic, worth a look
07-01-2018, 09:12 PM
Sarvo

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Originally Posted by Kooza

Just got a Mont bell burrow #3 synthetic, worth a look

Yea - been looking at them - good prices too
08-01-2018, 08:12 PM
Micky Duck

spend $15 at the warehouse and buy a liner whatever you go with....Ive used synthetic for years and are a very warm sleeper so sleep head and shouders out most times .gone to down as just so much smaller inside a pack,if you get into them cold it wont matter how good they are you will still be cold.
personally I believe a liner ups rating by about 5 degrees on any bag.
08-01-2018, 08:34 PM
Sarvo

Great fèed back on this and the tent thread.
Much appreciated and deff big assist on da tents :thumbsup:
15-01-2018, 01:41 PM
hotsoup

I would go with a Quilt, https://enlightenedequipment.com/revelation/

You can get a really warm one which is half the weight of a normal sleeping bag
15-01-2018, 01:47 PM
Nibblet

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Originally Posted by hotsoup

I would go with a Quilt, https://enlightenedequipment.com/revelation/

You can get a really warm one which is half the weight of a normal sleeping bag

Got any photo's for size comparison when packed down?
15-01-2018, 02:26 PM
hotsoup

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Originally Posted by Nibblet

Got any photo's for size comparison when packed down?

Not yet, to be fair I haven't got mine yet. From the research I've done they're the bee's knees if you're wanting to cut down on size and weight. I'll have a more experienced opinion on the bag in a few weeks! Maybe I'll do a review
15-01-2018, 02:37 PM
Nibblet

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Originally Posted by hotsoup

Not yet, to be fair I haven't got mine yet. From the research I've done they're the bee's knees if you're wanting to cut down on size and weight. I'll have a more experienced opinion on the bag in a few weeks! Maybe I'll do a review

Please do, I'm always looking for ways to unnecessarily burn money
15-01-2018, 03:04 PM
hotsoup

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Originally Posted by Nibblet

Please do, I'm always looking for ways to unnecessarily burn money

Haha, I'm on the same boat! Got to burn it on something
15-01-2018, 04:42 PM
223nut

@hotsoup @Nibblet bar stools.... Someone had to say it :thumbsup:

Have a DD hammocks quilt and use it in huts during summer, my feet get cold if I don't wear socks... Have a really lightweight summer bag that I use with a spare wear of warm clothes most trips I go out
15-01-2018, 05:05 PM
Nibblet

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Originally Posted by 223nut

@hotsoup @Nibblet bar stools.... Someone had to say it :thumbsup:

Have a DD hammocks quilt and use it in huts during summer, my feet get cold if I don't wear socks... Have a really lightweight summer bag that I use with a spare wear of warm clothes most trips I go out

Bar stools sound too heavy to pack in?
15-01-2018, 06:45 PM
oneshot

I had a good down bag once, used it once and then sold it, if they get damp or wet then they stay that way. I have used synthetic bags in the worst kind of winters South and North Island, no complaints here.

These bags are supposed to be the ducks nuts, the reviews are really good, I'm yet to buy one but my next sleeping bag will be a Wiggys.

https://www.wiggys.com/sleeping-bags/
15-01-2018, 07:43 PM
Ryan_Songhurst

I just ordered one of these. Seem to get good reviews for the price. My main bag is a Macpac Lattitude 500xp and I have never been cold in it even in the Tahr blocks but wanted something lighter for walk in spring/summer/autumn hunting.

https://youtu.be/MY1bJPSZWnY
15-01-2018, 10:13 PM
StrikerNZ

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Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

I just ordered one of these. Seem to get good reviews for the price. My main bag is a Macpac Lattitude 500xp and I have never been cold in it even in the Tahr blocks but wanted something lighter for walk in spring/summer/autumn hunting.

https://youtu.be/MY1bJPSZWnY

Will be very keen to hear how you get on with it, particularly towards the fringes of the temperature rating..
16-01-2018, 10:59 AM
Nibblet

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotsoup

Not yet, to be fair I haven't got mine yet. From the research I've done they're the bee's knees if you're wanting to cut down on size and weight. I'll have a more experienced opinion on the bag in a few weeks! Maybe I'll do a review

Are You planning to run this with an xtherm?
16-01-2018, 11:44 AM
hotsoup

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Originally Posted by Nibblet

Are You planning to run this with an xtherm?

Yeah that's the one. I originally had a curved shaped Neo Air. Since upgraded to the Xtherm square shape which I find far more comfortable. Not much weight difference either.

Hoping the xtherm + quilt combo will work well, being that the Xtherm is meant to be 4season. Going by my research it should work well... @Nibblet
16-01-2018, 11:55 AM
Nibblet

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Originally Posted by hotsoup

Yeah that's the one. I originally had a curved shaped Neo Air. Since upgraded to the Xtherm square shape which I find far more comfortable. Not much weight difference either.

Hoping the xtherm + quilt combo will work well, being that the Xtherm is meant to be 4season. Going by my research it should work well... @Nibblet

Should be primo.
From memory that's what @BRADS runs, can't remember what brand his quilt is though, reckons it keeps him well toasty.

Ahhh so many toys to try.
17-01-2018, 10:53 PM
scottief

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

spend $15 at the warehouse and buy a liner whatever you go with....Ive used synthetic for years and are a very warm sleeper so sleep head and shouders out most times .gone to down as just so much smaller inside a pack,if you get into them cold it wont matter how good they are you will still be cold.
personally I believe a liner ups rating by about 5 degrees on any bag.

Are you talking like a fleece liner of some kind? Or a cheap second $15 sleeping bag? I looked on the warehouse and the sleeping bag was the only thing i could find that i think you mean?