Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Zero degree sleeping bags
|
Author | Message Text | ||
SevenofNine |
I have used synthetic bags when I first got into the BWCA bug. Mine is a North Face cat's meow. Which I can't tell you it's rating as I have forgotten though it's probably rated to 5 degrees when I bought it. It served me well until I moved to a down bag so I had to haul less weight and more importantly have more room in my pack. My advice is to do your research as the new synthetics are better. I use a down quilt now with a synthetic hood for real cold nights and love it but it's not for everyone. Plus look for bags with an EN rating which is standard for warmth. At least that way you have something to compare each bag to. Good luck! |
||
deerfoot |
quote 1bogfrog: Do any of you use sleeping bag liners? |
||
butthead |
They work well, double duty for ninja nite time raids on fellow campers! butthead |
||
Marten |
quote Marten: "quote butthead: "Instead of a liner, I prefer a set of wool longjohns.I do that too using heavy poly. A set is stuffed in the same stuff sack as the sleeping bag. A bag that will keep you comfy on the coldest part of a trip will be unbearable the rest of the time. We use layers all day and it works well at night too. Finally a balaclava pulled on at two in the morning allows for an even lighter bag." |
||
butthead |
Not sure if that is what happened to your quote. Without spacing though the quote and reply merge. butthead |
||
Marten |
quote butthead: "Instead of a liner, I prefer a set of wool longjohns.I do that too using heavy poly. A set is stuffed in the same stuff sack as the sleeping bag. A bag that will keep you comfy on the coldest part of a trip will be unbearable the rest of the time. We use layers all day and it works well at night too. Finally a balaclava pulled on at two in the morning allows for an even lighter bag. |
||
Marten |
|
||
butthead |
quote Marten: "Not sure why my reply using quote did not work. I do the same using a set of heavy poly that are stuffed with my sleeping bag. A bag that will keep us warm on the coldest part of a trip will be unbearable the rest of the time. We wear layers all day and it works well at night too. Finally a balaclava pulled on at two in the morning allows for an even lighter bag." Spacing the start of your response down a few lines may help. butthead |
||
Scout64 |
Marmot Trestles 0 Degree Bag |
||
OldFingers57 |
As for ideas for synthetic bags I suggest either Mountain Hardwear Ultralamina or Marmot Trestles 0 degree bags. |
||
Flatliner |
|
||
Marten |
|
||
1bogfrog |
|
||
butthead |
Backpacker.com Overland and Undersea . While expensive, high loft down may be the way to go for you. Might also consider a quilt over a bag for wider temperature comfort range. Good luck in your search, lots and lots of options. butthead |
||
1bogfrog |
|
||
OldFingers57 |
As for sleeping bag liners I have one although I use it as a cover over my pad and sleeping on the pad and use my 32 degree bag as a quilt. I find when I used it as a sleeping bag it would twist around and get messed up easily. I didn't care for it that way. Also I found that it really didn't add as much warmth as advertised. I have one that is supposed to add 15 degrees it possibly added 5 degrees. The big thing is to also make sure your sleeping pad has enough r value to it. Use one with a high r value or a combination of pads to get a high r value. |
||
BuckFlicks |
Mine is the Lost Ranger, it's very warm (down, but they have a poly fill option I think) and there's no fill at all on the bottom. Instead of fill, there is a sleeve that you slide your sleeping pad into. With no loft underneath you because you'd compress it anyway, Big Agnes solves this by leaving the fill out completely. Slide the sleeping pad into the sleeve, you have a lighter bag that compresses into a smaller space, and you also have a sleeping bag that will never move off your pad. Also also, it keeps the sleeping bag in place when you roll over, instead of just twisting you up into an inextricable jumble. The Lost Ranger only goes down to 15 degree, so the bag you'd be looking for is the 0 degree Storm King bag. |
||
Alan Gage |
I like the bulk and weight savings of a quilt but I do think there's something to be said for a bag when the temp starts to drop. My quilt has attachment points so you can run bungee around the bottom side of the sleeping pad to hold it in place, which I haven't done, and that would probably help. I've recently taken up sewing and I think I'm going to make myself a bivy bag. It won't add much weight or bulk and I'm hoping it will add a few degrees to the low end of my quilt as well as helping to block those air leaks. Alan |
||
bwcasolo |
quote Flatliner: "+1 on looking into quilts. I switched when I went to Hammocks and even use mine when I go to ground now. I will never go back." i just used my new hammock top quilt last night in bed, rated for 25, i got too warm, new i would but it was sure nice and roomy. |
||
SevenofNine |
|