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Feathered Friends also makes some great bags, these being the warmest
http://www.featheredfriends.com/productlist.aspx?SubCatId=2&CatId=1&selection=2
http://www.featheredfriends.com/productlist.aspx?SubCatId=2&CatId=1&selection=2
You can't go wrong with TNF, Marmot, or MHW. As I posted in another thread, I also love Big Agnes bags and sleeping pads. I have a TNF bag that's 12 years and still awesome. I slept in it almost every weekend this summer and it still feels like its almost new. TNF's quality did deteriorate in the late 90's but they've made a lot of changes and things have come back around to the good old stuff of yesteryear.
If you want to know that you will be dry, be sure to invest in a waterproof stuff-sack that's big enough to hold your bag. Get a really good one. If it's pouring rain, you can set your tent up and then carry your stuff-sack into your tent and remove its dry contents out of reach of the elements. Worth its weight in gold. I also used them in the Army to store my extra clothing so that they would stay dry in the shitty TA-50 issue bag.
Finally, invest in some good polypro. Arc'teryx makes the best. Patagonia's design has gone to hell, IMHO. MHW and TNF probably have some good options in this area if you can't afford Arc'teryx.
If you want to know that you will be dry, be sure to invest in a waterproof stuff-sack that's big enough to hold your bag. Get a really good one. If it's pouring rain, you can set your tent up and then carry your stuff-sack into your tent and remove its dry contents out of reach of the elements. Worth its weight in gold. I also used them in the Army to store my extra clothing so that they would stay dry in the shitty TA-50 issue bag.
Finally, invest in some good polypro. Arc'teryx makes the best. Patagonia's design has gone to hell, IMHO. MHW and TNF probably have some good options in this area if you can't afford Arc'teryx.
Timmy!!!!!!! said:
I have a 3 season North Face tent and a old school mountainering jacket from 1991. They are still is kick ass condition. I still use my North Face 2 person Starlight Extreme tent when backpacking. It is still going strong.
On a somewhat related note, I recently bought a Patagonia micro puff coat. It wore it when sleeping in Michigan on a salmon fishing/camping trip. It got cold in Michgian....go figure. I brought a light weight sleeping bag not expecting it to get that cold and ended up wearing the Patagoina coat in my bag. It made for a great sleeping bag that you can wear around. Patagonia gear kicks ass and you can find some deals on Ebay from time to time.
As Mike and Leslie have suggested: Don't sleep in the clothes you've worn all day, and don't wear the clothes you slept in all night.
I bought a Western Mountaineering -30 down bag when I used to elk hunt in Montana. I went down an extra 10 degrees & bought a bag a little bigger. Look at Western bags
Our history is more than just two young men building sleeping bags. Today we still remain a small independent company. We are responsible for and in control of ourselves and hold true to our roots. We are a "hands on" company, with an "In the House" owner. Our products are driven by a personal commitment to excellence and they remain True, Fair, Honest and the Best. We make all of our sleeping bags in our factory in San Jose and are here to give our customers the quality they want with Made in USA pride
nough said!
Our history is more than just two young men building sleeping bags. Today we still remain a small independent company. We are responsible for and in control of ourselves and hold true to our roots. We are a "hands on" company, with an "In the House" owner. Our products are driven by a personal commitment to excellence and they remain True, Fair, Honest and the Best. We make all of our sleeping bags in our factory in San Jose and are here to give our customers the quality they want with Made in USA pride
nough said!
I just use a plain ole large sleeping bag (20 degree, I think) from Walmart and bring some wool saddle blankets. Wool is the only way to go! Even if you're wet it'll still cook you if you let it. Better even then this new fangled man made stuff.
As far as the roof tent goes, simply start the rig, turn the heater all the way up, and open the sunroofs!!
As far as the roof tent goes, simply start the rig, turn the heater all the way up, and open the sunroofs!!
i've climbed many mountains in the past,slept on ice fields snow and sides of mountains and cliffs. tents are for getting you out of the wind,thats it!
sleeping bags are for keeping warm.
my list:
north face
marmot
its the design of the baffles, loft of the down as well as how much down used rated in lbs.
sleeping bags are for keeping warm.
my list:
north face
marmot
its the design of the baffles, loft of the down as well as how much down used rated in lbs.
I'm a cheater, I've got a coleman procat that I hook up to a BBQ tank on the rack. This jan it was 15 out side and the pro cat heated the eezi awn up to 75-80. I had to unzip the side windows half way beacuse it was getting too hot for the wife even.
You're essentially car camping so why not go luxurious? Go with a Paco Pad from Jacks Plastic Welding (from NRS). They are generally used for the boating community but they are thick, warm, compressible (to a small degree anyway), and waterproof. Thats what I use as a pad (when I don't have to carry it) in the states and when I am sleeping on the ice cap of Greenland we just use a piece of foam. Not too fancy but it works. A girl in the bag works better yet!