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veronika Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 3015 | TRs | Pics Location: On the road |
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veronika
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Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:55 am
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Is 2lbs EXTREMELY heavy? I have an opportunity to purchase used for $20. Thermolite...
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Nancyann Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2013 Posts: 2319 | TRs | Pics Location: Sultan Basin |
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Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:38 am
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That’s pretty hard to pass up! Is it down or a blend? Do you know what it’s rating is? More importantly, has it been washed?
My REI Magma is a little over two lbs, including the compression sack. By being a little creative I can bring it along with a silk/cotton liner, a bivy sac, a Thermarest and a lightweight tarp and ground cloth along with food and clothes plus fuel for five days at 23 lbs. I use a lightweight Catalyst backpack.
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Windstorm Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2014 Posts: 288 | TRs | Pics
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Heh. EXTREMELY heavy is my 0 degree synthetic bag which comes in at 4 lb. As I've been looking at lighter options, my feeling is that 1-2 lb is pretty reasonable, and that price is pretty hard to beat.
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veronika Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 3015 | TRs | Pics Location: On the road |
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veronika
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Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:42 pm
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Thanks for the input! 🤘
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I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
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InFlight coated in DEET
Joined: 20 May 2015 Posts: 847 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle area |
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Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:16 pm
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A 20° bag (normal length) with 950 fill (FF flicker) is 25 ounces. With a stuff sack it would be a bit more.
Lower Fill bags can hit the same weight at a higher temperature rating (much lower cost).
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Randito Snarky Member
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Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:22 pm
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A 2lb synthetic bag is likely OK in late spring through early fall, but past Mid-September in the mountains sounds shivery.
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
Here is a sleeping bag guide with some useful information from Switchback Travel with some 3 season brand and model comparisons like the article states generally as the rating goes down the weight goes up.
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monorail Member
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Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:27 pm
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veronika wrote: | Thermolite... |
Isn't thermolite similar to polar fleece? I think that's what a lot of those Sea-to-summit liners are made of (with the dubious claims of adding 25 degrees of warmth to your sleeping bag). I don't think it would be a good choice for a primary fill material.
I have a 2 lb Mountain Hardwear synthetic bag that's great for temps down to about 30, or colder if I sleep in my puffy jacket (which is actually pretty comfy).
Buying a used synthetic bag can be problematic, because it is impossible to tell how it was stored. If it was stored (long-term) in a stuff sack, or worse yet a compression sack, the insulation will have broken down and become less effective... but there is no way to determine this from looking at it.
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DigitalJanitor Dirt hippie
Joined: 20 May 2012 Posts: 792 | TRs | Pics
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I use a #2-ish Marmot Helium as a three season bag and I absolutely love it. 27° is the EN comfort rating and that's about where I woke up from the cold while doing experiments on the back porch.
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RichP Member
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Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:45 am
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wildernessed wrote: | Here is a sleeping bag guide with some useful information from Switchback Travel with some 3 season brand and model comparisons like the article states generally as the rating goes down the weight goes up. |
That Feathered Friends Hummingbird UL is looking sweet. Considering my current FF bag has lasted 20+ years and is still going strong, a good investment.
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
RichP wrote: | That Feathered Friends Hummingbird UL is looking sweet. Considering my current FF bag has lasted 20+ years and is still going strong, a good investment. |
I had 3 Hummingbird 20 degree bags overstuffed to 10 degrees I bought in the mid 90’s that are still in active duty, fantastic bags.
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HitTheTrail Member
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 5458 | TRs | Pics Location: 509 |
I currently have 20* and 0* hoodless Enlighten Equipment convert bags for different temperature situations, and like them both. But my main traditional bag is a full featured Feathered Friends 10* Lark that my scale says weighs 31.3 oz. And whoa what a nice bag! Love it.
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7709 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
DigitalJanitor wrote: | I use a #2-ish Marmot Helium as a three season bag and I absolutely love it. 27° is the EN comfort rating and that's about where I woke up from the cold while doing experiments on the back porch. |
That's what I have too, it's warm enough for nearly all conditions I will encounter, I got lucky, picked up a nice used one from Opus on here for 100 bucks. I also have a 1 lb synthetic bag that I might use on warm summer nights at lower elevations.
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Downhill Member
Joined: 30 Jul 2018 Posts: 341 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
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Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:44 pm
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DigitalJanitor wrote: | I use a #2-ish Marmot Helium as a three season bag and I absolutely love it. 27° is the EN comfort rating and that's about where I woke up from the cold while doing experiments on the back porch. |
The Helium is my all-time favorite FOUR-season bag for the Cascades/Sierra. I have a warmer bag but I've only used it in for Alaksa or winters in the Rockies. More precisely, the Helium is my late-fall to spring bag locally. For the Cascades, from May through mid-September I usually just take a 1/2 bag combined with a FF puffy coat.
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Downhill Member
Joined: 30 Jul 2018 Posts: 341 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
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Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:56 pm
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My late-spring to early-fall sleeping kit for Cascades and Sierra. Just under 2 lbs. I will be carrying a warm jacket anyway, so there's at least a 1 lb weight saving with the half bag.
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