[at-l] Does anyone make this bag?

[Mara Factor]

These are called top bags or quilts...  They use down on top and sleeping 
pads below.  Check out Nunatak, Golite, and Big Agnes.

Also check out high quality down bags with continuous fill baffles.  They 
allow you to shake the fill from the bottom part of the bag to the top.  
This is useful in cold weather.  In warm weather, you can do the opposite.

As someone pointed out recently, top bags aren't as useful for those who 
toss and turn.  But, if you're able to sleep on your back, they can be an 
effective way to save weight.

Mara
Stitches, AT99

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>From: Raphael Bustin <rafeb at speakeasy.net>
>To: at-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: [at-l] Does anyone make this bag?
>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:23:04 -0400
>
>
>It would have down on top, but some more dense
>synthetic fill below.  With the right combo, the
>bag bottom might even replace the sleeping pad.
>At the very least, it would *supplement* a pad.
>
>Down only insulates with loft, so it's almost a dumb
>idea to totally wrap the bod with it.  Ideally the
>stuff *under* the bod would be more dense -- ie.,
>able to maintain useful loft under the full weight
>of the body (including pressure points.)
>
>Does such a bag exist?
>
>
>
>rafe b
>aka terrapin
>
>
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