[pct-l] Which sleeping bag is best?

[Ken Powers]

Roger,

We bought Western Mountaineering down bags before our CDT hike. The bags now 
have over 10,000 miles in 4 years. After these long hikes the bags look 
pretty soiled and compressed. We buy down soap from REI and wash them in our 
front loading washer at home. We dry them (one at a time) in the drier with 
several tennis balls with very little heat.
(We turn the heat on low for a few minutes then down to air fluff). It takes 
most of a day to get them dry, but at the end they fluff back up and look 
pretty good - except for that patch of duct tape on mine. But even the duct 
tape has 10,000 miles so I can't complain.

We really think the investment in good sleeping bags pays off in the long 
run. Compare the cost of all the motel rooms you have used on the trail to 
the cost of the sleeping bag.

Ken
www.GottaWalk.com
--- Original Message ----- 
From: "Point North" <pointnorther_light at yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Which sleeping bag is best?


Have you tried restoring the loft with down wash?  Go to Campmor.com and 
look for a bottle.  Did wonders for a bag of mine.  If U just want a new bag 
I can say that my experiences with WM bags have been excellent.  FF is 
probably very good too.

Roger Carpenter <rogercarpenter at comcast.net> wrote: My Feathered Friends 
30-degree sleeping bag has lost much of it's loft after
about 12 years and 5,000 miles.  I guess that means the warranty has
expired, but I got my money's worth out of it!  Right now I would look at
another Feathered Friends or a Western Mountaineering bag.  What are your
experiences, positive or negative, with those bags and any other bags that
us long distance hikers like to use?  I'm sure the materials have improved
greatly since 1995.  I will probably use the new bag on section hikes along
the PCT, CDT, AT and other trails especially where I live in Washington
state.  I always deal with the possibility of rain.
Roger Carpenter


Roger Carpenter
Vancouver, Washington
www.elkpass.com

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