[pct-l] False Advertising from Western Mountaineering

[Bill Burge]

Duh!

The Alpenlite is a 20 degree bag.

I meant "20 and low teens".  (We were snow camping in the Sierras west  
of Bishop last month...)

BillB


On Apr 28, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Bill Burge wrote:

>
> Say it ain't so!
>
> At the KO, I bought a WM Flight jacket from the A16 guys.  It is much
> warmer than the Marmot down sweater I was wearing, though to be fair,
> the Marmot was doing a good job for it's size.
>
> So I'm mulling over in my head, when would I carry the WM instead of
> the smaller Marmot sweater?  How much space do I lose in my pack and
> what is the weight "hit"?
>
> So I check the respective websites and the WM site says the average
> weight for the Flight jacket is 10.5oz and the Marmot site says the
> down sweater weighs...  ???  No weight listed?  Dang!  Gotta get out
> the scale...
>
> I toss the WM Flight jacket on the scale and it's 12oz!  12 !?! that's
> NOT 10.5!  So I toss the Marmot on the scale and it's (drumroll....)
> 14oz!  WHAT?!?!  Did I hit my head on something?  Is all the "puff" in
> that jacket HELIUM?  So now, I have to carry this personal toaster-
> oven to SAVE weight!
>
> And don't get me started on the Alpenlite sleeping bag!  THEY say it's
> supposed to be a 30 degree bag and I've had to ventilate the dang
> thing at temps down to almost 20 degrees!
>
> Will this pattern of misrepresentation ever CEASE?!?!  I hope not.
>
> Thank God they have a limited product line, I'm going broke enjoying
> this ridiculously amazing gear.  All I had to do was "pet" the Flight
> jacket and I knew I had to have one.  (It almost purrrrrrsss....)
>
> I wonder what the down pants feel like...   Hmmmm....
>
> BillB
>
>
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