[pct-l] Sleeping bag help, please

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

All the silk liners I've ever seen have been really heavy. That's  
great there are lighter options.

I have used my Equinox bivy both outside and inside the bag. I used  
my bivy just the other night when it was down in the 20s. Since I  
sleep with a quilt there can be drafts, especially if I've decided to  
prop my legs up higher than my torso, which I did the other night  
because my dogs were barking. I was nice and toasty even while my  
tent was completely frozen.

I bought that bivy thinking I could be a poncho tarp camper. Well,  
I'm not a poncho tarp camper. I brought it this time thinking I might  
cowboy camp and it could keep the giant ants out of my sleeping bag.  
Well, I'm not a cowboy camper, either. I hate worrying about wind  
blowing my stuff away in the night. It's good my bivy has some  
usefulness outside its stated purpose.


On May 28, 2012, at 11:30 AM, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:

> Good morning, MendoRider,
>
> I’m really glad to hear those weights because since I don’t carry  
> either
> one I can now feel good about saving 10.75 extra ounces vs. the 4-5  
> ounces
> I thought I was saving.
>
> At home with lots of chores and cabin fever…
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
>
>
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Edward Anderson  
> <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Nope, not so. The Equinox Ultra-light Bivy is not lighter than the  
>> Cocoon
>> Silk sleeping bag liner. The Bivy weighs 6.5 ounces vs only 4.7  
>> ounces for
>> the silk Cocoon.  And the bivy is not useful in keeping the INSIDE  
>> of your
>> bag clean. And, the Cocoon improves the warmth of the bag by 9.5  
>> degrees.
>> Of course, you could bring both and still only be carrying an  
>> extra 10.75
>> ounces. The Bivy and the Cocoon are designed to serve different  
>> purposes.
>>
>> MendoRider-Hiker
>>
>>