[pct-l] Sleep gear choices...

[marmot marmot]

Exactly.  I have a 20 degree bag.  There's no way  45 degree bag  goes to 35    Marmot

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> On Oct 26, 2013, at 10:05 AM, "Jeffrey Olson" <jjolson60 at centurylink.net> wrote:
> 
> Once I got a Nunatak quilt my world changed.  I wear long underwear as 
> sleepwear - it is really rare to wear them outside of sleeping. I do 
> this because that quilt was so damned expensive - I think they're near 
> $600 now.  I've had the quilt for 10 years and 150 trail days or so, and 
> I've never had to clean it - loft is still good.  I've also never 
> stuffed it.  It has its own garbage bag and is the last thing that goes 
> in my pack.
> 
> The quilt is rated to 20 degrees, and I've slept in colder temps in a 
> tent with it.  A quilt has three straps with plastic connecters you wrap 
> underneath your full-length sleeping pad.  When tightened just right, 
> there is no air leak.  With my new thermarest neoair xlite - very 
> expensive too - I'm in heaven.  The xlite weighs just about the same as 
> my full-length blue foam pad.
> 
> It is much easier than a mummy bag to cover/uncover parts of my body.  
> Sometimes I like to have my torso covered with feet exposed. Other times 
> I like my feet to be covered - you get the idea.
> 
> To be sure you can do this with a mummy bag, but my experience says a 
> quilt is much more versatile.  I roll over a lot at night and can do so 
> in place without the quilt getting twisted, etc.  A little thing, I 
> know, but I wake up less to deal with sleeping bag adjustment...
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
>> On 10/26/2013 10:23 AM, marmot marmot wrote:
>> There is no way that it is 10 degrees warmer. My guess is between 5 & 8. That matters to me.  Also I sleep in a tent. That's for more than warmth. I just sleep more soundly. I hate bugs crawling on me. Marmot
>> 
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