Chris-<br><br>Coincidentally, I have been shopping online at REI this eve as well, for a new bag. I purchased a Marmot Helium +15 bag (new) on eBay a couple weeks ago and have serious doubts about the warmth factor. So....back to REl. I'm leaning toward their Kilo Plus 0 bag. REI makes NICE bags. Actually, I'll be re-buying this bag as I bought it, used it in OR last fall and returned it (as much as I loved it), hoping to get something lighter. Well, I did- the Marmot is 1/2 lb lighter, but what good is that if it isn't going to keep me warm??? You're going to LOVE your new bag. I have never had such a warm and comfy bag....the lining is like silk! And yes, which side the zipper is on matters a lot. I too am right-handed and find it so awkward to unzip a right-sided zipper. I'll be getting a lefty on the new bag.<br><br>Wheeew<br><br><b><i>cvano@tmail.com</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq"
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Went to REI today! This is always an adventure and a difficult <br>excersise in keeping any money at all in my pocket. Anyway, I went <br>specifically to buy a new sleeping bag, my old one being 10 years old <br>and lost on that mountain, cashed 6' up in a tree and now under at least <br>5' of snow.<br><br>So after about an hour of laying on the floor looking like a vagrant <br>with people stepping over me, while I fully tried out at least 6 bags, I <br>finally decided that the 15 degree Zepher Regular was the best option <br>for me.<br><br>They had ONE left with a left hand zipper. Actually, they had one left <br>of several different kinds, but some were gone, this being the end of <br>the end of the year clearance. I was lucky to get the bag I wanted to <br>start with and not have to settle for less, or more money. The pad I <br>wanted (Exped 7) is lost and gone
forever.<br><br>The left hand zipper... I'm right handed but have never been able to <br>figure out how to bend my elbow to zip up a right hand zipper bag. I <br>had to do all kinds of contortions for 10 minutes or so, while freezing, <br>just to get'er done, and then I'd remember something, spend another 5 <br>minutes getting out, and then have do it all over again. With this one, <br>I just reach over and zip it up. Is this a common problem? Has anyone <br>really ever thought about this? Does anyone really care?<br><br>As I was walking around looking at all the other 'I Wants,' I stopped in <br>the shoe dept to see if anything could be done about the annoying squeak <br>that had developed in my left shoe. (I was in the Bellingham, WA. store <br>and talked to Mickey.) She said that it would NEVER go away and to <br>please let her replace them! I did, and she did. New shoes AND a new <br>sleeping bag from REI for a BUC and change. You can't beat that with <br>any
stick!<br><br>I'm going outside now... no wait... no I'm not... its raining seals and <br>otters... and I didn't get my pad... I'm turning off the heater now and <br>climbing into my new bag inside the boat... Ahhh, comfy, cozy... Nite<br><br>It's not the Mountain that we conquer,<br>but Ourselves. Anon.<br><br>Ol' Three Toes aka Chris<br>S/V Drifter ~~~_/)~~~<br>Anacortes, WA.<br>_______________________________________________<br>Pct-l mailing list<br>Pct-l@backcountry.net<br>To unsubscribe or change list options (digest, etc):<br>http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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