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How do you know the extra 3.3 ounces is due to extra down? Maybe it's
extra fabric, or extra zipper, or a real heavy LABEL! Or, just maybe
there's nothing extra at all. Maybe the manufacturer "fudged" (wink,
wink...) the stated weight. (That weight is 13 percent over the stated
weight. Is it likely that sleeping bag weights would vary that much
from one to the next?)<br>
<br>
We can all laugh about the 3 ounces, but when you're making a purchase
to save 6 ounces and you discover that the actual weight is 3 ounces
over their stated weight, then your weight savings is only half what
you were expecting. And, if you knew what the real weight of the bag
was before you bought it, then you wouldn't have made the purchase at
all.<br>
<br>
If the 3 ounces weight savings is not enough to justify buying the bag,
I'd just send it back. That's a lot of money to save 3 ounces. (It's
a lot of money to save 6 ounces IMHO.)<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
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Mr. Los Angeles wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:414547.26046.qm@web45216.mail.sp1.yahoo.com"
type="cite">I think you should cut that bag open, remove the extra 3.3
ounces of down they gave you, and send it back to WM with a nasty note
demanding your money back.<br>
<br>
<b><i>Len Glassner <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:len5742@gmail.com"><len5742@gmail.com></a></i></b> wrote:
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style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">
I just bought a WM Ultralite 6' bag. Marketed as 20 degrees, 1 pound<br>
10 ounces. It replaces my 6'6" 15 degree 2 pound bag. Saving 6<br>
ounces and giving up only a slight amount of warmth looked good to me.<br>
<br>
Thing is, the WM bag weighs one pound, 13.3 ounces. Less than half the<br>
weight savings I expected. This pisses me off.<br>
<br>
So the moral is: Don't trust; verify.<br>
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