[at-l] Sleeping bags.

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

I have a 15+ year old Feathered Friends down bag, with goretex outer;
never has it failed me, and I primarily hike/camp in the wet, damp
southeast, plus it has been with me in the PA northwest.  I used that
bag for the first month on the AT [3/16 - 4/15], then went to a thin
slumberjack synthetic, plus a MtnHardware bivy bag; then went to a $10
wal-mart fleece liner plus the bivy bag . . . IMHO, down is awesome for
the first month, as long as it is a GOOD down bag, with gore outer.

thru-thinker

Jim Lynch wrote:
> 
> I haven't bought a new sleeping bag for several years.  Still using an
> old REI bag.  I know there are folks on the list who use down bags on
> the AT; but I've never felt that I could trust them.  I've always tilted
> toward synthetic: get them wet, dry them out!  Extra weight for sure,
> maybe a pound or so, but for the extra insurance, always seemed worth it
> to me.
> 
> Tom Mantooth wrote:
> >
> > I have another question to ask the list.  This ones concerns sleeping
> > bags.  I have been looking at the Mountain Hardware Galaxy Sl (down bag)
> > and the 2nd Dimension (polaguard)  which are 15 degree bag and weight
> > the same at 3Lbs 1oz.
> 
> >
> > I then looked at a Western Mountaineering bag.  It is called the Badger
> > MF. The MF is for the cover which is Microfiber which they claim to be
> > extra weather resistance and much better for down bags in a wet areas.
> > It is a 20 degree bag with 750 plus down and a 24 oz down fill.  The
> > girth is 66 inches and feels much better.  The bag weights 2 lb and 12
> > oz.
> 
> --
> James P. ('Jim') Lynch
> jplynch@crosslink.net
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