[at-l] Sleeping bag for a thruhike for... $40?

[greyowl at rcn.com (greyowl@xxxxxxx)]

Be very careful of the cheap sleeping bags, especially the 
synthetic filled bags.  The syntheitic material may not be 
evenly distributed throught out the bag and one may have cold 
spots.  The filling may not be properly secured so cold spots 
will may develope.  The outer shell may not be the best 
quality and my major complaint is the cheap zippers used in 
the bags.  THese have a tendency to jam at 1 am when one has 
to get out of the bag NOW to pee.  Check Campmor 
(www.campmor.com) for good quality reasonably priced sleeping 
bags.  Last year my local EMS had down bags for sale at $99.  
Year end sales are always wonderful.  My wife picked up a 
Dana Design bag for $75 (List $200).  They changed the model 
so she got it cheap and really enjoys the bag.

Grey Owl

>I was looking around in a sporting good store today and I 
saw a Mac Sport 
>Alpine (long), 2 lbs, +20F, synthetic, mashine washable, on 
sale for $40.  
>There was also a Micro-Tekk Adventurer, 1.5 lbs, +30F, 
synthetic, machine 
>washable, on sale for $30.  Meanwhile, the kinds of sleeping 
bags I'd been 
>looking at online (down, long, +20 or +30F, 2 lbs or under, 
e.g., Marmot 
>Hydrogen), were in the $250+ range.
>